News Posts

Blackgaze pioneers Alcest announced their new album ‘Les Chants De L’Aurore’ to be released in June via Nuclear Blast and shared a first mesmerizing track with ‘L’Envol’!

Alcest took one of the hits of their latest album and turned it into an acoustic alternative pop version for all of us to enjoy.

Out of nowhere, Graspop just dropped 74 new names for their 25th edition.

French blackgaze pioneers Alcest is touring throughout Europe in 2020, in the wake of their upcoming release “Spiritual Instinct”!

Alcest joins the Nuclear Blast family to release their next album!

Photo Reports

Pictures of a magical night with Alcest, a powerbomb by the name of Bird In Row and the mystical synth music from Kælan Mikla!

Gig Reports

The godfathers of blackgaze, Alcest, are back on the road, with a brand new record under the arm and we were at their stop in Helsinki!

An evening of floating around on post-rock and the likes…

Lists

Again, 2019 was an incredible year for music. Check out what we think were the albums of the year!

2017 seems to be the year one-man projects had the biggest impact on C’kes listening habits!

Black, blacker, blackest…

A bit of everything, but all high quality stuff!

Album Reviews