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Trame Noire is the eighth studio album by French cinematic progressive metal band Hypno5e, released on 6 November 2026 via Pelagic Records.
The album's title translates to "dark infrastructure"—a French environmental term for urban design meant to limit artificial light pollution and preserve natural nighttime darkness for nocturnal wildlife. Conceptual mastermind Emmanuel Jessua framed the record around a protagonist confronting deeply buried trauma over the course of a single night. The narrative uses subtle environmental shifts—like a drop in temperature, the movement of a leaf, or the flutter of an insect's wing—to trigger past memories.
Musically, the band's self-styled "cinematic metal" exchanges some of the heavy electronics from 2023's Sheol for a warmer, more organic post-metal and sludgy foundation. The composition seamlessly shifts between atmospheric avant-garde melodies, Katatonia-esque clean vocal harmonies, and abrasive, blastbeat-driven growling ferocity.
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