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Stunning deluxe edition in a very special digipack, that also includes booklet, of “Écailles de lune”, the second full-length studio album by French act Alcest, which deepens and expands the sonic universe that Neige first unveiled on “Souvenirs d’un autre monde”, elevating his singular vision of atmospheric black metal and post-black metal to a new level of maturity, cohesion and artistic ambition. Darker and more melancholic, yet also more dynamic and emotionally absorbing, the album unfolds as a conceptual journey divided into two parts, where ethereal, enveloping guitars coexist with bursts of Norwegian-rooted black metal, luminous shoegaze passages and an organic production that enhances its hypnotic character. With “Écailles de lune”, Alcest not only solidified a distinctive and unmistakable identity, but also delivered one of the most influential and widely celebrated works of post-black metal, a timeless reference for listeners drawn to the most emotional, introspective and transcendent forms of extreme music.