The Fat Angel Sings

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Alcest’s “Shelter” is the sound of a band that has undergone a decisive and inevitable metamorphosis. In all these cases, extreme metal was the chrysalis or catalyst; what emerged wasn’t the same as what came before. Opeth style death metal for bucolic prog,  Neither came as a total surprise, and neither does “Shelter”. Alcest have been slowly turning away from the corrosive, ambient metal of their early work—a sound that’s influenced many, most notably the similar Deafheaven—toward an unbroken dreamscape of shoegaze. “Shelter” marks that clean break. The French outfit’s fourth full-length album is a statement of soft-spoken apostasy that’s unflinching in its resolve.