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Alcest

Metal | Bagnols-sur-Cèze | since 2000

atmospheric
atmospheric black metal
black metal
black metal (early)
blackgaze
Metal
Post-black metal
post-metal

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 12 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

168

Rooms played

2022

On record since

Releases

Upcoming shows

Sep 22, 2026Franklin Music Hall· Philadelphiaheadlinerupcoming

Show history

2026 · 21

Sep 19, 2026Indoors· Pittsburghheadliner
Sep 18, 2026Asheville Yards· Ashevilleheadliner
Sep 16, 2026Hard Rock Live· Orlandoheadliner
Aug 29, 2026Fortezza castle· Rethymnoheadliner
Aug 22, 2026Château de la Maroutière· Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenneheadliner
Aug 20, 2026Fernhill Farm· Compton Martinheadliner
Aug 18, 2026Pandora· Utrechtheadliner
Aug 16, 2026Les Dominicains de Haute-Alsace· Guebwillerheadliner
Aug 14, 2026La Prairie de Kerampuilh· Carhaix-Plouguerheadliner
Aug 13, 2026Kiff· Aarauheadliner
Aug 12, 2026Main Stage· Dinkelsbühlheadliner
Aug 9, 2026Cercoux Bourg· Cercouxheadliner
Aug 8, 2026Swamp stage· Kortrijkheadliner
Aug 7, 2026Flugplatz Obermehler· Schlotheimheadliner
Aug 6, 2026Vojenská pevnost Josefov· Jaroměřheadliner
Aug 4, 2026Skråen· Aalborgheadliner
Aug 1, 2026Grieghallen· Bergenheadliner
Jul 31, 2026Headbangers Stage· Wackenheadliner
Jul 29, 2026Mátra Kemping Sástó· Mátrafüredheadliner
Jul 27, 2026Str. Hermann Oberth· Ghimbavheadliner
Jul 24, 2026Anfiteatro Ernesto De Pascale· Florenceheadliner

2025 · 38

Oct 25, 2025Doornroosje· Nijmegenheadliner
Oct 24, 2025Trix· Borgerhoutheadliner
Oct 23, 2025L'Autre Canal· Nancyheadliner
Oct 22, 2025La Rayonne· Villeurbanneheadliner
Oct 21, 2025Les Docks· Lausanneheadliner
Oct 19, 2025La Rodia· Besançonheadliner
Oct 18, 20259-9 bis· Oigniesheadliner
Oct 17, 2025Le Plan· Ris-Orangisheadliner
Oct 16, 2025Les Saulnières· Le Mansheadliner
Oct 15, 2025Le Temps Machine· Joué-lès-Toursheadliner
Oct 14, 2025Le Rocher de Palmer· Cenonheadliner
Oct 12, 2025L'Usine· Istresheadliner
Oct 11, 2025Victoire 2· Saint-Jean-de-Védasheadliner
Oct 10, 2025Sala Apolo· Barcelonaheadliner
Oct 9, 2025Interférence· Balmaheadliner
Oct 8, 2025Quai M· La Roche-sur-Yonheadliner
Oct 7, 2025Antipode MJC· Rennesheadliner
Jul 22, 2025Phil's Studio· Clarke Quay MRT Stationheadliner
Jul 20, 2025The Wall· Taipeiheadliner
Jul 18, 2025Banana Hall· Osakaheadliner
Jul 17, 2025RAD HALL· Nagoyaheadliner
Jul 16, 2025Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO· Tokyoheadliner
Jul 15, 2025CLUB SEATA· Musashinoheadliner
Jul 12, 2025B10 Live· Shenzhenheadliner
Jul 11, 2025MAO Livehouse Guangzhou (Yongqingfang)· Guangzhouheadliner
Jul 10, 2025Omni Space· Beijingheadliner
Jul 9, 2025VAS Live· Shanghaiheadliner
Jul 5, 2025Playtime Field· Ulan Batorheadliner
Jul 2, 2025@Bantadthong Art Space· Bangkokheadliner
Jun 28, 2025Suvilahti· Helsinkiheadliner
Jun 22, 2025Festivalterrein Stenehei· Desselheadliner
Jun 20, 2025Le Kilowatt· Vitry-sur-Seineheadliner
Jun 19, 2025Val de Moine· Clissonheadliner
Jun 18, 2025Des Lendemains Qui Chantent· Tulleheadliner
Jun 13, 2025Dogtooth Stage· Castle Doningtonheadliner
Jun 8, 2025Palastzelt Maimarktgelände· Mannheimheadliner
Jun 7, 2025Palais des Grottes· Cambraiheadliner
Jun 6, 2025Gashouder· Maastrichtheadliner

Photos, art and posters

Logo — TheAudioDB

Alcest — Les Chants de l'Aurore — Release art · Les Chants de l'Aurore — release

Alcest — L'Envol — Release art · L'Envol — release

Alcest — Protection (Acoustic Instrumental Version) — Release art · Protection (Acoustic Instrumental Version) — release

Alcest — Protection (Ben Chisholm Version) — Release art · Protection (Ben Chisholm Version) — release

Alcest — Sapphire (Perturbator Version) — Release art · Sapphire (Perturbator Version) — release

Alcest — Spiritual Instinct — Release art · Spiritual Instinct — release

Alcest — Kodama — Release art · Kodama — release

Alcest — Kodama (Luxus) — Release art · Kodama (Luxus) — release

Lineup

Neige — bass guitar, guitar, lead vocals, membranophone
Winterhalter — drums (drum set)

Former

Argoth — electric bass guitar
La Sale Famine de Valfunde — electric guitar

Releases

ON
Oneiroi
2025 · single
Les Chants de l'Aurore
Jun 21, 2024 · album · 7 tracks
L'Envol
Feb 23, 2024 · album · 1 track
FJ
Flamme jumelle
2024 · single
LC
Les Chants de l’aurore
2024 · album
L’
L’Envol
2024 · single
WO
Wings of Glass
2024 · single
L'
L'Envol
2024
LC
Les Chants De L'Aurore
2024
H2
Hellfest 2022 Live
2022 · album
Protection (Acoustic Instrumental Version)
Jan 29, 2021 · track · 1 track
P(
Protection (Acoustic Instrumental Version)
2021
Protection (Ben Chisholm Version)
Jan 21, 2020 · track · 1 track
P(
Protection (Ben Chisholm version)
2020 · single
S(
Sapphire (Perturbator version)
2020 · single
S(
Sapphire (Perturbator Version)
2020
P(
Protection (Ben Chisholm Version)
2020
PR
Protection
2019 · single
SA
Sapphire
2019 · single
SI
Spiritual Instinct
2019 · album
PE
Protection EP (Exclusive Sampler)
2019
SI
Spiritual Instinct
2019
KO
Kodama
2016 · album
KO
Kodama
2016
SH
Shelter
2014 · album
SH
Shelter
2014
OP
Opale
2013 · single
OP
Opale
2013
BL
BBC Live Session
2012
LV
Les Voyages de l’âme
2012 · album
AT
Autre temps
2011 · single
2S
2010-03-21: Silver Church Club, Bucharest, Romania
2010
ÉD
Écailles de lune
2010 · album
LD
Les Discrets / Alcest
2009 · ep
AF
Aux funérailles du monde… / Tristesse hivernale
2007 · album
SD
Souvenirs d’un autre monde
2007 · album
SD
Souvenirs d’un autre monde
2007 · single
LS
Le Secret
2005 · ep
TH
Tristesse hivernale
2001 · ep
Sapphire (Perturbator Version)
album
Spiritual Instinct
album
Kodama
album
Kodama (Luxus)
album
LD
Les Discrets / Alcest - Split EP
album
SH
Shelter
album
S(
Shelter (Luxus)
album
BL
BBC Live Session
album
LV
Les Voyages De L'Âme
album
LS
Le Secret
album
ÉD
Écailles De Lune
album
SD
Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
album

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 8 plays, 2012-05-13–2019-12-29 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Seek & Destroy' (Tanner Ellison) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show '90.TEEN' (Guest DJ) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Dr. West) — KEXP

Artist background

Alcest formed in 2000 — MusicBrainz
Alcest is based in Bagnols-sur-Cèze — MusicBrainz
Neige: bass guitar, guitar, lead vocals, membranophone — MusicBrainz
Winterhalter: drums (drum set) — MusicBrainz
Argoth: electric bass guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
La Sale Famine de Valfunde: electric guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
Alcest has 25 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 2001–2025 — MusicBrainz
Alcest is based in Paris, France — Alcest on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: Les Chants de l'Aurore (2024-06-21) — Bandcamp
Alcest is from Bagnols-sur-Cèze , France — Wikipedia
Alcest has 2 members: Neige [ 1 ], Winterhalter — Wikipedia
Alcest plays Post-black metal — Wikipedia
Alcest plays blackgaze — Wikipedia
Alcest plays shoegaze — Wikipedia
Alcest plays black metal (early) — Wikipedia
Alcest has 497715 listeners on Last.fm — Alcest on Last.fm
Alcest has played at 9-9 bis, Anfiteatro Ernesto De Pascale, Antipode MJC, Asheville Yards, Cercoux Bourg — Alcest on Setlist.fm
Alcest primarily plays original songs — Alcest setlist history
Alcest has released 10 recordings between 2013 and 2024 — Alcest on Discogs
Alcest has 39 followers on Genius — Alcest on Genius
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Band — Alcest — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcest — Alcest on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 293 — Alcest — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/02vqmgl — Alcest — KG entity
Country (per TheAudioDB): Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France — Alcest on TheAudioDB
Formed 2000 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Origin: Bagnols-sur-Cèze (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: black metal, post-metal — Wikidata
Members per Wikidata: Neige, Winterhalter — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcest — Wikidata

Venues played

Rooms played most, from the shows on record
Room	Shows
Grote Zaal · Amsterdam	3
Fernhill Farm · Compton Martin	2
Kiff · Aarau	2
Flugplatz Obermehler · Schlotheim	2
Vojenská pevnost Josefov · Jaroměř	2
Grieghallen · Bergen	2
Doornroosje · Nijmegen	2
Trix · Borgerhout	2

By year: 2022 44 · 2023 34 · 2024 36 · 2025 64 · 2026 22

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-20
Sources: Bandcamp, Discogs, Genius, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, setlist.fm, TheAudioDB, Twitch, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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