As the world descends into chaos, Hesychia calls us to turn inward and discover all that we seek within ourselves. Ritualistic Ambient Music drawing from Theology, inspired by Industrial and Sacred Music, from the Symbolismus Werke circle (Nahtrunar, Archaist, Archont, Wuodan’s Wunde). CD presented in a 4 panel digipak, limited

Ritual ambient music for spiritual ascension. Third album from this Austrian project, part of Symbolismus Werke circle (Nahtrunar, Archaist, Wuodan’s Wunde). Digipak CD limited to 100 copies.

The Belgian band Matavitatau blends a long-fostered love for 1990s-style Norwegian black metal with a deep passion for classical literature. They forge their lyrics exclusively in Latin, sourcing them from Roman poets from classical, medieval and renaissance times. Their overarching concept focuses on human mortality, the inevitability of decay, and

Portugal’s raw black metal underground, particularly orbiting around its Black Circle, has quietly become one of the most potent international scenes for unapologetic black metal purism. Of its denizens, Mons Veneris is arguably the darkest, most mystery-draped exemplar of this sound: incredibly lo-fi and raw in a most otherworldly way.

Bleeding into the rivers of the twilight world, Hrima is rooted in spiritual existentialism and the poetic mysticism of nature. It explores the trial of man, the nameless longing for transcendence and his loss of words when he experiences the divine will. Musically, “Hrima” is Black Metal and arcane instrumental

Altare is proud to present Nahtrunar’s new album “Sphären”. Sphären (German for “spheres”) marks Nahtrunar’s return to the shadows, more than ever gravitating towards the primordial spirit of 90ies Black Metal. Cold and nocturnal poetry explores the mythical spheres in which the cosmos was born, descending further into the realm

Altare is proud to present Nahtrunar’s 4th album “Wolfsstunde” (Wolf’s Hour), a masterpiece of melodic and raging Black Metal, with a body of work that goes way beyond music. Wolfsstunde is a deep spiritual journey into nature and ruins, fears and dreams, inner and outer contemplation, and presents Nahtrunar on