Kogaionon & DonisArt prezinta:
ELITE DARK METAL EVENING (part I&II)
Agalloch + Alcest (20 martie Brasov, 21 martie Bucuresti - 2010)
Comunicat
Au mai ramas doar cateva zile pana la Elite Dark Metal Evening. Dupa cum se stie, Part I este soldout! Organizatorii Kogaionon & DonisArt insista ca in seara de 20 martie, la Reduta (Brasov), sa fie prezenti doar cei care au biletele fizice sau rezervari & abonamente confirmate de emailul Kogaiononmagazine@gmail.com. Nu se vor accepta alte derogari! Accesul in locatie pt cei cu abonamente: ora 18.00. Pentru cei cu bilet: 18.30. Ora de incepere a concertului va fi 19.00.
Part II va fi sustinuta in Bucuresti, pe data de 21 martie, in selectul club THE SILVER CHURCH, Calea Plevnei nr.61.
Incepand cu ora 18.30, prima trupa romaneasca de Avantgarde Dark Rock, intitulata NIGHTPRAY, va avea lansarea oficiala a noului album, Dreamocracy, material ce va putea fi ASCULTAT in premiera si in intregime inainte de recitalul trupelorALCEST si AGALLOCH. Pentru a fi o lansare profesionista, trupetii vor veni cu standul propriu de accesorii muzicale, CD-uri sau tricouri cu si despre acest interesant proiect muzical demarat in urma cu patru ani ani de Costin Chioreanu, cunoscutul artist ce conduce TWILIGHT MEDIA.
De mentionat ca in NIGHTPRAY activeaza membri din diverse trupe underground, cum ar fi : SATANOCHIO, EXTINCTION ALGORITHM, PARACHUTE PULSE, DISCORDLESS, H8, CAP DE CRANIU… si nu in ultimul rand, bass-istul Clandestine din legendarul grup Black Metal norvegian DODHEIMSGARD! Noul album va avea lansarea digitala pe data de 22 martie, deci cei ce vor fi prezenti in clubul The Silver Church in seara de 21 martie vor putea avea oportunitatea de a asculta si de a-si procura noul NIGHTPRAY in premiera! Pentru cei ce nu stiu, stilul abordat de muzicieni este unul extrem de complex, ce experimenteaza intr-un mod original faze Post Black Metal, Gothic, Rock sau Jazz!
ALCEST va incepe sa cante in jurul orei 19.15 iar AGALLOCH in jurul orei 20.30. Dupa ora 22.00 ambele trupe vor fi la dispozitia fanilor pentru discutii libere, fotografii, autografe. De reamintit ca ALCEST va urca pe scena pentru prima data in istorie, concertul din Bucuresti fiind unul de o importanta cruciala si pentru trupeti!
Este permis orice accesul cu orice tip de aparat foto sau video, dar fara trepied.
Pretul unui bilet este de 45 lei si mai poate fi procurat doar in seara evenimentului, de la intrarea in locatie.
Va asteptam !
Comunicat
Numarul de bilete pentru Elite Dark Metal Evening part I (Brasov), din seara de de 20 martie, a fost epuizat. Deoarece sala de teatru Reduta are un numar fix de scaune, organizatorii au dorit ca evenimentul AGALLOCH din Brasov sa fie perceput ca pe unul rarisim si dedicat doar fanilor trupei americane! Pentru a evita orice forma de disconfort fizic sau psihic, Kogaionon & DonisArt au limitat accesul in locatie doar la numarul de scaune existent.
Accesul in cladirea Reduta va fi permis incepand cu ora 17.30, in holul teatrului fiind prezentata publicului o expozitie de arta fotografica a celei ce se ocupa de intreaga imagistica foto AGALLOCH, artista Veleda Thorsson. Aceasta va fi bucuroasa sa impartaseasca cu cei interesati detalii diverse. Mai multe amanunte despre artist si lucrarile sale aici: http://www.veledathorssonphotography.com/
Toti cei ce au primit confirmare de rezervare pentru abonament de pe adresa kogaiononmagazine@gmail.com sunt rugati sa fie prezenti la intrare la Reduta incepand cu ora 18.00. Acolo va fi o lista nominala, procurarea abonamentelor urmand a se face doar pe baza de act de identitate.
Accesul in sala pentru toti posesorii de bilet va fi permis incepand cu ora 18.30, concertul propriu-zis urmand sa inceapa in jurul orei 19.00. Deoarece spectacolul va fi unul special dar si conceptual, se doreste ca la ora 19.00 intreaga audienta sa fie in sala.
Este permis accesul la Reduta cu orice tip de aparat foto/video, fara trepied iar acestea vor putea fi folosite in fata scenei doar pe durata primelor doua piese. Multumim anticipat pentru intelegere.
Dupa terminarea concertului, trupetii vor veni la standul de produse pentru discutii libere cu fanii, fotografii, autografe.
Elite Dark Metal part II (Bucuresti) va fi sustinut pe data de 21 martie in cadrul clubului The Silver Church, accesul in locatie fiind permis incepand cu ora 18.30.
Este permis orice tip de aparat foto sau video, dar fara trepied.
ALCEST va incepe sa cante in jurul orei 19.00 iar AGALLOCH in jurul orei 20.30. Dupa ora 22.00 ambele trupe vor fi la dispozitia fanilor pentru discutii libere, fotografii, autografe. De reamintit ca ALCEST va urca pe scena pentru prima data in istorie, concertul din Bucuresti fiind unul de o importanta cruciala si pentru trupeti!
Pretul unui bilet este de 45 lei si poate fi procurat exclusiv de la Titus/www.letsrock.ro/bestial si Alex/www.beautyofpain.ro, dar si in seara locatiei, de la intrare.
Va asteptam!
Echipa Kogaionon & DonisArt
Comunicat
01.02.2010
Au ramas mai putin de 50 de zile pana la ELITE DARK METAL EVENING!
Pentru concertul dedicat AGALLOCH din Brasov, de pe data de 20 martie, mai sunt disponibile doar 100 de bilete spre vanzare (la pretul unic de 30 lei), acestea putand fi procurate EXCLUSIV de la Titus / www.Letsrock.ro/bestial si
Alex / www.beautyofpain.ro.
Estimam ca aceste bilete vor fi epuizate pana la data concertului; in cazul in care, totusi, vor mai ramane disponibile, acestea vor putea fi achizitionate si in seara evenimentului, in limita capacitatii locatiei.
De remarcat ca la acest eveniment si-au anuntat participarea fani din peste 15 tari: Spania, Italia, Statele Unite ale Americii, Canada, Portugalia, Ungaria, Franta, Germania, Grecia, Bulgaria, Turcia, Finlanda, Norvegia, Suedia, Anglia…
Abonamentele pentru ambele concerte s-au epuizat iar suplimentari nu mai sunt posibile, deoarece sala de teatru Reduta are un numar foarte limitat de scaune!
Pentru concertul din Bucuresti, AGALLOCH si ALCEST, din data de 21 martie, biletele se pot procura tot de la Titus si Alex, cu mentiunea ca se vor gasi si la intrare in Clubul The Silver Church, in seara evenimentului, la acelasi pret, de 45 lei.
Vom reveni cu alte detalii in saptamanile ce urmeaza!
Echipa Kogaionon & DonisArt
Pentru prima data in istoria evenimentelor Kogaionon & DonisArt, organizatorii incearca sa promoveze un nou concept, Seara Speciala sa fie acum alcatuita din doua parti distincte, obiectivul final fiind cel de a creiona complet imaginea trupei favorite, prin doua concerte consecutive in doua zile, diferite atat ca forma cat si ca fond. De aceea si ELITE DARK METAL EVENING va fi structurata in doua parti…
Una dintre cele mai respectate, apreciate si longevive trupe din intreaga scena Dark Metal americana este, incontestabil, AGALLOCH. A inceput sa cante la putin dupa ce trupe ca PARADISE LOST, ANATHEMA, MY DYING BRIDE, IN THE WOODS… loveau scena Metal cu debuturi remarcabile. Cu un statut mai degraba Cult decat Underground, fiind prima trupa de pe acest continent ce a promovat Dark Metal-ul, cvartetul de pe coasta de nord-vest nu cauta prea des oportunitati de a canta live, din mai multe considerente, insa, de fiecare data cand o face, audienta ramane ravasita de prestatia scenica! Anul acesta a sustinut un turneu de doar cateva concerte in Europa, alaturi de DORNENREICH, turneu in urma caruia trupa si-a castigat un numar important de noi fani, pe cei vechi lasandu-i fara cuvinte! AGALLOCH continua sa ramana una dintre cele mai interesante trupe Metal de pe mapamond, cu o abordare originala, tehnicitate remarcabila si un mod de exprimare muzical selectiv, ignorand total cantitatea in favoarea calitatii…
Istoria discografica a trupei este destul de limitata in ciuda celor 13 ani de activitate, in sensul ca pana astazi au doar 3 albume de studio si mai multe EP-uri plus MCD-uri. “Pale Folklore” (1999), “The Mantle” (2002) si “Ashes Against The Grain” (2006) sunt bijuteriile Metal scoase la cunoscutul label american The End Records, albume de referinta pentru orice iubitor de acorduri Metal avantgardistice: de la Progressive Black si Atmospheric Doom Death Metal pana la Experimental, Post Rock, Folk, Ambient sau Industrial, cu multe treceri Wave, dominate de o aura Dark epica melancolica desavarsita. Cu radacini din ULVER, SWANS, SOL INVICTUS, IN THE WOODS…, BATHORY, FORGOTTEN WOODS, DARK THRONE, BURZUM, KATATONIA, GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR sau EMPYRIUM, AGALLOCH a devenit astazi o trupa de inspiratie pentru noul val de proiecte Black Metal, FEN sau WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM putand fi doar doua exemple.
John Haughm (g,v), Don Anderson (g), Jason Walton (b) si Aesop (dr) sunt incantati sa vina pentru prima data in Europa de Est, acestia urmand sa zboare cateva mii de km doar pentru a canta si vizita Romania. Ei vor sustine doua concerte diferite, atat ca lungime cat si ca structura conceptuala, in cele doua parti, astfel:
- BRASOV, Sambata, 20 MARTIE 2010, Centrul Cultural REDUTA, orele 19.00 (Part I)
- BUCURESTI, Duminica, 21 MARTIE 2010, THE SILVER CHURCH, orele 19.00 (Part II)
Seara de 20 martie din Brasov va fi dedicata exclusiv trupei AGALLOCH printr-un concert UNICAT in istoria trupei, de peste 2 ore, in care cei patru ne vor arata diferenta clara dintre un concert clasic AGALLOCH si unul SPECIAL, datorita faptului ca vor canta, pe langa cele mai reprezentative secvente din intreaga discografie, si noi piese, in premiera, la care acum lucreaza, dar si datorita videoproiectiilor selecte, plus diverse ritualuri ce au legatura cu semantica termenului agalloch… Data nu a fost aleasa intamplator, daca tinem cont ca 20 martie coincide cu echinoctiul de primavara, deci va fi o seara cu totul speciala si pentru membrii trupei.. va fi si seara fanilor AGALLOCH, ce va avea loc intr-o locatie eleganta, confortabila, cu o sonorizare si acustica foarta buna, o locatie perfecta pentru a rezona cu atmosfera si conceptul AGALLOCH!
A doua zi, in Bucuresti, trupa AGALLOCH va sustine un concert de cca 70 de minute, un concert clasic Metal pentru ea, asemanator cu ceea ce a cantat si in turneul european din acest an.
In deschidere, va urca pe scena o trupa respectata de multi fani al noului val Black Shoegaze Metal, dar care nu a fost vazuta pe scena pana in acest moment, intitulata ALCEST. Primul album, realizat in 2007 si intitulat “Souvenirs d’un Autre Monde“, a aratat un nou mod de exprimare in scena Metal, original si controversat datorita mixului de sunet Cold Raw Black Metal cu acorduri melancolice, nostalgice, foarte melodioase dar si elemente vizibile Shoegaze. Liderul trupei, Neige (MORTIFERA, AMESOEURS, FORGOTTEN WOODS, PESTE NOIR, PHEST, LANTLOS, VALFUNDE), este unul dintre cei mai activi muzicieni din underground-ul Metal francez, care a schimbat complet orientarea acestui grup, initial un trio adept al unui Raw Black Metal agresiv, apoi ca proiect solo, promotor al unui sunet Cold Melancholic Black Metal si realizatorul unui EP excelent, “Le Secret”. Albumul din 2007 ne prezinta un sound modern, avand la baza un Dark Black Metal ritmat, melancolic, plin de nostalgie, cu elemente Shoegaze, Post Rock, dar si cu o voce masculina extrem de calda, intrerupta de cateva pasaje cu voce feminina. Dupa 10 ani de la infiintare, ALCEST a devenit un nume foarte apreciat de fanii Metal-lui nonconformist, nume care reuseste sa-si contureze un stil propriu, foarte inteligent structurat, care penduleaza intre SIGUR ROS si SHINING si care a devenit reper pentru zeci de trupe noi ce au creat deja un nou curent avantagardist, mai melodic, mai ritmat, dar cu accent pe teme ca melancolie, nostalgie, romantism, disperare, singuratate! Cel de-al doilea album ALCEST a fost terminat zilele acestea si va aparea oficial la inceputul lui 2010 la Prophecy Productions, Neige urmand sa vina la Bucuresti impreuna cu alti trei muzicieni pentru a-si promova noile piese.
Asocierea AGALLOCH cu ALCEST nu este intamplatoare si probabil ca cei ce stiu ce canta acesti muzicieni cunosc mult mai multe detalii… De asemenea si sala The Silver Church este una eleganta iar trupele vor beneficia si aici de o acustica impecabila!
Elite Dark Metal Evening (part I&II) se adreseaza celor ce apreciaza aceste trupe, trupe care vin special la Brasov si Bucuresti pentru cei ce respecta si doresc sa mentina spiritul underground Metal pur! In acest sens si trupele vor aduce cu ele diverse accesorii muzicale originale, unele in editie limitata, altele facute exclusiv pentru acest eveniment!
Pretul unui bilet este:
-30 lei pentru Brasov
-45 lei pentru Bucuresti
Acestea se pot cumpara din Reteaua Diverta, www.ticketpoint.ro, www.letsrock.ro/bestial (Titus), www.beautyofpain.ro, www.myticket.ro sau la intrare, in seara evenimentului.
Deoarece atat dorinta organizatorilor cat si a muzicienilor este ca o mare parte din audienta sa participe la ambele parti din Elite Dark Metal Evening (inclusiv membrii ALCEST vor fi prezenti in sala Reduta din Brasov), se ofera oportunitatea de a achizitiona abonament la pret special, de 60 lei, suma ce va fi platita la intrare in Sala Reduta (Brasov), in seara de 20 martie. Doar de acolo se vor putea achizitiona aceste abonamente sau se pot face si rezervari la adresa de email: kogaiononmagazine@gmail.com.
Informatii, video oficial AGALLOCH gasiti mai jos:
www.agalloch.org
www.myspace.com/agalloch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYMaIzFq1Iw
Informatii ALCEST:
www.alcest-music.com
www.myspace.com/alcestmusic
…underground will never die!
Octombrie, 2009
Kogaionon & DonisArt proudly present:
ELITE DARK METAL EVENING (part I&II)
Agalloch + Alcest (20th of March Brasov, 21st of March Bucharest - 2010)
11.03.2010
There are only a few days left until Elite Dark Metal Evening. As you may well know, Part I is already sold-out. On the 20th of March, the organizers, Kogaionon&DonisArt, would like to urge only people having psychical tickets, reservations and passes confirmed by the e-mailKogaiononmagazine@gmail.com to show up at Reduta. Other waivers will not be accepted.
Part II will be held in Bucharest, March 21, in the classy pub The Silver Church (adress : Calea Plevnei, nr.61)
The evening will begin at 18.30 with an audition. The first Romanian Avantgarde Dark Rock band, named Nightpray will be releasing its first album « Dreamocracy », available for a premiere listening in full-lenght format before the ALCEST and AGALLOCH show.
Because we wanted to organize a professional release, the band members will be comming with their own music stands featuring musical accesories, CDs, t-shirts with an artful design expressing the concept behind this intresting musical project started off by Costin Chioreanu (best known for his work with Twilight Media) four years ago. It is worthy of mentioning that in NIGHTPRAY are playing members comming from underground bands like : SATANOCHIO, EXTINCTION ALGORITHM, PARACHUTE PULSE, DISCORDLESS, H8, CAP DE CRANIU. Last but not least the the project encorporates, as well, the legendary bass player Clandestine of the outstanding DODHEIMSGARD ! The new album will be released in a digital version on the 22nd of March so the fans who will be present in The Silver Church on the evening of the 21st of March will have the opportunity to listen and buy the new NIGHTPRAY firsthand. For those who don’t know, the type of music approached by the band is an extemly complex and experimental one, embedding original elements of Post Black Metal, Gothic Rock and Jazz !
ALCEST will start playing around 19.15 and AGALLOCH around 20.30. After 22.00 both bands will be available to the fans for open talks, fotos and autographs. I have, also, to remind you that ALCEST will go on stage for the first time in history, the concert in Bucharest being a true landmark in their career.
The public is allowed access with all kinds of foto and video equipment (except tripods).
The ticket price is 45 lei and can be acquired on the same nigth of the event, at the entrance.
We’re expecting you all!
The Kogaionon&DonisArt Team
Press Release
The tickets for Elite Dark Metal Evening part I, held on the 20th of March in Brasov are now sold out.Considering the fact that the number of seated places in Reduta is limited, the organizers intended that the AGALLOCH event in Brasov to be perceived as a rare one, exclusively dedicated to the fans and to the band itself! In order to avoid any physical and mental discomfort, Kogaionon & DonisArt will make sure that the access will be limited to the available seats.
The access inside the Reduta building will be permitted after 5:30 PM, a Photography Exhibition belonging to the artist that is behind AGALLOCH’s imagery being on show in the entrance hallway of the venue. Veleda Thorsson will be present at the venue and she will be more than happy to share details of her art with those interested. Further details and a speak peak of her photography can be seen here: http://www.veledathorssonphotography.com/.
Those who have received the two day ticket confirmation from kogaiononmagazine@gmail.com are kindly asked to be present in front of Reduta starting with 6:00 PM. Please note that these bookings will be validated with ID cards only!
The access inside the venue will be permitted after 6:30 PM and the concert will start at 7:00 PM. As the event will be a special as well as a conceptual one, the audience is asked to be within the venue by 7:00 PM.
The audience is allowed to bring any kind of photo/video gear but no tripod. Photos or video recordings made from the very front of the stage are only permitted during the first two songs. Thank you for understanding.
After the concert, the band members will be available for discussions, photos and autographs at the merchandising stand.
Elite Dark Metal part II (Bucharest) will take place on 21st of March at The Silver Church Club and the access will be permitted after 6:30 PM. Any photo/video gear is allowed inside the venue but no tripod.
ALCEST will start their show around 7:00 PM, while AGALLOCH around 8:30 PM. After 10:00 PM both bands will be available for discussions, photos and autographs. Please bear in mind that this will be the first ALCEST concert ever, the event being a crucial one for the band!
The tickets cost 45 lei and they can be exclusively bought from Titus/www.letsrock.ro/bestial and Alex/www.beautyofpain.ro as well as at the entrance of the venue.
Meet you there,
Kogaionon & DonisArt Team
Press Release
01.02.2010
There are less than 50 days left until ELITE DARK METAL EVENING! Concerning the 20th of March event dedicated to AGALLOCH in Brasov, the ticket availability is now at 100 (at 30 lei cost/ticket). These can be now purchased EXCLUSIVELY from Titus of www.Letsrock.ro/bestialand Alex of www.beautyofpain.ro.
Our estimates show that these tickets will be gone until the date of the event; however, should some remain unsold, these will be made available on the day of the event.
To be noted is that reservations have been made by fans coming from over 15 countries: Spain, Italy, USA, Canada, Portugal, Hungary, France, Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Finland, Norway, Sweden and The UK...
The subscription tickets that allow access to both events (Brasov and Bucharest) are now sold out and there is no possibility of supplementing them, this due to the limited number of seats held by the venue!
Regarding the event to be held in Bucharest on the 21st of March, the two concerts of AGALLOCH and ALCEST, the tickets can be purchased form Titus and Alex, with the mentioning that these will also be available on the day of the event at The Silver Church Club, at the same price of 45 lei.
More details coming soon...
Kogaionon & DonisArt
For the first time in the history of Kogaionon & DonisArt events, the organizers are trying to promote a new concept, The Special Evening now consisting of 2 distinct parts, the final outcome being that of fully sketching the image of the favorite band through the means of 2 consecutive concerts over a period of two days, different in form as well as in substance. Therefore ELITE DARK METAL EVENING will be structured in two parts…
One of the most respected, appreciated and long-lasting bands from the American stage of Dark Metal is, undoubtedly AGALLOCH. It started performing shortly after other bands like PARADISE LOST, ANATHEMA, MY DYING BRIDE and IN THE WOODS hit the Metal scene with remarkable debuts. With more of a Cult status rather than Underground, being the first band on this continent that has promoted Dark Metal, the North-West coast quartet does not usually look for the opportunity to sing live, due to various reasons, although every time they do it, the audience is left in awe by the scenic performance! This year the band was on a tour that had only a few concerts in Europe, alongside DORNENREICH, gaining a significant number of new fans, leaving the older ones simply speechless! AGALLOCH continues to hold its position among the most interesting Metal bands worldwide with an original approach, remarkable technicality, and highly selective ways of musical expression, meanwhile totally ignoring quantity for quality...
The bands discography is pretty limited despite its 13 years of activity, meaning that until now they’ve only got 3 studio albums and multiple EP’s plus M-CD’s. ‘Pale Folklore’ (1999), ‘The Mantle’ (2002), and ‘Ashes Against The Grain’ (2006) are pure Metal jewels put out by the well-known American label The End Record, albums of reference for any fan of avant-garde Metal cords: from Progressive Black and Atmospheric Doom Death Metal to Experimental, Post Rock, Folk, Ambient or Industrial, with several passing through Wave, dominated by the epic, melancholic, distinguished Dark aura. With roots set in ULVER, SWANS, SOL INVICTUS, IN THE WOODS, BATHORY, FORGOTTEN WOODS, DARK THRONE, BURZUM, KATATONIA, GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR or EMPYRIUM, AGALLOCH has become nowadays an inspirational band for every new wave of Black Metal projects, FEN or WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM being merely two examples.
John Haughm (g.v.), Don Anderson (g), Jason Walton (b) and Aesop (dr) are delighted to come to Eastern Europe for the first time, flying thousands of kilometers just to play and visit Romania. They will perform in two concerts, different not only in length but also in their conceptual structure, throughout the two parts as follows:
- BRASOV, Saturday, MARCH 20th, 2010, Centrul Cultural REDUTA, at 7pm (Part I)
- BUCURESTI, Sunday, MARCH 21st, 2010, THE SILVER CHURCH, at 7pm (Part II)
The night of March 20th that will take place in Brasov will be dedicated exclusively to AGALLOCH through an UNIQUE concert in the history of the band, a concert that will be over 2 hours long, when the four members will show the clear-cut distinction between a classical AGALLOCH concert and a special one, due to the fact that they will perform, among some of the most representative sequences in their discography, some premiering new tracks on which they are currently working, but also due to some select video-projections, plus some rituals that have links to the semantics of the term agalloch… The date was not chosen at random either, if we take into account that the 20th of March coincides with the Spring Equinox, therefore it will be a special night also for the band members, it will be a night for the AGALLOCH fans, which will take place in an elegant, comfortable setting, with very good sound-systems and acoustics, a perfect setting reasoning with the AGALLOCH concept and atmosphere.
In the second date, in Bucharest, AGALLOCH will hold a concert of little over 70 minutes, a classical Metal gig similar to the performances of their 2009 European tour.
The opening act brings to the stage a band respected by many fans of the new wave Black Shoegaze Metal, but which has never been seen on stage until this moment, namely ALCEST. Their first album recorded in 2007 with name ‘Souvenirs d’un Autre Monde’ has shown a new way of expression in the Metal scene, both original and controversial due to the sound mix of Cold Raw Black Metal with melancholic, nostalgic and highly harmonious string-sets, but also visible Shoegaze elements. Band leader, Neige (MORTIFERA, AMESOEURS, FORGOTTEN WOODS, PESTE NOIR, PHEST, LANTLOS, VALFUNDE), is one of the most active musicians from the French Underground Metal, which completely changed the musical orientation of this group, initially a trio advocate to an aggressive Raw Black Metal, then – as a solo project – a promoter of a Cold Melancholic Black Metal sound and the maker of an excellent EP, ‘Le Secret’. The 2007 album brings out a modern sound, based on a melancholic, nostalgic, rhythmic Dark Black Metal with Shoegaze elements, Post Rock, but also an extremely kind male voice, interrupted throughout some passages by a female voice. After 10 years, ALCEST has become a highly appreciated name among the nonconformist Metal fans, name which is able to sketch its own style, intelligently structured, pending between SIGUR ROS and SHINING and which has become a ground-point for tens of new bands that have already created a new avant-garde wave, more melodic, more rhythmical, but with stress on themes such as melancholy, nostalgia, romance, desperation and loneliness! The second ALCEST album has just been finished and it will be officially out at the beginning of 2010 at Prophecy Productions, Neige coming to Bucharest with three other musicians in order to promote the new tracks.
The joining of AGALLOCH with ALCEST was not at random and probably the ones who know the works of these musicians are aware of the details. Furthermore, The Silver Church hall is a very elegant location and the bands will also benefit of impeccable acoustics!
Elite Dark Metal Evening (part I & II) is addressed to those who appreciate these bands who are coming to Brasov and Bucharest especially for the people who respect and want to keep the spirit of Underground Metal pure! In this respect, the bands will bring different original music accessories, some on a limited edition, others made exclusively for this event!
Ticket charges are:
-30 lei for Brasov
-45 lei for Bucuresti
Tickets can be purchased from Diverta network, www.ticketpoint.ro, www.letsrock.ro/bestial (Titus), www.beautyofpain.ro, www.myticket.ro or at the entrance on the night of the event.
Because the organizers and musicians wish the majority of the audience to participate in both parts of the Elite Dark Metal Evening (including the members of ALCEST who will be present at the Reduta hall in Brasov), there is the opportunity of buying a season ticket at the special price of 60 lei, which will be paid at the entrance of the Reduta Hall (Brasov), on the night of March 20th. The season tickets can be purchased ONLY at this location, or reservations can be made at the following e-mail address:
kogaiononmagazine@gmail.com
Information, official AGALLOCH videos are found here:
www.agalloch.org
www.myspace.com/agalloch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYMaIzFq1Iw
Information on ALCEST:
www.alcest-music.com
www.myspace.com/alcestmusic
…underground will never die!
October, 2009
