Vision Eternel | |
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 Vision Eternel photographed at Mortified Studios in Wexford, Quebec, Canada on July 22, 2018. | |
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| Also known as | Vision Éternel |
| Origin | Edison, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Discography | Vision Eternel discography |
| Years active | 2007–present |
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| Website | www |
Vision Eternel is a Canadian-American ambient rock band. [8] [9] [10] Formed by guitarist Alexander Julien in Edison, New Jersey, United States in January 2007, [11] [12] the band eventually relocated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in July 2007. [13] [1] The musical group's sound has been described variously by critics as a blend of ambient, [5] [1] shoegaze, [6] [14] post-rock, [2] [15] ethereal, [4] [3] drone, [16] [17] space rock, [10] [18] emo, [3] [19] post-black metal, [9] [16] post-metal, [4] [19] dark ambient, [4] [18] dark wave, [20] [4] experimental rock, [14] [18] minimal, [17] [16] dream pop, [21] [18] progressive rock, [22] [21] modern classical, [14] and new-age. [23]
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While still based in New Jersey, the musical group also included second guitarist Philip Altobelli, though he departed before the recording of the band's second release. [3] [19] 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. [4] [16]
The band released its debut extended play, Seul Dans L'obsession, in 2007, [7] followed by another extended play, Un Automne En Solitude, in 2008, both via American record label Mortification Records. [24] [11] In 2009, a compilation album of the first two extended plays, titled An Anthology of Past Misfortunes, was released by Japanese record label Frozen Veins Records. [20] In 2010, Vision Eternel contributed the exclusive single "Start From the Beginning: The Accident" to Dedicated Records' Various Artists compilation, Great Messengers: Palms. [15] [25] [26]
After signing with Canadian record label Abridged Pause Recordings, [27] [28] Vision Eternel followed up with three more extended plays: Abondance De Périls in 2010, [29] The Last Great Torch Song in 2012, [21] and Echoes from Forgotten Hearts in 2015. [30] In 2018, Abridged Pause Recordings released the boxed set An Anthology of Past Misfortunes, which contains remastered versions of the band's entire 2007–2015 output, along with a bonus compilation of previously unreleased demos and b-sides. [31] [32] [33] British record label Fruits de Mer Records released three singles by the band: "Killer of Giants" in 2019, "Moments of Absence" in 2020, and "Pièce No. Sept" in 2022. [23] [34] The band's sixth extended play, For Farewell of Nostalgia , was co-released by American record label Somewherecold Records, [35] Dutch record label Geertruida, [36] and Abridged Pause Recordings in 2020. [37] [14] A deluxe edition of Echoes from Forgotten Hearts was released by Geertruida in 2024, and contains the previously unreleased soundtrack version of the recording. [38] [39]
