Genre(s):
Death Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
N/A
Origin:
Sweden (Kumla)
Formed In:
1990
Status:
Split-Up
Last Known Line-Up:
Magnus Carlsson - Bass, Vocals
Fredrik Johansson - Drums
Jimmy Lundmark - Guitar
Johan Bülow - Guitars (Fallen Angel (Swe), Wolf (Swe), Chain of Hate)
Former/past member(s):
Per Karlsson - Drums (Nex (Swe), Dion Fortune, In Aeternum (Swe), Serpent (Swe), Suffer (Swe), T.A.R., Nominon, Wortox, Bergraven)
Mattias - Guitar
Additional Notes
Previously known as Wortox, but changed their name to Altar in 1990.

Magnus Carlsson is not to be confused with Ablaze My Sorrow's guitarist.

Altar released a split album with Finnish death metal band Cartilage in 1992 before splitting up.

Not to be confused with:

Altar (NL) - Death Metal from Hardenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands
Altar (RO) - Thrash Metal/Hardcore from Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Altar (FR) - Thrash/Speed Metal from Schiltigheim, Alsace, France
Altar (TR) - Thrash/Death Metal from Istanbul, Turkey
Altar (US) - Heavy/Power Metal from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Altar (CR) - Symphonic/Power Metal from Tibas, San José, Costa Rica


Discography:
Wortox (pre-Altar) - The Unknown [demo] - 1989
Altar - No Flesh Shall Be Spared [demo] - 1991
Altar - Rehearsal Tape [demo] - 1992
Altar & Cartilage - Ex Oblivione / The Fragile Concept Of Affection [split] - 1992
Altar - Promo '93 [demo] - 1993
Altar - Promo '94 [demo] - 1994
Altar - Dark Domains [best of/compilation] - 2012

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Metal-Archives

Altar - No Flesh Shall Be Spared [demo] - 1991 by frostdomain
Altar - Rehearsal Tape [demo] - 1992 by металлист
Altar & Cartilage - Ex Oblivione / The Fragile Concept Of Affection [split] - 1992 by ROSARINO
Altar - Dark Domains [best of/compilation] - 2012 by GloomyDeath