Altar of Plagues
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Altar of Plagues is an Irish atmospheric black metal
/ post-metal
band. After gaining attention in the metal community with a series of demos and EPs, the band released their first studio album, White Tomb
, in April 2009 on Profound Lore Records
. Following a year of gigging and some changes to the lineup, the group announced their signing with Candlelight Records
in January 2010. They embarked on a four week US Tour with blackened doom outfit Velnias ending in Chicago on August 8, 2010.
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
/ post-metal
Post-metal
Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal.Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions...
band. After gaining attention in the metal community with a series of demos and EPs, the band released their first studio album, White Tomb
White Tomb
White Tomb is the debut album by Irish ambient black metal band Altar of Plagues....
, in April 2009 on Profound Lore Records
Profound Lore Records
Profound Lore Records is an independent record label founded in May 2004, which "began as the 'hobby-like venture' of a few friends, but over the past six years the label has evolved into a one-man enterprise, shaped a distinct 'aesthetic identity,' and provided owner Chris Bruni with a full-time...
. Following a year of gigging and some changes to the lineup, the group announced their signing with Candlelight Records
Candlelight Records
Candlelight Records is an independent record label based in Europe founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bassist Lee Barrett, though it has had a division in the United States since January 2001. Candlelight Records specialises in black metal and death metal, having bands such as Emperor,...
in January 2010. They embarked on a four week US Tour with blackened doom outfit Velnias ending in Chicago on August 8, 2010.
Demos and EPs
- First Plague (2006)
- Through the Cracks of the Earth (2007)
- Sol (2008)
- Tides (2010)
- Split with Year of No LightYear of No LightHailing from Bordeaux, Year Of No Light is a French band formed in 2001. With their first album, Nord, "Year Of No Light have proven adept a shifting seamlessly between genres, balancing post-rock, sludge, somber psychedelics and crushing dark and depressing atmospheric shoegaze".In 2010, now...
(2011)