Altar of Plagues were an Irish post-black metal band from Cork active from 2006 to 2013. They released three studio albums: White Tomb (2009), Mammal (2011) and Teethed Glory and Injury (2013) before disbanding.

Reviews note a strong environmentalist theme and a sound blending black metal with post-rock, drone, noise and electronic/industrial touches. Contemporary comparisons in reviews include Wolves in the Throne Room, Agalloch and Swans. James Kelly is identified as the primary composer and vocalist; other members mentioned in reviews include Dave Condon, Johnny King and earlier Jeremia Spillane.

Irish post-black metal band from Cork active 2006–2013. Released three studio albums — White Tomb (2009), Mammal (2011), Teethed Glory and Injury (2013) — noted for blending black metal with post-rock, drone and experimental elements. Reviews praise compositional ambition, atmosphere and thematic focus on nature and collapse.

For:Listeners of experimental, atmospheric and post-black metal; fans of Wolves in the Throne Room, Agalloch and related scenes.

 

Among the most interesting releases of 2013, I would certainly include “Teethed Glory and Injury” by the now disbanded Altar of Plagues, who with their third and final studio work managed to reach an enviable state of maturity in terms of post-black metal, a sub-genre very much in vogue these days.

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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: as if to say that not everything is lost, not everything is gone, and that despair, and sadness serve for a decidedly better tomorrow.

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In the catastrophic black of “White Tomb” there is everything that only black metal itself can describe: fury, suffering, despair.

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