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Endless Floods is a long-running band from the South of France, whose atmospheric doom/post metal sounds like the experience before, during, and after a natural disaster. Their fourth album Passages is out now through Permafrost/Araki/Yoyodine Records
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ENDLESS FLOODS Triumph with Rapturous Post-Metal Tapestry ‘Passages’
~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~
By Billy Goate
The best thing about ENDLESS FLOODS is the fantastic journey, epic in every way. Hailing from Bordeaux, France, this attentive collective of musicians brings incredible artistry to every album produced, with a backdrop of honest reflection and mystery.
'Passages' (2026) is their sixth full-length tapestry, and it builds thematically upon their last album 'Rites futurs' (2024) -- which also premiered in these pages. The multi-dimensional architecture of these four tracks is a wonder to behold.
"Visions" dips into long forsaken neglected practices of the sacred, a trip into places both visceral and unutterable, prophetic and apocalyptic. "Deuxième monde" is a veritable thunderstorm, complete with the reassuring glow of silver-lined clouds, exalted hills, and rapturous birds. Meanwhile, "Liminal" reaches symphonic heights of ecstasy, with lilting female/male vocal harmonies. Finale "Primordial" is simply a glorious finish. I felt like I really experienced something cinematic by the end of it all.
Endless Floods have gifted us an album to really get lost in. Each song has a character all its own, refreshingly distinct from the one before or after, yet quite complementary in terms of mood and tempo. I can see this record appealing to heavy music fans (all the hallmarks of metal are here: foreboding drumming, crushing guitar chords, etc.), yet crossing over to listeners who are simply ready for something different: a thoughtfully crafted aural experience that touches soulful depths.
Passages by Endless Floods comes out May 22nd (get it here). Stick it on a playlist with Kylesa, Monarch, Russian Circles, Ethereal Riffian, and They Watch Us From The Moon. And now, get ready to be swept away in blissful, watery surrender.
Give ear...
SOME BUZZ
Spanning post-rock, progressive doom and dark folk, 'Passages' balances crushing metallic weight with soaring atmospherics where ethereal male-female vocal harmonies and epic riff crescendos are enhanced by gripping synths and sax flourishes. 'Passages' is a haunting journey through liminal spaces, weaving collective memory and personal ghosts into a sonic bridge between past sacrifices and a common future.
Bordeaux, France's heavy alchemists Endless Floods formed in 2015 in Bordeaux around Stéphane Miollan (ex-Monarch, Bombardement, Faucheuse), Benjamin Sablon (ex-Monarch, Bombardement, Shock, Mégot) and Simon Bédy. Their first outings raised a prodigiously dense wall of sound by blending drone and doom metal aesthetics with mind-expanding ambient structures, like a sorrowful procession arising from the limbo.
The trio released their self-titled debut in 2015, followed by their sophomore album II in the winter of 2017. This drone-sounding assault saw the band sinking deeper into bleakness and minimalism, immersing the listener in a monolithic and feedback-laden sonic experience described by the press as “a vast, never-ending room of heavy” (Cvlt Nation), “a juggernaut of sonic grandeur” (Metal Nexus) or simply “sublime” by Pure Grain Audio. Their third album 'Circle The Gold' epitomized a fresh start in their creative process: between chaos and light, the Bordeaux trio transcended genre boundaries while unveiling a more melodic and cathartic aspect of their music.
After a five-year hiatus, Endless Floods returned with a new lineup and their fourth record 'Rites Futurs' in the summer of 2024, revealing in a prodigious blaze of post-metal, doom and shoegaze for an overall gripping aural experience.
PASSAGES by Endless Floods
While 'Rites Futurs' introduced the theme of transformation through rites of passage, their upcoming new album 'Passages' plunges into it and suffocates. The four songs alternately evoke the in-between worlds, the present and the distant past, the sacrifices of a bygone era ("Visions"), moving from the collective wandering of a landscape of constrained structures ("Deuxième monde") to the individual narrative haunted by our own ghosts ("Liminal"), finally surrendering to "Primordial". 'Passages' is a transitional object between two states of mind, a tool for drawing a common future.
'Passages' was recorded by Thibault Laisney and Stéphane Miollan, mixed by Stéphane Miollan in Bordeaux, with mastering by Ben Jones. Endless Floods is a shifting structure whose members, at the time of recording this album, are: Louise Dehaye, Benjamin Sablon, Stéphane Miollan, and Xavier Godart.
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France’s ENDLESS FLOODS Return For Mesmerizing Doomer ‘Rites Futurs’
~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~
By Billy Goate
Today, we hail a powerful new atmospheric gem from Bordeaux three-piece ENDLESS FLOODS. I'm not sure if the band's name is drawn from the Song of Solomon or not ("many waters cannot quench love") or whether it is in reference to something more grim, such as the soul-weathering nature of our era. All that's important is we have a fourth album from the band, which we brought to your attention way back in 2016 when they released their self-titled debut.
Now we ready for a fourth album Rites Futurs, this one featuring a seamless melding of talent from Louise Dehaye (vocals), Stéphane Miollan (guitar, bass, vox), and Benjamin Sablon (drums, synth, vox). Thibault Laisney (who provides some additional guitar) a fantastic job of recording and mixing the record at a/b box studio, the sound is clear, full, and roomy.
The songs certainly give you a lot to think about -- less narrative and more contemplative. Sung entirely in the French tongue, the words in English are no less compelling:
"Planet-piercing silver spear Incandescent like immense flames Chariots arrive slowly The chariots and the burning wind"
"L'Eclair" comes out with bristling guitar and wailing dissonance as the moon makes its appearance in the night sky. The amazing three-person choir is immediately arresting, containing elements classic and modern that flow from beautiful to mysterious to unsettling within a single progression. The jaded crooning at 2:05 rivals those of Undersmile. There are exaltant moments in this song (around 4 minutes in) that tap into a similar vein as Green Lung. Endless Floods are masters at transporting us through moods as naturally as the flow of disruptive waters. This is about light, balance, and contrast.
"Décennie" seems to be about time and how events repeat themselves endlessly in cycles, leading to a passionate climax of cymbals, screeching dissonance, and wailing voices.
Relancer chaque jour l'effet et dans l'echo tout noyer
Lyrics are similarly grim on "Muraille," which might be contemplating the ashen remains of Vesuvius (Nuage de lave mêlé au cristal des murs de flammes). There's something quite ancient about the way the song starts, drawing upon early contrapuntal style. There are doomy elements in play, such as the funeral-esque guitar lead that follows. This is counterbalanced by glistening post-metal ambience and a haunting entanglement of voices that eventually take soaring into the aerosphere. There's something at once meditative and bittersweet about the chorus that concludes the song ("Stone after stone, let's climb airless enclaves").
Louise Dehaye's singing is reassuring and enchanting in the serene unfolding of title track "Rites Futures". As the song developed, there are standout moments you'll not hear anywhere else, such as the distant, riotous warbling of carolers set against a slow, fuzzy, bad-ass headbanger riff with garage vibes that goes shoegazey then has an out-and-out meltdown of black metal tremeloes, finally taking us to record center in a blaze of hypnotic glory as singers coalesce Gregorian chant style. The closing moments settle us into calm, reassurance that after all is said and done, we are always in the ever-present NOW.
Look for Endless Flood's Rites Futurs on Friday, July 12th, with a limited run of cassettes issued by Breath Plastic Records (get it here or here). For many it will prompt you to get into their back catalogue, and summer is the perfect time to do it, especially at sunrise.
Give ear...
Endless Floods · RITES FUTURS (2024)
SOME BUZZ
After a five-year absence, Endless Floods are reunited around vocalist Louise Dehaye, Stéphane Miollan (guitar, bass, vocals) and Benjamin Sablon (drums, synths, vocals). Spanning through the crepuscular and droney doom landscapes of their first three records, they reveal in a prodigious blaze of post-metal, doom and shoegaze driven by the trio’s aerial choirs.
Bordeaux, France's doom metal experimentalists Endless Floods formed in 2015 in Bordeaux around Stéphane Miollan (ex-Monarch, Bombardement, Faucheuse), Benjamin Sablon (ex-Monarch, Bombardement, Shock, Mégot) et Simon Bédy. With “no boundaries in heaviness” as a motto, they raise a prodigiously dense wall of sound by blending drone and doom metal aesthetics with mind-expanding ambient structures, like a sorrowful procession arising from the limbo...
The trio released their self-titled debut in 2015, quickly followed by their sophomore album “II” in the winter of 2017. This drone-sounding assault saw the band sinking deeper into bleakness and minimalism, immersing the listener in a monolithic and feedback-laden sonic experience described by the press as “a vast, never-ending room of heavy” (Cvlt Nation), “a juggernaut of sonic grandeur” (Metal Nexus) or simply “sublime” by Pure Grain Audio. Their third album "Circle The Gold” epitomized a fresh start in their creative process: between chaos and light, the Bordeaux trio transcended genre boundaries while unveiling a more melodic and cathartic aspect of their music.
RITES FUTURS by Endless Floods
After a five-year hiatus, ENDLESS FLOODS now returns with a new lineup and their fourth record "Rites Futurs", to be released in July 2024. About the album, the band comments: "On Rites Futurs, we built a mythology around the idea of the rite of passage. The five tracks symbolize this tipping point into the unknown by evoking ancient traditions where fires extinguished everything in their path."
It was recorded and mixed by Thibault Laisney at a/b box studio (Lestiac, France) and mastered by Ben Jones. Cover art and graphic design by Louise Dehaye.
Constantly maintaining the subtle balance between light and melancholy, soaring atmospherics and granite riffs, Endless Floods deliver their sonic rebirth in forty minutes of a grippingly emotional experience.
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Alt Dialogue's 2017 Quarter 1 Review
Alt Dialogue’s 2017 Quarter 1 Review
Last June we bought you a mid-year review, why not improve upon that and give you the first quarter review of 2017?
Three months in and it has been a big year for Alt Dialogue, we launched a new playlist feature where bands curate a themed playlist. It been a big success with a lot variation, we’ve certainly been introduced to a wealth of new tracks. Highlights have come from Waking Aida, Provoker
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Premiere Streaming: ENDLESS FLOODS II
Slow-moving splendor, glacial feedback, monolithic riffs draped in the emotions of the invisible HAND OF DOOM…These are only some of the thoughts that come to my mind as I listen to the new ENDLESS FLOODS record entitled II that is coming out on Dry Cough Records // Fvtvrecordings (vinyl)...
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Endless Floods announce new album II
Official press release: France’s cathartic doom specialists Endless Floods announce the release of their second full-length II this January 6th. A realm of darkness awaits. Following on from their self-titled debut and split EP with Dutch doomsters Uur, Endless Floods‘ new album II will be released on vinyl format via Dry Cough Records and Fvtvrecordings, and on cassette tape via Breathe Plastic…
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Our Favorite New DOOM Split...UUR & ENDLESS FLOODS
Calling all Doom Heads… give me your ears for around 20 minutes and you will be damn happy you did! Earlier this year, we turned you on to ENDLESS FLOODS, and now they are back with a stellar split featuring UUR. How many times have I listened to the record today? Around four, because the r...
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