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Lantlôs is presenting .neon, their second album. Slowly they kick off with Minusmensch, a slow, depressive tune which seems to contradict the album title, but then the song explodes and becomes a black metallic one. Lantlôs is the brainchild of Herbst who plays all instruments and writes the lyrics, but ask Neige (Alcest) to join him and handle the vocals. The opener is a sonic roller coaster ride which leads you into a post black metal universe. Fursy Teyssier's cover is dark, depressive and seems to visualize the music of Lantlôs. Hopefully this is self-therapy, coz if the music reflects the personality of the one who wrote it, then his life is full of anger, hate, despair and insanity. At Pulse / Surreal sadness shows through... The despair is back, but not the raw anger - for awhile. Songs like Neige de Mars and Coma take you onto a journey into a dark sonic world. The title track is the closer, in the beginning post rock, then you hear a female voice... Spoken words, telling about getting lost... About feeling like a corpse... And the black metallic sounds are kicking in. A very intense track which makes you shiver... and the awkward feeling stays til the last note.
Fans of Alcest should check out Lantlôs! If you are into their debut, then .neon won't disappoint you!
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