Altar of Plagues were an Irish

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band, founded in

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by James Kelly. After gaining attention in the metal community with a series of self recorded demos and EPs, the band released their first studio album, '' White Tomb'', in April 2009 on

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''. Retrieved 11 July 2009. Following a year of gigging and some changes to the lineup, the group signed with

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in the US. Their third album, ''Teethed Glory and Injury'' was released in 2013 and met with critical acclaim.

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'' named it #2 on "Terrorizer 50 Albums Of The Year 2013". On 15 June 2013, Altar of Plagues announced via Facebook that they were splitting up and that their final live performance would be at the Unsound Festival in Poland in October. However, in January 2015, after teasing it for weeks, they announced a few shows to take place in early 2015. In late 2015, the band announced they would embark on one last tour across mainland Europe with fellow Irish band Malthusian (with whom Altar of Plagues' drummer Johnny King also plays). Their final performance was at the Damnation Festival 2015. Kelly now releases music under the name

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, while Johnny King drums for the doom metal band Conan.

Band members

Final lineup

* James Kelly - guitar, vocals, keyboards, drums * Johnny King - drums

Live musicians

* Barry O'Sullivan - guitar * Barry English - drums * Stavros Giannopoulos - guitar

Previous members

* Dave Condon - Bass, Vocals * Bryan O'Sullivan - guitar * Jeremiah Spillane - guitar

Discography

Studio albums

* '' White Tomb'' (2009) * ''

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Teethed Glory and Injury Teethed Glory and Injury is the third and final studio album by the Irish black metal band Altar of Plagues, produced by Jaime Gómez Arellano, who previously worked with Ghost B.C. and Ulver. It was released on April 30, 2013 through Cand ...

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Demos and EPs

* ''First Plague'' (2006) * ''Through the Cracks of the Earth'' (2007) * ''Tides'' (2010) * Split with Year of No Light (2011)

References

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* Irish black metal musical groups Irish post-rock groups Musical groups established in 2006 Musical groups disestablished in 2013 2006 establishments in Ireland 2013 disestablishments in Ireland Musical groups from Cork (city) Musical quartets Blackgaze musical groups Profound Lore Records artists {{Ireland-band-stub