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It's an approach that has netted ALCEST critical and fan acclaim but also invited backlash from some of metal's less-than-flexible crowd, who continue to rail against Neige 's soft French-sung vocals and the proliferation of shimmering melodic guitars. The term "blackgaze" is often used in relation to ALCESTbut it paints only a fraction of the picture now that the band has ditched some of the darker elements heard on previous releases in favor of the unabashedly emotive and positive "Les chants de l'aurore"their first album in five years.

According to Neige"Les chants de l'aurore" was not an easy album to make coming out of the pandemic thanks to a bout with writer's block. NETthe frontman sounded assured and relaxed that he'd finally assembled the kind of album he's always wanted alcest neige gay make.

Blabbermouth : You had writer's block during Covid. How bad was it? Did you worry you would never come up with anything worth using again? Neige : "I often have periods where I don't feel inspired, but it doesn't last long—maybe a couple of months. The maximum has been three months, but this time, I spent a whole year picking up the guitar and having no fucking riffs coming to me.

I was like, 'Okay.

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Maybe it means I have lost it. Maybe I need to find a real job. I think it had something to do with the lockdown. It happened during Covid and we were forced to stay at home. I guess I still needed to meet some people or walk into nature. We were forced to stay at home. Actually, I was starting to worry.

I was talking to some of my musician friends. They were also experiencing more or less the same thing. I know a lot of people who had writer's block for a while. Eventually, it came back and when it did, it was alcest neige gay good, but I got a little scared.

Neige : "Oh yeah. Of course. I don't know if it is the same in the States because we haven't toured there so much lately, but in Europe, it has become quite important for people, like, important in the underground. We have some really passionate fans. You always hear the speech from musicians, 'We don't care what the fans think.

When I write the music, I am percent in my own world and bubble. But when it comes to showing it to people and releasing a song, I don't sleep so well the night before. I'm scared. I'm really scared. I'm like, 'Are they going to hate it? Will they like it? We have been doing this for a long time.

I always have this image of so many bands tend to release their best work in the first years, like the first albums. This is my nightmare.