Neige (musician)

Stéphane Paut, known professionally as Neige (French: "Snow") (born 16 April, 1985), is a French songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician, and record producer from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, now relocated to Paris. He is the founder of the black metal/shoegaze project Alcest and also the founder for the now-defunct Amesoeurs. 
Career.
Neige quickly started to gain public recognition for his involvement as a drummer and live rhythm guitarist for black metal band Peste Noire in the beginning of the 2000s. He also became involved with black metal band Mortifera in 2003 up to the "Vastiia Tenebrd Mortifera" (2004) album for which he wrote two songs. In parallel, he really started to make a name for himself with his main bands Amesoeurs and Alcest. Alcest's first EP "Le Secret" (Drakkar Productions; 2005) and album "Souvenirs d'un autre monde" (Prophecy Productions; 2007) mixing numerous shoegaze rock and metal influences skyrocketed Neige to fame, which led him to lay Amesoeurs to rest. Later he also provided vocals for Old Silver Key and Lantlôs and live bass for Les Discrets. In 2007 he was also asked by Rune Veddaa to make vocals on the forthcoming Forgotten Woods album entitled "Intolerance Div." but this collaboration didn't come to fruition.