Altar of Oblivion is an epic doom and heavy metal band from Aalborg, Denmark, active since 2007, inspired by 1980s heavy metal, World War II literature, religion, and morbid poetry. Their discography from The Shadow Era demo through Sinews of Anguish, Grand Gesture of Defiance, Barren Grounds, The Seven Spirits, and In the Cesspit of Divine Decay captures the spirit and atmosphere of epic doom metal in a compelling and credible manner.

Altar of Pain creates death metal from Funchal in Madeira since 2012. From this volcanic Atlantic island — Portugal's distant subtropical outpost — they deliver over a decade of sacrificial brutality.

Altar of Plagues was a seminal post-black metal act from Cork that helped define the style's international evolution from their 2008 formation through their final album 'Teethed Glory and Injury' in 2013. Though disbanded, their influence on atmospheric extreme metal continues to resonate far beyond Ireland's shores.

Thessaloniki's Altar of the Stag blend doom, post-metal, and sludge into ritualistic compositions of primal heaviness and atmospheric depth. Since 2020, they've channelled pagan reverence and natural mysticism through crushing, slow-building sonic rituals.

Altar of the Witch combines heavy, doom, and stoner metal from Sassari in northern Sardinia since 2020. Their occult name conjures images of pagan worship that their thick, riff-heavy Sardinian sound brings to life.

Altar of Woe channels black metal from Saint Petersburg since 2020. Their sacrificial-grief name drives compositions of ritualistic sorrow from Russia's former imperial capital.

Altar ov Asteria is an all-female atmospheric and post-black metal band from Dresden, Germany, formed in 2023, whose debut single Kataklysm showcases a sound that weaves melodic atmospherics into fierce black metal intensity. The band blends avant-garde sensibilities with post-black metal textures, establishing a distinctive voice in Dresden's metal underground.

Altar Stomper delivers death metal from the eastern Finnish city of Lappeenranta since 2016, bringing blasphemous intensity to the Karelian border region. Their irreverent name captures the destructive energy at the core of their sound.

A secretive collective shrouded in anonymity, Altarage has become one of the most critically acclaimed extreme metal acts to emerge from the Basque Country since their 2015 formation. Across six full-lengths on Season of Mist and Doomentia Records, including "Nihl," "Endinghent," and "Succumb," they've constructed a suffocating world of chaotic, atmospheric death metal that sounds like the collapse of reality itself.