{"product_id":"slift_fantasia-vinyle-bleu-paillettes_2026_mdl","title":"Fantasia - Vinyle Bleu Paillettes","description":"To be honest, every album by the French trio SLIFT, both radiant and powerful, has been a true fantasy: a blend of genres and forms allowing the band to improvise, to develop themes until they seem to intertwine in space. Their third album, Ilion (2024), critically acclaimed, was a science-fiction narrative built from exploratory escapades of 10 to 13 minutes, often starting with doom metal or stoner rock before freely fading into a glorious instrumental void. In an ironic twist, SLIFT's fourth album is titled Fantasia, and it is their most stripped-down and direct record to date. It is also their most captivating album, a poignant saga about overcoming international upheaval, delivered by a determined band that does not waste a single second. Although only Jean and bassist Rémi Fossat are related, SLIFT is above all a band of brothers. They have been friends with drummer Canek Flores since high school, and 2026 marks a decade spent together as this trio. They rehearse with almost religious regularity in a basement in the countryside near Toulouse, in the rehearsal room where they have long given free rein to their taste for endless compositions. This time, they built the tracks for Fantasia differently. Jean started several songs alone, then quickly brought them to rehearsal in the basement with a clear and precise idea of how he imagined their evolution. By the time they arrived at Daft Studios, they already had a set of concise, agile, and punchy tracks. The band's varied influences are evident: the album evokes Clutch in full frenzy, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov, Pink Floyd, and Black Sabbath from the Master of Reality era. This sonic richness is sublimated by the skillful mixing of Kurt Ballou (Converge, Cave In, High on Fire). The tracks lack neither the complexity nor the intensity that have made SLIFT a rising star in heavy metal; they have simply found new ways to integrate the complexities of their past into each track, like a tapestry that reveals a new layer with every glance. In doing so, they deliver a strong and urgent message: together, we can still change the world we live in. It is terribly easy, these days, to feel powerless. With Fantasia, SLIFT confronts head-on the modern deluge of cruelty and absurdity, whether it be indifference towards our planet or towards others. But these eight songs speak of trusting in an inner strength that allows us to fight back, to believe in a world where something we cannot yet express or define offers not only the possibility of disrupting the established order, but perhaps also of destroying it completely. SLIFT is powerful,","brand":"Slift","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57040422666584,"sku":null,"price":20260605.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/0098787172508.jpg?v=1775682514","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/slift_fantasia-vinyle-bleu-paillettes_2026_mdl","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}