On Saturday, October 31, 2026, Le Bal & La Bête II returns to La Marbrerie de Montreuil for a long Halloween metal night that blends deathrock, blackened hardcore, sludge, oneirogaze, and psychedelic doom. The lineup features five bands, DJs to keep the night going, and an industrial setting transformed into a lively festive venue.
In Montreuil, Halloween settles into an old marble workshop
For its second edition, Le Bal returns to the place where it had already taken root the year before: La Marbrerie, at 21 Rue Alexis Lepère in Montreuil. The cultural venue sits in a former ornamental marble workshop, and its reconversion deliberately preserved the building’s industrial, raw character. La Marbrerie, as it stands today, was born in 2016 and now toggles between a concert hall, a club, a canteen, and an event space.
The lineup threads through a number of branches of the metal, punk, and alternative scenes. The Italians of Horror Vacui will in particular open the doors to deathrock, a genre born from the punk continuum and closely tied to gothic aesthetics, recognizable by its razor‑sharp guitars, its prominent bass, and its typically macabre atmospheres.
The French band Pilori leans into blackened hardcore, blending hardcore's aggression with abrasive black metal textures. Alta Rossa will champion a fusion of post-hardcore and sludge—a terrain where heaviness, crushing tempos and saturated textures typically reign supreme.
But the night shouldn’t boil down to a pursuit of the loudest riff. Midsummer Blaze, a collaboration between Réunion and Paris, lands under the intriguingly labeled oneirogaze. The term evokes a dreamlike, shoegaze-adjacent aesthetic: guitars smeared with effects, expansive sonic swells, and an almost surreal atmosphere.
Finally, Livgone, a Franco-Polish-Swiss project, will drift into a doom-psychedelic register. Doom metal is typically defined by slow tempos, heavy riffs, and a claustrophobic atmosphere; when fused with psychedelic influences, the genre becomes hypnotic and immersive.
Once the five acts have taken the stage, there's no heading to bed just yet. The night will also feature a closing and DJ sets by Førtifem and Horns Up, to stretch the festivities beyond the concerts. The rendezvous is therefore set for Saturday, October 31, 2026 at La Marbrerie.
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Dates and Opening Time
On October 31, 2026
Location
La Marbrerie
21 Rue Alexis Lepere
93100 Montreuil
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