Featuring ex-members of Dream Theater, Guns N' Roses and Journey, SONS OF APOLLO are about to begin the band's first ever European live dates, starting this Friday at Hellfest in France. To celebrate, the band have launched a video for the track 'Signs of the Time', filmed during the bands recent North American tour. The track is taken from band's debut album Psychotic Symphony, which came out last October via InsideOut Music.

Mike Portnoy comments: "The 'Signs of the Time' Video was shot on the recent US tour and is a good taste of what the band is like on stage. We are about to embark on the band's 1st tour of Europe and the UK and can’t wait to bring this 5 headed musical monster to our fans overseas all throughout the summer."

Today, in cooperation with Godz Ov War Productions, we are thrilled to premiere the UPON THE ALTAR's second full-length album Descendants Of Evil, due to be released on July 19th, 2024 on vinyl, CD and digital formats.

From the very get-go, this album already had a solid start by presenting itself as the eldritch abomination that it is, however the further it progresses with each track, it evolves into something much more menacing that will surely conquer the world of the living by the end of its evolution cycle. This is truly one of those examples of "the deeper you go, the creepier it gets", because the vile riffs further elevate the demonic atmosphere that surrounds Descendants Of Evil, showcasing that it definitely has an unsettling and horrifying black aura around it, giving out the vibe of witnessing a literal ritual of summoning unspeakable monstrosities that dwell in the underworld. There is one particular example, that being the fifth track 'Malicious Holiness' which includes some scary throat-singing chanting in the background, blending nicely with the blackened death metal output that in itself is like a moment of the great beast's ascension.

It's a seldom seen or heard nowadays when a black or death metal band puts out something truly terrifying and intense to listen to, yet in the case of Upon The Altar, they basically didn't hold back to give extra edges to this headbanger of an album, with musical suspense and primitive musicianship building such a strong foundation, transforming itself into a forbidden relic that could literally drive insane the longer you stay in that realm, possibly bleeding through your nostrils or from your eye sockets. The nature of this album is so godless with its frequent delivery of relentless serenades in flesh and blood, but the fact that it's stylistically consistent all the way through, yet never uninteresting, is perhaps its strongest quality, because even halfway through it still feels like from the very beginning. By the time you reach the closing track 'Prolegomenon', it pretty much says directly that the great beast has reached its final form and that the end is nigh, giving a great sense of closure to this Lovecraftian and hellish chapter.

Read full review here.

UPON THE ALTAR is:

bTo - Guitars
Void - Bass, Vocals
Thisworld Outof - Drums

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/uponthealtarofficial
https://uponthealtar.bandcamp.com/
http://godzovwar.com/
https://www.facebook.com/godzovwar
https://godzovwarproductions.bandcamp.com/