Ten years since they last played in the country, and Tsjuder headline the first nine names announced for Douceur Noire 2027.
The festival runs on 5 and 6 February 2027 at the Espace René Fallet in Crosne, outside Paris. Agonia Records has come in as a partner on the 2027 edition and announced the first wave with the organisers. Eight more acts are still to be named.
The nine confirmed are Tsjuder, Pensées Nocturnes, Malhkebre, Griffon, Deha and Madicken, Decline Of The I, Jours Pâles, Plevre and Lannog, which the organisers describe as predominantly black metal and post black. Six of the nine are French.
Douceur Noire puts exhibitions, sculpture and other visual work on the same footing as the music rather than as decoration around it, and the organisers say more about those programmes will follow in the coming weeks.
Tsjuder formed in Norway in 1993 and their most recent album is Helvegr, whose first song out was "Prestehammeren". The video above is for "Gods of Black Blood", from the same record.