Summary from 16 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Alcest’s catalog across 7 albums from 16 opinions, with an overall average of 7.1/10. The top-rated Alcest album is Écailles De Lune (2010) with a 7.9/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde and Spiritual Instinct. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2007 to 2024. Faiseurs De Mondes ranks as the highest-rated Alcest song on Rate.fm with a 7.1/10 average.
Écailles De Lune
“French artist Neige finally fits all his component parts-- arching atmospherics, celestial melodies, suffocating roars-- into one dynamic metal record.”
Les Chants de l'Aurore
“There is something incredibly satisfying about amalgamating genres into ridiculous, Frankensteinian combinations, and there is no portmanteau more appropriate, nor more divisive, than blackgaze. Mixing the distorted, incessant tremolos and harsh vocals of black metal with the ethereal, swirling sensibilities of shoegaze, blackgaze has been simultaneously embraced and maligned by various factions f”
Spiritual Instinct
“The tracks on Spiritual Instinct feel somewhat monotonous, comparatively, since Alcest rarely pull back the reins to accentuate the diversity of their (typically) expansive sound.”