Origin: Russia
Location: Kaluga, Kaluga Oblast
Formed: 2013
Status: Split‑up
Genre: Atmospheric Black / Doom Metal
Label: Independent
Themes: Coldness, Depression, Darkness, Space
Years active: 2013–?
Autres Paysages was an atmospheric black/doom metal project from Kaluga, active for a brief but memorable period beginning in 2013. The name—French for “Other Landscapes”—captures the project’s core aesthetic: vast, desolate emotional spaces rendered through cold, melancholic black metal and slow, doom‑laden atmospheres. Entirely created by Von Khrizaate, the project embraced a solitary, introspective approach, using minimalistic structures and bleak melodic phrasing to evoke feelings of cosmic emptiness, frozen landscapes, and depressive isolation.
The debut demo Far Beyond (2013) introduced Autres Paysages’ characteristic sound: raw, distant guitars, sorrowful melodies, and a suffocating sense of coldness. Underground listeners noted its ability to create a vast, space‑oriented atmosphere despite its lo‑fi production. The follow‑up demos Stellar Wind and Heart of Universe (both 2014) expanded on this direction, leaning further into cosmic themes and slow, drifting compositions that blurred the line between atmospheric black metal and depressive doom.
Reviews and commentary from niche black metal circles often highlighted the project’s emotional sincerity and its ability to evoke imagery of frozen voids, dying stars, and abandoned worlds. Though the recordings were raw and unpolished, they carried a strong sense of mood and narrative, placing Autres Paysages among the more evocative one‑man atmospheric projects of its era.
The project eventually faded into silence, leaving behind a small but cohesive body of work that continues to resonate with listeners drawn to cold, depressive, space‑oriented black metal. Its influence persists through the related work of Von Khrizaate, particularly in The Isolated Vale, which carries forward similar themes of solitude and cosmic melancholy.
Final lineup