Hypno5e

Hypno5e is a French avant-garde metal band formed in Montpellier in 2003. They released their debut album Des Deux l'Une Est l'Autre in January 2007. Hypno5e uses lyrics in both French and English (as well as Castilian Spanish on "Tio" from their 2016 album Shores of the Abstract Line). The band has toured throughout France and the United States with other bands such as Gojira, the Ocean Collective, Watcha, Black Bomb A and Eths.^[1][2]

Hypno5e
Hypno5e performing live at Euroblast Festival 2015, Cologne, Germany
Background information
Also known as	Hypnose (2003–2005), A Backward Glance on a Travel Road
Origin	Montpellier, France
Genres	Progressive metal post-metal sludge metal extreme metal avant-garde metal
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Pelagic Records, Overcome Distribution, D-Prod
Members	Emmanuel Jessua Jonathan Maurois Pierre Rettien Charles Villanueva
Past members	Thibault Lamy Jérémie Lautier Cédric Pages (aka Gredin) Théo Begue Maxime Mangeant
Website	www.hypno5e.com

Discography

Studio albums

• Des deux l'une est l'autre (2007)
• A Backward Glance on a Travel Road (2009) (as A Backward Glance on a Travel Road)
• Acid Mist Tomorrow (2012)
• Shores of the Abstract Line (2016)
• Alba - Les ombres errantes (2018)
• A Distant (Dark) Source (2019)
• Sheol (2023)

EPs

• Manuscrit côté MS408 (2006)

Demos

• H492053 (2004)

Singles

• "A Distant Dark Source" (2019)
• "Tauca - Part II (Nowhere)" (2019)
• "Sheol" (2022)

Members

Current members

• Emmanuel Jessua – vocals, guitar (2003–present)
• Jonathan Maurois – guitar (2011–present)
• Pierre Rettien – drums (2022–present)
• Charles Villanueva – bass (2022–present)

Former members

• Thibault Lamy – drums, samples (2003–2012)
• Jérémie Lautier – guitar (2004–2010)
• Cédric "Gredin" Pages – bass, backing vocals (2005–2022)
• Théo Begue – drums, samples (2012–2021)
• Maxime Mangeant – drums (2021–2022)

Timeline