Amesoeurs "Amesoeurs (Super Jewel Box, Italy, Code666 Records, CODE040)"

Amesoeurs was a French post-punk/post-black metal band. A side project of Neige of Alcest, the group was formed with musicians Audrey Sylvain and Fursy Teyssier in the summer of 2004. Their goal was to create music that "reflects the dark side of the industrial era and modern civilization".

Teyssier initially left the band shortly after its creation, but returned in 2008, while Winterhalter, who would go on to join both Alcest and Les Discrets, joined in 2007. The band disbanded in 2009.

Amesoeurs (/ɑmsœʁ/, French: "Soulmates") is the only full-length album by Amesoeurs. It was released in 2009, just before the band broke up. Northern Silence Productions released a special limited LP edition of the album in three different versions: the "Metallic Century" edition, limited to 333 copies, the "Cold Light" edition limited to 333 copies, and the "Night Sky" edition limited to 222 copies, which all come with an exclusive bonus track "Gas in Veins - demo version".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neige, except where noted.

1. "Gas in Veins" Fursy Teyssier 5:10
2. "Les Ruches malades" ("The Sick Hives") 4:19
3. "Heurt" ("Quarrel") Audrey Sylvain 6:01
4. "Recueillement" ("Contemplation") Charles Baudelaire 7:01
5. "Faux Semblants" ("False Pretenses") Sylvain 4:21
6. "I XIII V XIX XV V XXI XVIII XIX – IX XIX – IV V I IV" ("Amesoeurs – Is – Dead" in transliterated Roman numerals) Sylvain 1:41
7. "Trouble (Éveils infâmes)" ("Trouble (Abject Awakenings)") 4:49
8. "Video Girl" 4:11
9. "La Reine trayeuse" ("The Milking Queen") Sylvain Teyssier 5:32
10. "Amesoeurs" ("Soulmates") 4:03
11. "Au crépuscule de nos rêves" ("At the Twilight of Our Dreams", hidden track starts at 8:54)

Time:  58:21

"Recueillement" uses as lyrics the poem with the same name written by the French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) and published in 1857 in the Les Fleurs du mal collection. 

The booklet features a reproduction of Roosevelt Island Voyeurism by Baris Gunal. 

Recording information: 

Recorded in Klangsmiede Studio E during winter 2008-2009.

Markus Stock – recording