New single
May 15
About
Achille Pérès was formed in Dunkirk, on the North Sea - a city shaped by ports, industry, and the restless energy of a historic borderland. This is French Flanders, a place where cultures, symbols, and identities have overlapped for centuries. Here, the legacy of medieval Flanders, the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands, and the region’s later integration into France still coexist in the cultural landscape of the region, giving familiar things a different weight and meaning. That sense of living between worlds lies at the heart of Achille Pérès.
The memory of the two world wars is also deeply inscribed in this region. The battlefields of Flanders entered modern cultural memory through works such as John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields, while Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front helped define the broader literary memory of the Western Front. Operation Dynamo was later brought to the screen by Christopher Nolan in Dunkirk. The memory of war, both past and present, is reflected in the band’s name. Achille Pérès was a real person from the Dunkirk area who was arrested in 1944 and deported to Buchenwald, where he died in 1945. The band’s name also speaks to the value of human life - something that remains painfully relevant in our own time.
Musically, the band blends heavy riffs with a darker electronic atmosphere, dense synth textures, and subtle Armenian musical motifs.
Achille Pérès is where borderland history, personal memory, and modern metal collide.
Members
Dzhulietta Avanesian is the voice and lyrical force behind Achille Pérès. As lead vocalist, lyricist, vocal producer, and music producer, she brings emotional weight, intensity, and identity to the band’s sound, shaping both its atmosphere and its message.
Denys Lushchenko is the composer and guitarist of Achille Pérès, as well as a vocalist, vocal producer, and music producer. He builds the band’s musical backbone through heavy riffs, layered arrangements, and a clear sonic vision, giving the songs their strength, tension, and impact.
