French melancholic metal act Jours Pâles, will release its third recording, Dissolution, on 10 May via Les acteurs de l’ombre productions. The album’s themes refer to disunions and ruptures, as well as the role and place of social networks in human relationships.
Jours Pâles is a project by Spellbound (Aorlhac), which was born from the ashes of Asphodèle’s first and only album, released in 2019 with Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions. Spellbound and Audrey Sylvain (Malenuit) were joined by Christian Larsson (ex-Apati, ex-Shining, Gloson), Stefan Bayle and Sébastien Papot (Au Champ Des Morts). After the group’s dissolution that same year, Spellbound continued the adventure, composing with a desire for continuity as much as for a break, as the vocal duo was no longer present. This evolution responds to a desire to express themselves through the same states of mind and thick, dysthymic mists while freeing themselves from the clutches of the past, abandoning the rock spirit for a stylistic evolution leaning towards a metal that remains melancholic, but with more galloping and aggressive overtones.
Jours Pâles released the debut album, Eclosion, in 2021 and the second one, Tensions, in 2022, both via Les acteurs de l’ombre productions. Musically more aggressive result but a vision that tends to distort the clichés through an egotistical composition, mixing genres once again. In addition to Spellbound, still at the helm (compositions, vocals, lyrics), the line-up this time includes musicians such as Alexis S. and Stéphane on guitars, and Ben L. on drums. Two tracks, "La reine de mes peines" and "Dissolution" are now available for streaming. Link
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"It's a dark album. According to me, it's the darkest yet in our discography. It's also very suggestive, very introverted, less direct, and might be less friendly..." - Daniel Moilanen
"For my sake, I could just stop playing the old stuff, but on the other hand, I know that our fans want it." - Anders Kobro
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