Proton Burst – La Nuit 2LP

I, Voidhanger Records is proud to present the long-awaited reissue of a cult metal album from the 90s: "La Nuit" by PROTON BURST, a 6-movement adaptation of French master Philippe Druillet's comic book masterpiece.

Available for the first time on vinyl and specially remastered for the occasion, the original album is accompanied by an unreleased live recording from the 1995 Saint Amand Rock Festival featuring an extended version of the work, and by the historic 14-minute demo from 1993 that PROTON BURST presented to Druillet to get his blessing for the project. Also, an article with the detailed history of the album told by its protagonists, a long in-depth essay on Druillet's art and a rich array of archival band photos and images taken from the graphic novel.

Part concept album, part soundtrack and part rock opera, "La Nuit" (The Night) is divided into 6 untitled movements, each of which flows seamlessly into the next. It tells the story of a band of futuristic Hell's Angels moving through a post-apocalyptic scenario in search of one last “junk shot,” fleeing from ferocious vampire-cops with fascist ways.

PROTON BURST's style is influenced by VOIVOD's thrash metal tradition, evident in the fat sound of the guitars, in biting vocals on the border between metal and punk, as well as in certain accelerations of devastating power, but everything is filtered through an industrial/noise vein that bring GODFLESH and MINISTRY into play.

Recently included by Rock Hard Magazine (FR) among the essential French metal releases of the 90s, PROTON BURST's "La Nuit" is a cult album, a gem to be discovered or rediscovered, as immortal as the work of Druillet that inspired it.

Musique de PROTON BURST.
Adaptation en 6 mouvements de "LA NUIT" de PHILIPPE DRUILLET.

Axël Kriloff - guitares
Pavel Arsène - batterie & percussions
Frank Delpierre - basse
Rémi Vaucher - chant

Synthés et samples - Nicolas Repac

Recorded and mixed by Jean Marc Pinaud at Acousti studio, Paris, July 1994.

Remastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony.

Live at Saint Amand Rock Festival recorded by Jean Marc Pinaud on August 5th, 1995. Remastered by Gabriele Gramaglia.

All art from "La Nuit" by Philippe Druillet
Philippe Druillet © Editions Glénat
www.glenat.com

Design by Francesco Gemelli