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Pagan Altar formed in 1978 in Brockley, England. Alongside Witchfinder General, they are one of the few NWOBHM bands to play doom metal.[1] Although they were ignored by mainstream metal media during the early and mid 80s, their influence did not emerge until after the 80s incarnation had broken up. Their gigs were characterized by moody, epic and heavy music interpreted with highly visual stage aspect which accented their interest for occult themes. Pagan Altar's only release from that era was independent, self-released, self-titled album which was in later years often bootlegged. It was finally officially re-released on Oracle Records...

Altar Eagle finds itself nestled somewhere between the icy drum machine pop of Cold Cave, the kosmische refractions of Emeralds and the classic layered shoegaze of Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. Eden Hemming and Brad Rose have previously made music together as Corsican Paintbrush, before changing their name and style on a pair of sought-after cassettes absorbing darkwave pop genius and the 1st wave techno moods of Juan Atkins. With a heavy heart and distorted touch, they've drafted a deeply affected sound where vocals are typically half-heard and happy to be so, while an ongoing mastery of their analogue synths...

There are two artists with this name: 1) Altars is an extreme metal band from Adelaide, Australia. The style is a merging of death and doom, extreme and ambient, physical and metaphysical. 2) Altars is a Raw Black Metal band from the US. Drawing influences from several other genres including Punk and Harsh Noise/Power Electronics. They formed in the Winter of 2003 and have sinced released vinyl and cassette releases on Youth Attack!, How Much Art Can You Take?, Down In The Ground & Occult Contemporary as well as several self released demos. They are currently recording their debut full...

Altar of Plagues was an Irish post-black metal band formed in 2006 in Cork, Ireland. Terms that are most frequently used to describe their sound include black metal, ambient and progressive metal or post-metal, though it seems no one description can sum up the act's massive sound. The act themselves consider black metal to be the genre to which they are most attached, but on the contrary they have also been quoted to take influence from acts as diverse as Emperor, Björk and Arvo Pärt. The band's untraditional aesthetic and approach to their music has led to Altar of Plagues...