Year : 2025
Style : Progressive Metal
Country : France
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 97 mb
Bio:
Altesia is a French progressive metal band from Bordeaux. Founded in 2017 by Clément Darrieu as a solo project, Altesia becomes a proper band early 2019. Altesia self-released its debut album « Paragon Circus » on December 11th 2019, influenced by Opeth, Haken, Dream Theater and Leprous. The band’s music sails between genres, from progressive rock to progressive metal, disseminating jazz, funk, pop, modern metal or even death metal hints. The listener will travel between calm and spellbinding ambiances, and heavy and powerful atmospheres.Altesia releases its second album “Embryo” on October 16th 2021. Acclaimed worlwide, the band will tour France in October 2021 and April 2021. The band will also play at Ready for Prog? festival in Toulouse (France), in October 2021, alongside Leprous, Kadinja, Noveria, and other bands.
Album:
Altesia new album ‘The Somnambulist’ out June 13, 2025.Formed in 2019, French progressive metal band Altesia have built a loyal following with the acclaimed albums ‘Paragon Circus’ (2019) and ‘Embryo’ (2021). Now, the band presents its most ambitious work to date with the exciting, immersive, and visceral third album, ‘The Somnambulist,’ out June 13, 2025.The band has long embraced the idea of playing music without labels or boundaries, but ‘The Somnambulist’ is undoubtedly the album that best embodies this vision.“This album is undoubtedly our most accomplished, collective, and diverse work to date. Every note, every interpretation, every silence, has been thought out and discussed. It marks a turning point in our history as it allowed us to rethink the way we composed music until now, and it lays the groundwork for years to come,” says Clément Darrieu (vocals – guitar).The band are pleased to share the stunning first single “Her Ghost in Limbo”.While the musical atmosphere of a song usually influences its lyrics, the band pushed itself to innovate in its compositional approach. “We gathered to write the concept of the album in a sequenced manner, each song acting as a chapter in the story and embodying an emotion, a mindset of the character at that particular moment. For the first time, it was the theme of each song that influenced the music, and this new approach turned out to be thrilling.” adds Clément Darrieu.“All five of us listen to a lot of different genres, and it’s natural for us to incorporate our various influences into our music. The prog side allows us to bridge all these universes, even if some are completely different. For example, on ‘The Somnambulist Pt.2’, you’ll find black metal transitioning into bluegrass, Latin sounds, and many other things. We have a blast playing this music without imposing any limits on ourselves to push our creative boundaries.” concludes Darrieu.
Line Up:
Clément Darrieu – Lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Alexis Casanova – Lead guitar, backing vocals
Hugo Bernart – Bass
Yann Ménage – Drums, backing vocals
Henri Bordillon – Keyboards
Tracklist:
01. The Somnambulist Pt.1
02. Her Ghost In Limbo
03. Anomaly Of One
04. Sepia Cathedral
05. Visceral
06. Of Guilt And Blood
07. The Somnambulist Pt.2
08. Post-Mortem
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