Two words: Fuck yes. And finally. I have to give huge respect to Hong Kong label God's Child Music for making this happen, as well as thanks for sending one to me! This is the long overdue Asian and American release of "Chapitre 2: Reverence", the second full-length and third overall recording from L'Esprit du Clan—one of the most badass French metalcore acts out there, and without a doubt one of the most unnecessarily obscure and underrated European metalcore bands of all time—at least in terms of their presence here in the US. This shit came out a year-and-a-half ago in Europe, and would've cost something like $35 to get straight from the band via some kind of fucked up bank transfer or something (believe me, I looked into it), and their first two records remain practically impossible to find. I'm so damn psyched to finally own this album!
L'Esprit du Clan's style is a violently brutal and ultra slick Merauder meets early Machine Head (but better, in the case of the latter) sort of thing, with a sick dual vocal onslaught delivered entirely in French—and in my opinion the overall tone and delivery totally communicate the bitterness of their message even if you don't speak a lick of French. It's much more metal than "metalcore" at this point (and remember—we're talking about the form of crushing 90's metallic hardcore that was king when this band formed in 1995), with plenty of chugging modern thrash and scorching lead breaks with just the right presence of occasional melody. And the fucking huge sounding production with a perfectly balanced mix? Shit, that's certainly not hurting anyone, you know? This shit sounds totally golden, it's just insane. On this particular edition you'll also get two bonus tracks from the "Chapitre 1" CD, as well as two CD-Rom videos. You can't lose, man. It's 55+ minutes of complete annihilation, and I'm lovin' every damn second of it. Awesome.
L'Esprit du Clan "Reverence"
L'Esprit du Clan "Le Venin"
L'Esprit du Clan "Compact"
Buy this shit. L'Esprit du Clan rules. God's Child Music rules. Please support their efforts so that they, and other labels, will continue to take chances on these types of projects:
Comments
you know how i feel about them! love it!
10.30.2006 | By EMS / COREGASM / SA MOB
I wasn’t able to get into this as much as I would have thought I would have based on the description.
Thanks for the let down dude. :-P
10.30.2006 | By Carlzilla
man, this dudes played a few weeks ago in madrid…and they kick ass live, seriously, they destroy a lot of bigger metal and hardcore bands…
and about the production of the album, yes, it’s awesome, but they also sound perfect live, it’s one of those few bands who really know how to play metal wherever the fuck they are…they would sound perfectly even in a sewer(actually they were opening for arkangel, and they sounded like bullshit, totally disapointing…and even madball played in the same venue last year and despite sounding quite well they were far away of what l’espirit did…)
10.30.2006 | By desintegrado
They kind or remind me of 100 Demons in French. Great stuff though.
10.31.2006 | By Anonymous
This is a great French band, even if here a lot of people are dissin’ them gfor stupid reasons, they started their shit a long time ago and they never stopped doing what they like, big props to them !
If you want to check other Paris Hardcore Bands that kick ass : http://www.covenant-streetlaw.com/ and also check xprovidencex onesta and out for the count, you shouldn’t be disappointed. And also check Purgatory from Limoges for your Holy Terror Fridays, one of France’s best band in this style. http://www.myspace.com/purgatorysxc
I’ll see if I can post their first mcd so you guys can put an ear on it !!
10.31.2006 | By masterkiller
This fucking kills…thanks for the head’s up. As you note, I haven’t heard anything that sounds like this in quite a while…
Is there an odd “sheen” on the vox, or is that just the MP3 digitizing?
10.31.2006 | By No One Here Is Asking
Hoooly fuckin’ shit. That Street Law shit sounds pretty promising. If they do a proper release I gotta look into that. I can’t get the Purgatory tracks to play for some reason. Stinkin’ MySpace.
As for the “sheen” on the vocals, I’m not really hearing it. Could be something about the way they’re mixed that hits your ears a certain way, but I’m not really picking up on much of anything there?
11.1.2006 | By Andrew Aversionline
get in touch with “L’Esprit du clan” here:
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check the myspace page : http://www.myspace.com/lespritduclan
and the offcial webpage http://www.espritduclan.com
spread the word!!
11.2.2006 | By chamka