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.

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