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French vanguard ALCEST, responsible for the influential Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde and its masterful follow-up Écailles De Lune, are set to tour North America once again beginning later this month. Opening as direct support for Enslaved, ALCEST begin the 19-date trek on September 23rd in Springfield, Virginia and conclude it on October 14th in West Hollywood, California, extensively traveling through Canada in between. Ghost were originally slated to be among the tour package, but unfortunately had to drop off recently due to visa complications. Here are the confirmed dates/venues:
September 23 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
September 24 - Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre
September 25 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
September 26 - Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East
September 27 - Québec City, QC @ Impérial
September 29 - Montreal, QC @ Café Campus
September 30 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
October 1 - Columbus, OH @ Outland Live
October 2 - Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
October 3 - St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
October 5 - Winnipeg, MB @ WECC
October 6 - Regina, SK @ The Exchange
October 7 - Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
October 8 - Calgary, AB @ Dickens
October 10 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
October 11 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
October 12 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
October 13 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
October 14 - West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour
As announced earlier, ALCEST have revealed the title to their third album as Les voyages de l'âme (English: "The journeys of the soul"). The record is tentatively scheduled for early 2012 release through PROPHECY PRODUCTIONS, with further release news to announced shortly. ALCEST are widely credited with bringing in a dreamier, more shoegazing element into extreme metal the past few years, influencing many others to follow in their wake. Surely, Les voyages de l'âme will be yet another monumental release for the band, cemeting their modern legendry that much more.
