On January 28th, French avant-garde black metallers CELESTE will unleash their new long-player “Assassine(s)”, produced by Chris Edrich (GOJIRA, TESSERACT, THE OCEAN, LEPROUS).
With their unique mix of black metal, sludge, and post-hardcore, and over 500 shows played since their inception in 2005, CELESTE has cemented their status as one of France’s most important underground acts and now unveil a new single off their upcoming album soon to be released via their new label Nuclear Blast.
Today, CELESTE unveils another single off their album, their haunting offering ‘Le Coeur Noir Charbon’ that comes with another video revealing a glimpse of insanity. With this third video to herald the beginning of a new era for the band, the French managed to create a song showcasing the band’s full abilities from their tactful sense for the atmospheric mood to their harsh brutality in riffing and vocals.
The band states: “CELESTE’s final act of ASSASSINE(S) had to be one of the climaxes of this album. Beginning with blasting bass drums over an almost baroque riffing, this hectic start is part of the most diverse song of this album. Black metal, post-rock, and post-hardcore are blended in this storyteller of a song. It also welcomes a guest singer Emily Marks and a guitar sample from Katsuta from Heaven In Her Arms to enrich the band’s universe. Patiently building its pace through dreamy guitars and heartful vocals, CELESTE is bringing tension over and over. It of course worth every penny, the end of ‘Le Coeur Noir Charbon’ is absolutely relieving and rewarding. The band lets all its passion burst in probably one of the most grandiose riffs the band has ever written.”
Catch CELESTE together with their new label mates CONJURER on the upcoming European tour:
CELESTE + CONJURER
European Tour 2022 02/03/ FR Clermont Ferrand – La Coopérative De Mai 03/03/ FR Toulouse – Le Rex 04/03/ ES Barcelona – Sala Bóveda 05/03/ ES Madrid – Independance Club 06/03/ FR Nantes – Le Ferrailleur 07/03/ BE Brussels – Le Botanique 08/03/ FR Tourcoing – Le Grand Mix 09/03/ FR Paris – Trabendo 10/03/ UK London – The Dome 11/03/ NL Rotterdam – Baroeg 12/03/ LU Esch-Sur-Alzette – Kulturfabrik 13/03/ DE Cologne – Gebäude 9 14/03/ DE Hamburg – Hafenklang 15/03/ DE Berlin – Lido 16/03/ DE Leipzig – UT Connewitz 17/03/ CZ Prague – Nová Chmelnice 18/03/ PL Krakow – Hol 19/03/ SK Kosice – Collosseum 20/03/ HU Budapest – Dürer Kent 21/03/ RO Cluj-Napoca – Form Space 22/03/ RO Bucarest – Quantic 23/03/ BU Sofia – Live And Loud 24/03/ CR Zagreb – Mixtape 5 25/03/ SK Bratislava – Randal Club 26/03/ AT Vienna – Viper Room 28/03/ DE Wiesbaden – Schlachthof 29/03/ BE Antwerp – Trix 30/03/ FR Strasbourg – La Laiterie 31/03/ CH Düdingen – Bad Bonn 01/04/ IT Milan – Tunnel Club 02/04/ FR Lyon – Ninkasi
Having played more than 500 shows around the world, including appearances at several prestigious extreme music festivals, theaters, and venues (Hellfest, Roskilde, Copenhell, SummerBreeze, Brutal Assault, Roadburn, Psycho Las Vegas…), with one EP and five albums under their belt, CELESTE has succeeded in creating their own musical atmosphere and are today considered to be one of the most important bands of the “French Avant-Garde Black-Metal” scene.
CELESTE is: Johan Girardeau | Vocals & Bass Guillaume Rieth | Guitar Antoine Royer | Drums Sébastien Ducotte | Guitar
