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Altars formed under the name Monuments in early 2010 with the drive to present forceful passionate, heavy, hardcore/metal.
They recorded demos in May 2010, and toured through 2011. The band recorded their debut EP, 'Opposition' in late 2010 and now unveil their full-length album titled Something More.
If you're a fan of loud, high tempo, heavy metal drumming then this album is for you. Opening title track Something More fuses together some screaming passionate vocals and thumping metal drumming to create a sound that heavy music fans will love hearing on this album.
Tracks like Question Everything and Eternity show that the...
Read More Altars formed under the name Monuments in early 2010 with the drive to present forceful passionate, heavy, hardcore/metal.
They recorded demos in May 2010, and toured through 2011. The band recorded their debut EP, 'Opposition' in late 2010 and now unveil their full-length album titled Something More.
If you're a fan of loud, high tempo, heavy metal drumming then this album is for you. Opening title track Something More fuses together some screaming passionate vocals and thumping metal drumming to create a sound that heavy music fans will love hearing on this album.
Tracks like Question Everything and Eternity show that the quality of musicianship is fantastic on this album. The band certainly have some great songs worth digging your teeth into.
I'm a massive fan of the drums on this album, and the speed of the drums on songs like Sent To Destroy and Transparency are out of this world.
The song Revolutions shows this band can at times be counted as pop/punk. The style of music shifts ever so slightly that way in this track. The high energy track is brilliant but the words of the song are what jumped out at me, with some truly great lyrics.
Caverns is a little bit of a slower track with a picked distorted guitar adding an eerie atmosphere to the song. This again proves the band aren't a one trick pony. They then seamlessly jump back into their heavy metal style half way through the song.
As with all heavy metal bands, you expect to hear passionate and loud music mixed with great vocals singing out like nothing else matters, and that comes across defiantly on this album. If you're a fan of hardcore metal then please check out this album as it's one of the best I have heard in this genre for some time.
Review by Jono Davies
LTTM Rating 4 Out of 5 Stars
Standout Tracks
Revolutions
Eternity
Something More