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Thank you for your kind words regarding the video! ☀️

@parsa8941

4 ай бұрын

You absolutely killed it! Would love to see more of your work

@YoannLossel

4 ай бұрын

​@@parsa8941 I usually work more in the field of painting and illustration. That's how Neige and I met, as he's also passionate about painting. Many thanks!

@BudzyFoxMX5

4 ай бұрын

It's so perfect and a gorgeous match to the music

@KardavoxAcademy

4 ай бұрын

Thank YOU for such an amazing piece of art! Much love and thanks for watching!

@Brendo2386

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely stunning work

To me, Neiges screams sound like that of a fallen angel

@KardavoxAcademy

4 ай бұрын

Love this comparison!

@nilesbirchman6712

4 ай бұрын

There's a project called Elend that is this sort of Neoclassical Dark Ambient (I know, metal adjacent music and making up genres). The album the Umbersun could easily slot Neige right in there. It's essentially Dantes Inferno, the musical.

Neige is definitely one of the more underrated vocalists in metal. Nevermind composer. Nice to see him featured here.

@wmccinema

3 ай бұрын

He is not underrated, he is in the perfect place. Neither underground nor mainstream and that's the way it should be.

The way Alcest builds to the harsh vocals never disappoints. I was so god damn happy the other week when their bandcamp emailed me about the new song drop, can't wait for the album.

@burningtheevidence8038

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, when they combine clean parts and screaming they're a 10/10. However, for me personally their clean only songs are sometimes rather boring..

I don’t have a lot of vinyl, but Kodama is one of em. Such a good listen from front to back. BIG goosebumps on that outro. Such a distinguishable voice in music.

Blackgaze just has that amazing soundscape that scratches an itch I had for years but never knew how to get rid of. Then I went down the rabbit hole.. and oh man, so many good bands. Lantlos, MØL, Amesoeurs, Numenorean, Heretoir.. Alcest is definitely the best of the bunch though, can never get enough of them.

@NathansWargames

4 ай бұрын

wow someone else who knows about Heretoir! ?

@woodric

4 ай бұрын

​@@NathansWargamesHeretoir are killer!

@RickLilShore

4 ай бұрын

So sad that Numenorean shut down.

@tagunprice9762

Ай бұрын

Check out Sylvaine

I do like emotive screams too. One of my favorite examples of this is Thomas Väänänen, the first vocalist of Thyrfing. IMO his peak performances were on two albums in particular. Their fourth album, Vansinnesvisor (2002), esp in the final track "Kaos Återkomst" and the fifth one, Farsotstider (2005). He left the band after that in 2007, but those two albums are forever among my favorites of all time.

I can relate so much with your smile while listening to them, Alcest is just perfect

Dude! You need to check out his work on Amesoeurs, the song "Bonheur Amputé" and "Ruines Humaines" his work in Lantlos "Pulse Surreal" some of the best voices in Post Black Metal ever ❤

@KardavoxAcademy

4 ай бұрын

Oh dude, our last album "liminal Rite" was directly inspired by Pulse / surreal. I'd even go ads far as to say if it weren't for Lantlos, kardashev wouldn't exist. Haha our guitarist and I used to put white miasma on repeat and lay on the floor with the fireplace going for hours. Good times. Long story short - I 100% agree!

@sommelierofstench

4 ай бұрын

you ain’t wrong guy

Yooo Alcest is so good. This outro made me think that an Alcest track featuring AURORA would be super ethereal

Kardashev and Alcest are both in my list of favorite bands. Love this video!

@KardavoxAcademy

4 ай бұрын

Yo, thank you so much! Much love!

My fave when neige starts screaming man Holy fuck I felt how you felt brings a tear too my eye everytime

Regarding Neige's voices (clean and screamed) I have heard in an interview that he saw his work like an open door to an oneiric, dreamlike world, where the clean singing would represent us in this world, and the screamed vocals would be the opposite, a spiritual being trapped in ours. I don't remember if it applied to a specific album, but I believe that the way his scream sounds, and I believe that's why I and many people like you love it, is because it feels real, it feels like an authentic pain/help call, it's not a "basic" metal scream, it feels like a cry to help

I don’t think I’ve seen a person happier than Mark listening to this song here today.

Ooooh I'm sooo happy you're reacting to Alcest! Can't wait to watch.. ❤

I'm lucky enough to be french and had the opportunity to see Alcest live 5 times, i can't wait november to hear this piece of heaven !

well in the first place theres never gonna be an alcest song that wont make me cry . Love that youre reacting to this , mark :)

I'm so happy that you're covering Alcest on the Channel, I love them so much. Such an unique sound and feeling

I'm so happy that they're getting recognition for this release. When it dropped, I literally cried while listening to it. It's just so beautiful, and the artwork so perfect. It just makes me feel. This is their best work yet and I love it so much. Alcest always outdoing themselves! Good to hear more people appreciating them :D

I was in a really really dark place 2 years ago. I was listening to KZread mixes to try to feel anything. Whatever put alcest in front of me, saved me. This band has helped me recover from a so much since then. It just makes me smile.

Just learned about this band a week ago and wow are they awesome!

This song was so good. I need to do a deep dive on Alcest's discography

1:18 IM NOT RELIGIOUS BUT AMEN TO THAT, his screams are unmatched man and this is a hill i will happily die on hahah 18:50 literally my exact reaction aswell when i heard the screams

@dmytrodanilov9334

Ай бұрын

I feel the same

Thank you for this reaction. You Paused less - you enjoyed more. One could see you really feel the Alcest Vibe. I agree with everything you said. You MUST see Alcest Live. Saw them in the end pf 2023 and when the played Deliverance I was one step away from crying. And his Screams live are So Beautiful and Wild at the same time. The Video is animated masterfully and the Song is a treat for my ears. I hope pre-orders are available soon. Once again thanks for this honest Video and the big smile on my face while watching it. Keep it up !

I have already re-watched and re-listened to the moment when the scream starts 10 times or more, the emotions and reaction exactly match mine, I was waiting for this the whole song and how cool it is!

Oh yes pleaaase!! 🥹❤️

I was not prepared for the feels. I'm glad to have found a band that does similar music to yours:)

The moment the song dropped i was sending it to EVERYONE xD Fucking love this band

Alcest is probably my favorite metal band of all time and actually someone suggested your band because of them and that’s how I got into yours. Love this video and the tips you gave on his scream have already started helping me with my own high screams for my band. I also saw your mewithoutyou video yesterday and they were a huge band for me in college. Saw them twice during that catch for us the foxes tour. I’m not as big on death metal (more of a black and postmetal guy) but seeing you love these two bands makes so much sense on why I also love your music.

FINALLY, I'VE WAITED YEARS since you mentioned that you're a Alcest fan on a early video

I’ve seen Alcest live about three times. The best show was them opening for Anathema in Portland, OR. That was an amazingly melancholic show.

@FranNDR

2 ай бұрын

Wow, that must have been mindblowing. I had the pleasure to see him live in London opening for MONO, a day to remember.

I'm absolutely thrilled!!!! My favourite band AND a reaction from you. Didn't know you love them, too! Lovely video and helpful explanations. Alcest is and probably ever will be my happy place 🫶

the music of alcest is something magic for me, it gives to me a mix of feelings such as relax, peace, loneliness, power, dreams........ it is crazy, i have seen them live all around europe and i occasionally spoke with the guys after the concerts, they are really good souls

You've probably seen it but Alcest posted your video on their facebookpage!

Totally agree with you about neige's vocals, I wish I could scream like that

I'm so glad you did an Alcest video. I agree with everything you say after the song ends. There's so much emotion in this band, it always soothes me and makes me smile

Soulful was the word I was looking for ! Thank you

yeeeeeeeees i love alcest and loved watching this video. your take on that scream was beatiful as well. please you have to react to Fen too, its a post black metal band and the singer "the watcher" has in my opinion one of the best screams ever as well and beautiful cleans, i recomend "gathering the stones" or "truth is futility"

I love alcest so much

Alcest = Perfection ❤

I think sometime you should do a video on Death. I've never hear d a vocal coach cover that band.

Nice analysis ! by the way, your french pronunciation is great (i'm french)

@KardavoxAcademy

4 ай бұрын

aaaaye that summer I spent in Toulouse back in 2004 paid off!

Fan since Souvenirs d'un autre monde The drumming on this track is amazing. So much cool cymbal work. Neige is amazing as always

Damn. First time seeing your channel after looking up the video for L'Envol. Thought you looked familiar but couldn't place where I've seen you. then you started talking about Kardashev and I was like "holy shit.." Compost Grave-Song is one of my all time favourites.

@KardavoxAcademy

3 ай бұрын

Aaaaye much love much love!

Love to see Mark in his element! Not usually my type of music but I can really appreciate this one!

You can just hear the emotions in his screams, you always could. Have you heard his earlier stuff when he was doing Peste Noire? If not, listen to "Dueil Angoisseus". When I first heard that song, I was compeltely blow away by Neige and have loved everything he's done ever since.

@CanottieraJimmy

4 ай бұрын

I admit. I scrolled through the comments to see if anyone would mention the origin of all. Those damned screams...tremendously different in meaning compared to the more "modern" ones but no less impactful. Perhaps too raw/rough to be technically evaluated but...goosebumps. We won't hear stuff like that again, and maybe that's exactly the charm

@blarfroer8066

3 ай бұрын

Most people don't want to get involved with KPN because of the political shit they got into.

Neige is on another level

New Heretoir album is cool too, beautiful soundscapes

@Brendo2386

4 ай бұрын

My friend Emily was a guest :)

Ayyy NEIGE, Lets goo!

Somehow the most powerful video i've ever seen! Alcest is beyond this realm!

This was dope Mark, Id love to get my hands on your playlist if this is the type of stuff you lean towards

I'm really happy you finally react to this beautiful band, thank you ! Did you know the band Heretoir ? It reminds me about theses atmosphere, like you do in your band.

Love Alcest 🖤 found them when i was blasting Les Discrets (another magnificent blackgaze band) and fell in love since their split EP

I love ❤Alcest 💪🏼😎🤘🏼👊🏼🙌🏼

woah... hadn't heard of Alcest before, I will *definitely* listen more! I've been listening to this band called Karmanjakah for a while now, I think you might enjoy them too. Similar in that it's beautiful, serene soundscapes + big emotions built on the foundation of heavy music (in their case, thall). If you're curious, i think their song "breathing" would be a good place to start. great vid mark :)

@charlespeter5610

4 ай бұрын

If you like Alcest, then you'll prolly like Harikiri For The Sky, they're a bit heavier but in the same subgenre of post-black metal/blackgaze

@sommelierofstench

4 ай бұрын

@@charlespeter5610he did a video with their vocalist

I highly recommend checking out DVNE if you haven't already. Great prog rock band from Edinburgh

I like when you talk about clean singing, it keeps things interesting. You could do a video about a Meg Myers song, she's an amazing artist doing all kind of clean singing styles.

I love Alcest

About the lyrics: I love Alcest, but it's funny how I can't understand a single word when Neige sings (I'm French). However, his lyrics are incredibly good. In the French black metal scene, bands try to sound "poetic", and it's sometimes a bit of a caricature. But Alcest are absolutely top-notch!

Saw them live with Kælan Mikla and Birds in Row. All three became some of my favourite bands. I think apart from some metal bands (e. g. Amenra) this kind of vocals are more common in screamo if you're not already fammiliar with this scene for someone comming from metal bacground I would recommend before mentioned Birds in Row, La Dispute and Envy for start

seems like you're not the only one who likes Neiges screams. He did a collaboration on one song with icelandic (wave?) band Kaelan Mikla and apart from playing the drums, the only thing he did was just that one long signature scream. And it was magical.

I need Marc to hear Samsara by Reflections the vocals are on another level

Lantlos - Neon is one of my favorite albums, and it also has the best screamed vocals by Neige.

@KardavoxAcademy

4 ай бұрын

100% yes

Hail both Kardashev and Alcest, my two favorite things in my video!

I was watching the whole video and i took your advice on hogh screams and messing around i did my first high scream (i just couldn't get it right)

literally my absolute favourite scream of all time is from a song called "pulse surreal" by a band called "lantlos" and can you guess whose scream it was?

@KardavoxAcademy

26 күн бұрын

One of our most influential songs / bands in Kardashev!

MORE REVERB!

Cool analysis, great song! Question: I do actually sound like you do at 28:10 when trying falsettos, like no sound will come through. Have been like that a couple of years now at least. Are there anything I could do to "fix" that? Much appreciated!

I am curious if u have listened to any of Neige's earlier works like Au Crepuscule De Nos Reves? or Minusmench?

Kardashev is tasty 😋

Post black metal >>>>

Instead of using the term "clean singing," can't we just use "singing" instead? Perhaps I'm overthinking this, but "clean singing" seems to imply that screaming/harsh vocals is also counted as singing. Except for blending the natural voice with some harsh vocals and singing with that combination, singing and screaming obviously sound very different to each other, and most people wouldn't confuse the two. If you read all of my little rant here, thank you for taking the time to do that.

Ehh idk I had to look it up since you said "beautiful screams". I was highly disappointed

@0x20pirate

4 ай бұрын

@roguegorilla8981 when did you stop beating your wife?

@Ze_Davila

4 ай бұрын

One day you'll understand, fella

You listen to THE BODY??????? Wtf? Never thought you did. I love The Body, Godflesh, Author And Punisher, Skinny Puppy, Gnaw Their Tongues, Thou, Dragged Into Sunlight and all those bands, that's my jam!!! Ofc alongside Ulcerate, Antediluvian, Abyssal, Altarage, Portal, Akhlys and Howls Of Ebb... Every time I listen to Alcest I literally cry. It reminds me of a childhood that I didn't live that well and I wish I could.

Very cool scream. Reminds me a lot of Envy