NOVELISTS are a progressive metal band from Paris. The band started out in early 2013, when Florestan and Amael Durand met former A CALL To SINCERITY members Matteo Gelsomino, Nicolas Delestrade and Charles-Henri Teule, and the rest is history…

After touring Europe extensively with bands such as FOR TODAY, BREAKDOWN OF SANITY, DREAM ON DREAMER, SILENT PLANET etc. NOVELISTS embarked on a 2017 summer tour with established bands WHILE SHE SLEEPS and NORTHLANE. It was the perfect conclusion to the "Souvenirs" album cycle.

“Touring with such inspiring artists has been very stimulating for us as a band, seeing them live every day has made us want to aim even higher when it comes to our live performances. “Finally NOVELISTS are back with a follow up concept album, musingly named "Noir".

"Noir" is divided into 4 chapters, all of which contain their own emotion, feeling, guitar tuning, and even their own production/mixing. "We have worked so hard on this record for a very long time, we wanted to make sure there were no compromises in making this album, which also made the process quite painful, but we couldn't be happier and proud of the end result."