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Universal acclaim- based on 30 Ratings
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Positive: 26 out of 30
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Mixed: 4 out of 30
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Negative: 0 out of 30
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Dec 16, 2014
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Sep 12, 2014An album that filled a need that I didn't realise I had. Sitting somewhere between my love of the likes of Sigur Ros and metal, this is a beautiful piece of work.
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May 6, 2014This is simply one of the most beautiful and definitely best records I have heard in my life. It is great for anyone who loves still life by opeth. It is full of astonishing melodies, yet it reflects an extremely dark under current. It is just amazing. I highly suggest it.
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Jan 23, 2013I hit this just by coincidence searching for best albums of year 2012. This is a really good listen for a metal fan. Great mix of various sub-genres. The only negative thing about is that I don't know French and cannot understand the lyrics. I wish I could find some English translation.
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Oct 28, 2012Alcest create a limbo lounge for souls weighed down by life's heaviness on these "voyages of the soul", and once acoustically settled in it is an amazingly dark yet beautiful journey through the blackness of uncertainty to the promise of light. But isnt' that what life's about?
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Sep 11, 2012As a metal fan I'm just shocked how good this album is. It's a deep traveling album and you don't need to be a metal fan to love. It's just pure music that never ceases to amaze me. I've listened to this more than anything to date in 2012 (written 9/11/12) and it just keeps getting better. You should own this.
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Feb 24, 2012The music contains all of the trembling beauty fans have come to expect from Alcest, combined with a sense of vitality and wanderlust.
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Feb 15, 2012Here, when everything's as clear as it is on Les Voyages de l'Âme, he feels almost too exposed, and the big climaxes he's reaching for don't arrive. There's no denying the beauty, but it feels weirdly muted-- or perhaps just unsurprising.
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Feb 10, 2012There's much to cherish here, but this isn't a complete effort.