For ardent disciples of stoner rock, Pagan Altar’s appropriately titled Time Lord is akin to Lazarus rising from the dead. Formed in 1976, the London-based quintet was one of the very first New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands to play doom metal. Pagan Altar recorded these songs in 1978, but for reasons unknown the master tapes were shelved until 34 years later. Finally released in 2012, “Highway Cavalier” plays like Jim Dandy fronting Motörhead before the title track launches into the space-rock stratosphere for more than eight minutes of power sludge. It borrows equally from Hawk… read more
For ardent disciples of stoner rock, Pagan Altar’s appropriately titled Time Lord is akin to Lazarus rising from the dead. Formed in 1976, the London… read more
For ardent disciples of stoner rock, Pagan Altar’s appropriately titled Time Lord is akin to Lazarus rising from the dead. Formed in 1976, the London-based quintet was one of the very fi… read more
Pagan Altar, formed 1976 by Alan and Terry Jones in Brockley, England. Alongside Witchfinder General, they are one of the few NWOBHM bands to play doom metal. Their gigs were characterised by moody, epic and heavy music interpreted with highly visual stage aspect which accented their interest for occult themes. Pagan Altar's only release from that era was independent, self-released, self-titled cassette which was in later years bootlegged. It was finally officially re-released on Oracle Records in 1998 and titled Volume 1. Despite no label interest in the late 70's and e… read more
Pagan Altar, formed 1976 by Alan and Terry Jones in Brockley, England. Alongside Witchfinder General, they are one of the few NWOBHM bands to play doom metal. Their gigs were characterise… read more
Pagan Altar, formed 1976 by Alan and Terry Jones in Brockley, England. Alongside Witchfinder General, they are one of the few NWOBHM bands to play doom metal. Their gigs were characterised by moody, epic and heavy music interpreted w… read more