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	Avant-garde metal, progressive metal
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Pelagic Records, Overcome Distribution, D-Prod
Website	www.hypno5e.com
Members	Emmanuel Jessua Jonathan Maurois Pierre Rettien Charles Villanueva
Past members	Thibault Lamy Jérémie Lautier Cédric Pages (aka Gredin) Théo Begue Maxime Mangeant

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 Pages (aka Gredin) – bass, backing vocals (2005–2022)
• Théo Begue – drums, samples (2012–2021)
• Maxime Mangeant – drums (2021–2022)

Timeline

Discography

• H492053 (demo)
• Manuscrit Côté ms408 (EP) (2005)
• Des Deux L’une Est L’Autre (2007)
• Acid Mist Tomorrow (2012)
• Shores of the Abstract Line (2016)
• Alba -Les ombres arrantes (Music from the Film) (2018)
• A Distant (Dark) Source (2019)

Sources

External links

• Official website
• Facebook page
• MySpace page
• Bandcamp
• HQ Live video from Motocultor Festival 2016