French black metal band, NEPTRECUS stream first track, 'Retour Aux Sorces' from their upcoming third album, Ars Gallica. New record is set for August 19th, 2019 release via Purity Through Fire on limited-edition digipack and normal jewelcase CD formats, with the vinyl LP version following during the winter.

Neptrecus - Ars Gallica
	1. Notre Berceau - Notre Tombeau 2. Ethique De La Volonté 3. Soyons Terribles 4. Fidelitas 5. Aux Grands Hommes 6. Messager De L'Oubli 7. Retour Aux Sources

On October 25th, blackgaze pioneers ALCEST will release their sixth studio album titled Spiritual Instinct. Today, the duo of singer/multi-instrumentalist Neige and drummer Winterhalter have unveiled the first single 'Protection' from the band's upcoming album - the first to be released via Nuclear Blast.

Frontman Neige comments: "'Protection' is the first track I wrote for 'Spiritual Instinct'. It’s probably one of our most heavy, spontaneous songs. It is about inner conflict, the tension between the spiritual and darker sides of a person, facing your own anguishes in order to embrace them and then fight them. Like the other tracks on the album, writing it was a very cathartic, healing process for me."

Alcest - Spiritual Instinct
	1. Les Jardins De Minuit 2. Protection 3. Sapphire 4. L’île Des Morts 5. Le Miroir 6. Spiritual Instinct