Interview sent by Mahdi Hazaveh on April 17, 2025. Answered between April 20-28, 2025. Edited on April 29, 2025. Published on April 30, 2025. Echoes of Emotion: The Story Behind Vision Eternel These questions are too generic for me to answer. I feel uninspired. Most don’t even relate to Vision Eternel. But I made an …
List of stock questions originally sent by Christopher Gonda on February 18, 2024 Answered between February 23-28, 2024 Edited between February 28 – March 1, 2024 Gonda refused to publish the interview, always giving me a different excuse and ultimately shaming me for asking about its publication. He even called me on the telephone to …
Interview originally sent by Kevin Press om February 11, 2024 Answered on February 18, 2024 On February 20, 2024, Kevin Press emailed me to tell me that he wasn’t sending me more questions and would not publish this interview and that I had to censor my answers if I wanted coverage on his website. So …
Interview sent by Aaron Badgley on April 2, 2024. Answered between April 5-6, 2024. Edited on April 6, 2024. Published on April 11, 2024 SPILL FEATURE: ECHOES FROM FORGOTTEN HEARTS – A CONVERSATION WITH ALEXANDER JULIEN OF VISION ETERNEL Because I knew that Aaron was going to be writing a feature article from my answers, …
Interview sent by Brett Van Put on January 15, 2024 Answered between January 17 and February 10, 2024 Edited on February 9-10, 2024 Was supposed to be published in the February issue but I couldn’t finish it by the January 28, 2024 deadline. It was then supposed to be in the March issue, which was …
Interview sent by Stitch Mayo on January 25, 2024. Answered between January 27-31, 2024. Edited (by me) on January 31 – February 1, 2024. Edited (again) and butchered by Ilker Yücel without my approval Published on March 12, 2024 Was supposed to be published on February 22, 2024, but Ilker Yücel (the editor of ReGen …
List of stock questions sent by Christopher Gonda on February 18, 2024 Answered between February 23-28, 2024 Edited between February 28 – March 1, 2024 Gonda refused to publish the interview, always giving me a different excuse and ultimately shaming me for asking about its publication. He even called me on the telephone to make …
Interview sent by Kevin Press om February 11, 2024 Answered on February 18, 2024 Never published. On February 20, 2024, Kevin Press emailed me to tell me that he wasn’t sending me more questions and would not publish this interview and that I had to censor my answers if I wanted coverage on his website. …
Interview sent by John Montoya on January 4, 2024 Answered between January 5-7, 2024 Edited by Rain on January 8, 2024 Published on February 6, 2024 VISION ETERNEL’s “Echoes From Forgotten Hearts”: an in-depth journey through emotional landscapes of melogaze Why did Vision Eternel start? Aside from wanting to share your sonic and poetic vision, …
Interview sent by Brett Van Put on February 14, 2023. Answered between February 17 and 22, 2023. Edited (by me) on February 20-22, 2023. Published. Was supposed to be published simultaneously in the digital fanzine issue 32 and on the website on March 1, 2023, but the fanzine was only published on March 13, 2023. …
Interview sent by Nikita Sestak on July 23, 2022. Answered between July 23, 2022 and August 4, 2022, and some answers were revised on December 16, 2022. Edited (by me) between August 4, 2022 and August 7, 2022. Was originally meant to be published on Balkan Rock, then on Abbadon Magazine, but both webzines passed …
Interview sent by Aaron Badgley on February 7, 2021 Answered on February 11, 2021 Edited on February 12, 2021 Published on February 14, 2021 SPILL FEATURE: MOMENTS OF NOSTALGIA – A CONVERSATION WITH ALEXANDER JULIEN OF VISION ETERNEL What are the origins of Vision Eternel? Where did the name come from? Vision Eternel started …
Interview sent by Mick Reed on January 6, 2021 Answered between January 6-11, 2021 Edited on January 17, 2021 Published on January 21, 2021 https://newnoisemagazine.com/interview-vision-eternel-moments-of-clarity-a-mist-of-memory/ Can you give us some insight into the meaning behind the title of your EP? Vision Eternel’s For Farewell Of Nostalgia is a concept extended play, so its title …
Interview sent by John Montoya on December 10, 2020 Answered between December 12-14, 2020 Edited on December 15, 2020 Published on December 27, 2020 Examining VISION ETERNEL’s new record “For Farewell of Nostalgia,” as Alexander Julien explains heartbreak *Initially, John heavily edited my answers. I complained to Karol Kaminski, Idioteq’s editor, and my full answers …
Interview sent by Klemen Breznikar on November 24, 2020 Answered between December 2-6, 2020 Edited on December 8, 2020 Published on December 24, 2020 Vision Eternel | Interview Your sound is focused on emotion, heartbreak and love. What was the main concept when starting with Vision Eternel? I started Vision Eternel in January 2007. …
Interview sent by Kevin Press via Facebook and email between December 9-19, 2020 Answered between December 11-17, 2020 Not edited. Not published; Kevin was asking me irrelevant questions, or ones that I had already addressed in my past answers. He was unprepared and unprofessional. A lot of his questions did not even apply to me …
Interview sent by Tomaz Vogric between November 23-30, 2020 Answered between November 23-30, 2020 Conducted over Facebook Messenger Edited on December 2, 2020 Published on December 5, 2020 https://terrarelicta.com/index.php/feature-all/interviews/11104-vision-eternel-interview Even though Vision Eternel has been around since 2007, and has already released a plentiful discography, it remains quite an unknown name for a lot of …
Interview sent by William Zimmerman on November 15, 2020 Answered between November 15-18, 2020 Edited on November 20, 2020 Published on November 24, 2020 An Interview With VISION ETERNEL (ethereal, dark ambient) Hello and thanks for the interview. Could you start off by giving us a bit of a background on Vision Eternel? I began …
Interview sent by Caleb Newton on August 3, 2020 Answered between September 17-20, 2020 Edited on September 20, 2020 Published on September 28, 2020 Alexander Julien Of Vision Eternel Explains His New Album Of Illustrious ‘Melogaze’ Finding the Way to Creativity Captured Howls (CH): How would you describe any guiding principles that you had …
Interview sent by JJ Koczan on September 6, 2020 Answered between September 7-8, 2020 Published on September 16, 2020 Six Dumb Questions with Vision Eternel The theme of “moments” speaks to an ephemeral glimpse at something – a moment passes. What does framing the songs on For Farewell of Nostalgia as moments allow you …
Interview sent by John Ellison on August 7, 2020 Answered between August 7-20, 2020 Not published, see emails for John freaking out. Link would have been https://goatpalacezine.com/2020/08/20/vision-eternel-the-mind-behind-the-concept I feel we should start with the visually arresting LP artwork you’ve chosen for your new Vision Eternel record. There’s a paradox in this choice, I think — …
could get single copies made through Amazon’s CreateSpace or Boobkbaby (more expensive)
impromptu photo shoot after seeing the fog come out spent all day in bed with Rain watching Schits Creek season 3. came down around 7:30 to take the dogs out and feed them, noticed a thick fog in the backyard and got the idea to go out and do a photoshoot. was supposed to get …
-2012 Attempt On July 6th 2012 my grandmother passed away. She had been a mother figure for me my entire life. In fact as far as anyone is concerned, she was my mother. The following couple of weeks I just isolated myself in my bedroom and watched the entire Twin Peaks series back to back, …
This Vision Éternel photo shoot was taken by Rain using her Canon PowerShot SX520 HS camera at the Saint-Emile Church parking lot in Entrelacs. It was intended to promote the planned upcoming Vision Éternel cassette issue of “Echoes From Forgotten Hearts” which Feather Witch Records was going to release in January. After the release fell through, I …
Interview sent by André Laniel on October 10, 2015 Answered between October 10-12, 2015 Published on October 26, 2015 Printed fanzine Explique nous le concept de Vision Lunar. Vision Lunar est un projet black métal atmosphérique fondé en octobre 2006. À la base, l’idée était de sortir un nouveau démo a chaque pleine lune, une fois …
Interview sent by John Larsen on October 14, 2015 Answered on October 22-24, 2015 Published on October 26, 2015 https://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/2015/10/vision-lunar-interview.html What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name ‘Vision Lunar’? Vision Lunar was created on October 6th of 2006, a night of full moon. At the time I was part of a circle named …
Rain took the pictures using her Canon PowerShot SX520 HS camera at the Pic Vert park in Entrelacs on August 26th 2015. These were taken as new promotional pictures for Vision Lunar’s revival that month and were used in the press kits and on social media.
-Phase 1.1 (October 2006 – December 2006) Vision Lunar is an atmospheric, psychedelic/progressive black metal band founded by Alexandre Julien in the fall of 2006. The idea came to him on Friday October 6th of 2006 as he got off the bus on his way home from a day of working at a local café. …
-Éphémère Part One (February to June 2010) In the early months of 2010 I was very musically active and this was likely due to a dark and depressive period which I was going through. All at the same time, I was finishing and releasing the third Vision Éternel extended play; Abondance De Périls, waiting on the …
“When the Sun Folds” was originally supposed to appear on two other compilations, but was flat out rejected. Kontingent finally wanted to use it. Black Umbra – Asylum Citadel Swamp – When The Sun Folds Embers Below Zero – Strange Lights Red Abizianas – Ohm Society Kontroljet – Phantasm Mrs. Watanabe – AUM001 KTRHSS …
-2010 band started in October 2010 with Bruno Duarte, though technically my collaboration with Immundus was never part of Citadel Swamp, in 2016 I decided to merge them to prevent confusion. -2011 It was on January 17th of 2011 that I proposed to Valerio Orlandini to collaborate on some music. I had been in touch …
Failed Attempts (January 2013 – February 2013) I first announced that I would be working on a fifth Vision Éternel EP on January 20th of 2013, only two days after Amorine Dallançon left me. Our relationship was short, only beginning on October 25th of 2012, and flourishing for a brief three months. But she was …
was heavily influenced by Swans and Eleventh He Reaches London When I was looking for a record label for the second Soufferance full-length album, “Adieu Tristesse”, I spent the entire night of July 30th/31st 2011 emailing over 75 record labels. One of those labels was Pale Noir Records from Wisconsin, US. Nicole Wilson Renhart got …
On February 11th 2014, I read that my friend Marc Hoyland was planning to release two new albums in the year. So I sent him a message asking if he though he had any room for me to collaborate on any of them. He responded that oddly enough, he was thinking of contacting me to …
After I released “Bonjour Tristesse” and “Adieu Tristesse” on Abridged Pause in November of 2013, I started looking for labels to submit songs for compilations. One of the labels that got back to me was Roach Clip Records from Salt Lake City, Utah on November 17th 2013, after I saw a post on his website …
Interview sent by Joanna Marinova on ??? 2013 Answered on ??? February 2014 Published on February 9, 2014 Soufferance Interview for Abridged Pause Blog Editor’s Note: This interview was submitted by long-time fan, supporter and friend, Joanna Marinova in 2013. The answers were completed in February 2014 and is now published on the Abridged Pause …
There isn’t much detail to go into about this third version of Souffearnce’s “Bonjour Tristesse” EP. Like I mentioned in the CD and tape posts, this release was plagued with problems and I figured that I should do a proper, official, digital re-issue through Abridged Pause Recordings to coincide with the digital release of “Adieu …
To add: -Adieu Tristesse Recorded: November 30th 2009 – November 14th 2010 First mixing: November 16th 2010 – November 21st 2010 Second Mixing: February 2nd 2011 – May 16th 2011 Third Mixing September 9th 2011 (Marc Hoyland) Fourth Mixing (8th song) Summer 2012? Samples Mixed: August 26th 2013 Produced: November 30th 2009 – August 26th …
Interview sent by Alexander Julien on ??? Answered on ??? Edited on ??? Published on August 30, 2013 Vision Éternel Interview for Abridged Pause Blog Hello Alex. Thank you for taking the time to answer these few questions. First of all what has been happening with Vision Éternel since you released “The Last Great Torch …
After releasing the “Travels” boxset, I really needed promotion. Almost a week had past and I had only sold one copy. I decided to do a quick video showing off the boxset and using it to email the Abridged Pause subscribers. At first we tried using Rain’s camera but the quality came out grainy. So …
My idea for “How Can They Intend to Heal” came in the summer of 2009. By this time blogs were sprouting everywhere, especially in the hardcore community. I had previously created, operated and documented the Culture and Bird of Ill Omen Myspaces, in 2007, which at the time I had received a lot of help …
When I quit my job at Bell on July 11th 2013, my girlfriend Rain pushed me to take some time to focus on music again. My budget was exhausted so I wasn’t really able to focus on a new album right away. I had been trying for the last year to purchase the left over …
Back in 2009 and 2010 box set there was a lot of talk about Vision Éternel releasing tapes of the EPs. This was the same hype and with the same result, nothing. In December of 2012 I really wanted to release the Vision Éternel EPs on 7″ vinyls. Combine all four into a a boxset and release …
It was a hell of a countdown. I had been isolating myself in my room for two days. Nourishment was reduced to the bare minimum and I was starting to reek of the need to bathe. I didn’t want that day to come. And I would have to face it alone because I had no …
I had forgotten how lonely this apartment was. Or maybe I had just gotten used to it after so many weeks of staying in. It took months to get used to the last place after she left. But somehow, everything came back fresh in the solitude of this environment. The filth on the walls brought …
“Lucid Dreaming in New Jersey” (original title “Lucid Dreaming”) was a film made by my friend Howard Change. He had begun filming it in the summer of 2010 and asked me to come down to New Jersey and act a small part in the film. During the weekend of July 30th 2010, I had planned …