There are at least three artists with this name: 1) Altars is an extreme metal band from Adelaide, Australia. The style is a merging of death and doom, extreme and ambient, physical and metaphysical. 2) Altars is a Raw Black Metal band from the US. Drawing influences from several other genres including Punk and Harsh Noise/Power Electronics. They formed in the Winter of 2003 and have sinced released vinyl and cassette releases on Youth Attack!, How Much Art Can You Take?, Down In The Ground &