Alcest - Ecailles De Lune (Blue/Black/White 140g Vinyl) Sludge Metal longevity and integrity: The New

longevity and integrity: The New Yorkers play their high-class heavy metal with full fervour and have not let numerous strokes of fate (such as the death of guitarist Mark Reale

have been hailed as a "hallmark of consistency

The band's drummer and main songwriter Fred Estby flew to Arizona to work with Gatecreeper in pre-production

The band's fourth full length sees inspirations from their past and present sounds twisted together into a package that will define Make Them Suffer's place amongst their contemporaries as a truly creative act

It was recorded in the midst of litigation with their former manager Patrick Meehan and the stress that resulted from the band's ongoing legal woes infiltrated the recording process

Alcest - Ecailles De Lune (Blue/Black/White 140g Vinyl) Sludge Metal longevity and integrity: The NewAlcest took an audible step towards their black metal roots with their sophomore full length 'Ecailles de Lune' without losing any of the trademarks that had evolved on their debut. The French post black metal pioneers created a sound of lucent, dreamlike quality and otherworldly beauty that has equally defined them and been refined by them ever since.