Ten years in the Scottish underground and the third record is the one they have built to, and Iron Altar will have From The Bones Of The Earth out on 29 January through Road To Masochist.
Joe Clayton recorded, mixed and mastered it at No Studio in Manchester, the room that has handled Ba'al, Conjurer and Aggressive Perfector. The cover is by James Kerr, who draws as Slug Draws.
The album opens on "Groundswell" and closes on "Fallen", with "Disintegration", "Psychosis", "Wastelands" and "Vulture" between them. "Wastelands" is the song the band have already filmed. The label describes the record as blackened hardcore and abrasive sludge and names Downfall Of Gaia, Conan, Oathbreaker and Voivod as the company it keeps.
Iron Altar formed in Edinburgh and announced themselves with a self titled EP in 2016, followed by the independently released Pillars Of Blood in 2018 and Promethean in 2023. Andrew Callis and Neil Mathers both sing, Evelyn Poustie plays guitar, Greg Armstrong bass and Linz Mackenzie Conway drums.
This is the first story we have run about the band, whose page went up from the press mail earlier this month.