Altars
| Altars | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Adelaide , Australia |
| Genre (s) | Death metal |
| founding | 2005 |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals , later also electric bass
|
Cale Schmidt |
| Lewis Fischer | |
| Alan Cadman | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Jon Dewar |
Altars is an Australian death metal band from Adelaide that was formed in 2005.
history
The band was formed in 2005. In 2007 Jon Dewar was added as bassist and completed the line-up, which consisted of singer Cale Schmidt, guitarist Lewis Fischer and drummer Alan Cadman. A first demo was released in 2008. In addition, the band held gigs, including together with Dismember in Adelaide. In 2013, the debut album was released Paramnesia at Nuclear Winter Records as a CD and Blood Harvest Records as a record . Since Dewar had left the band in the meantime, Schmidt also takes over the bass. On September 16, 2013, the album was voted album of the week by users of the Revolver magazine website .
style
According to Azmo from metal-temple.com , the band on Paramnesia plays a mixture of old-school and modern, technically demanding death metal. Playing the electric guitar is sometimes reminiscent of Morbid Angel and Immolation .
Discography
- 2008: Altars (demo, self-publication)
- 2009: Tzun Tzu / Altars (split with Tzun Tzu, Advoco Terra Sonitus Productions )
- 2012: Engulfed (Split with Heaving Earth, Nihilistic Holocaust Records )
- 2013: Paramnesia (Album, Nuclear Winter Records / Blood Harvest Records )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Brian Fischer-Giffin: Encyclopedia of Australian Heavy Metal . Iron Pages Press, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-1-4092-6398-2 , pp. 23 .
- ↑ Altars (2) - Paramnesia. Discogs , accessed January 2, 2016 .
- ↑ Sammi Chichester: Album of the Week: Altars, Paramnesia. (No longer available online.) Revolvermag.com, archived from the original on January 2, 2016 ; accessed on January 2, 2016 .
- ^ Azmo: Altars. Paramnesia. metal-temple.com, accessed January 2, 2016 .