Altars

Altars
Origin	Adelaide SA
Genres	Death metal
Years active	2005 -
Labels	None
Associated acts	Sarsekim
Website	myspace.com/altarsofficial
Members	Alan Cadman, Lewis Fischer, Cale Schmidt
Past members	Jon Dewar

Band members

• Line-up
  • Alan Cadman (drums)
  • Lewis Fischer (guitar)
  • Cale Schmidt (vocals, bass)

• Former members
  • Jon Dewar (bass) 2005 - 2011

Formed

Adelaide, SA, 2005

Band information

Altars is an Adelaide band that has existed in some form since 2005. The line-up solidified with the addition of Dewar from Sarsekim in 2007. The band's style is an experimental form of death metal and ambience; a demo was released in 2008 and the band supported Dismember in Adelaide. Altars opened for Cannibal Corpse in September 2009. Around the same time a split release with Tzun Tzu appeared. Jon Dewar departed in 2011 and Cale Schmidt took over the bass duties.

Discography

'Album:

	2013	Paramnesia	Nuclear Winter

'Splits:

	2009	Split with Tzun Tzu	Advoco Terra Sonitus
	2012	Engulfed (Split with Heaving Earth)	Nihilistic Holocaust