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Altar of Plagues

Musical Group
Forfans of black and post-black metal, post-metal explorers, and listeners into wolves in the throne room, agalloch, and swans-influenced heaviness.
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Black Metal Post-Hardcore Post rock

The Profile

Irish post-black metal band from Cork. Debuted with White Tomb (2009, Profound Lore Records), followed by Mammal (2011) and the experimental swan song Teethed Glory and Injury (2013). Core members referenced in reviews include James Kelly, Dave Condon, Johnny King, with earlier contributions from Jeremia Spillane.

Themes span environmental collapse and social alienation. Sound evolved from expansive atmospheric black metal with post-rock passages to concise, industrial-tinged experimentation. Reviews compare them to Wolves in the Throne Room, Agalloch, Slint, Swans, and Liturgy.

Irish post-black metal band from Cork, praised for a swift but impactful arc across three albums. White Tomb’s expansive, nature-scarred epics give way to Mammal’s bleak balance and emotional heft. Teethed Glory and Injury closes the story with concise, experimental ferocity and industrial/electronic edges. Reviews highlight environmental themes, social alienation, and bold genre cross-pollination.

Notable Quotes

❝ Indeed. The Altar of Plagues of “White Tomb” were pure poetry.
❝ No longer four long tracks (a scheme adopted in both previous works), but nine disjointed and alienating shards for about forty-eight minutes of distorted and at times sensational post-black metal.
❝ Mammal is this, it’s a train projected towards the end, laden with despair and tragic malaise, but a light, after that last final percussion, seems to appear...
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