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 Plague…
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