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Vision Eternel
Canadian‐American melogaze band
Formed in 2007 · Ended in 2025
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Vision Eternel (originally spelled and stylized as Vision Éternel) was a Canadian-American ambient rock band. Formed by guitarist Alexander Julien in Edison, New Jersey, United States in January 2007, the band eventually relocated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in July 2007. The musical group's mainly instrumental sound has been described variously by critics as a blend of ambient, shoegaze, post-rock, ethereal, drone, space rock, emo, post-black metal, post-metal, dark ambient, dark wave, experimental rock, minimal, dream pop, progressive rock, modern classical, and new-age.
The band released its debut extended play, Seul dans l'obsession, in 2007, followed by another extended play, Un automne en solitude, in 2008, both via American record label Mortification Records. While still based in New Jersey, the musical group included second guitarist Philip Altobelli, who joined after the release of the band's debut but departed before the recording of the second extended play. Once established in Quebec, the band was expanded with two more guitarists, Nidal Mourad and Adam Kennedy, but they departed before the recording of the band's third output. In 2009, a compilation album of the first two extended plays, An Anthology of Past Misfortunes, was released by Japanese record label Frozen Veins Records.
After signing with Canadian record label Abridged Pause Recordings, Vision Eternel followed up with three more extended plays: Abondance de périls in 2010, The Last Great Torch Song in 2012, and Echoes from Forgotten Hearts (originally composed as the score to a short film) in 2015. In 2018, Abridged Pause Recordings released the box set An Anthology of Past Misfortunes, comprising remastered versions of the band's entire 2007–2015 output, along with a bonus compilation of previously unreleased demos and b-sides. The band's sixth extended play, For Farewell of Nostalgia, was co-released by American record label Somewherecold Records, Dutch record label Geertruida, and Abridged Pause Recordings in 2020. A deluxe edition of Echoes from Forgotten Hearts was issued by Geertruida in 2024, containing the previously unreleased soundtrack version of the recording, a bonus compilation of demos and alternate takes and mixes, and a non-fiction novel detailing the making of the release.
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Vision Eternel est un groupe rock ambient canadien-américain. Originaire d'Edison, New Jersey au États-Unis, le groupe est fondé par le guitariste Alexander Julien en janvier 2007, et déménage ensuite à Montréal, Québec au Canada en juillet 2007. Le son du groupe a été décrit de différentes façons par les journalistes comme étant un mélange d'ambient, shoegazing, post-rock, drone, ethereal, post-black metal, space rock, minimaliste, emo, dream pop, dark ambient, et new age.
Tandis que basé au New Jersey, le groupe comprend également un deuxième guitariste Philip Altobelli; cependant il part avant l'enregistrement du deuxième EP. Une fois établi au Québec, le groupe s'élargit avec deux nouveaux guitaristes, Nidal Mourad et Adam Kennedy, mais ils partent avant l'enregistrement du troisième EP.
Le groupe sort son premier EP, Seul dans l'obsession, en 2007, suivi d'un autre EP, Un automne en solitude, en 2008, tous deux enregistrés aux États-Unis et sortis sur le label américain Mortification Records. En 2009, un album compilation des deux premiers EP, intitulé An Anthology of Past Misfortunes, sort sur le label japonais Frozen Veins Records. En 2010, Vision Eternel contribu la chanson exclusive "Start from the Beginning: The Accident" à la compilation d'artistes différents de Dedicated Records, Great Messengers: Palms.
Le groupe signe ensuite avec le label canadien Abridged Pause Recordings, et produit trois autres EP: Abondance de périls en 2010, The Last Great Torch Song en 2012, et Echoes from Forgotten Hearts en 2015. En 2018, Abridged Pause Recordings sort le coffret An Anthology of Past Misfortunes, qui contient des versions remasterisées de touts les ancients EP du groupe, ainsi qu'une compilation bonus de démos et pièce inédites. Le label britannique Fruits de Mer Records sort aussi trois singles du groupe: "Killer of Giants" (une reprise de Ozzy Osbourne) en 2019, "Moments of Absence" en 2020, et "Pièce No. Sept" en 2022. Le sixième EP du groupe, For Farewell of Nostalgia, est co-publiée en 2020 par le label américain Somewherecold Records , le label néerlandais Geertruida, et Abridged Pause Recordings.
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