The Approaching Roar

by ALTARAGE

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Gremlin Monroe Fear and ruin, darkness and death Favorite track: Chaworos Sephelln.

Giles Massive, booming drums (the kick drum actually kicks!) and fuzzed-out walls of riffs. The sound world reminds me of Portal, but there's more of what you could call 'hooks' and great doomy/droney interludes. Overwhelmingly heavy!! Favorite track: Cyclopean Clash.

DHunter It's a doom donut, with death sprinkles and a blackened filling Favorite track: Inhabitant.

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	1.	Sighting 03:45
	2.	Knowledge 03:41
	3.	Urn 07:35
	4.	Hieroglyphic Certainty 02:51
	5.	Cyclopean Clash 06:18
	6.	Inhabitant 05:11
	7.	Chaworos Sephelln 06:02
	8.	Werbuild 04:06
	9.	Engineer 03:03

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released January 25, 2019

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ALTARAGE Bilbao, Spain

Crushing chaos

Next shows:
•April 5 Oviedo, SP
•Jun 21 Madrid, SP
•Nov 29 Bilbao, SP

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Worst Case Scenario

Sep 2023
Cataract EP

Jun 2023
Sol Corrupto

Sep 2022
Succumb

Apr 2021
The Approaching Roar

Jan 2019
Endinghent

Oct 2017
Nihl

Feb 2016
MMXV demo

Sep 2015

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