Altaria (band)


Altaria is a heavy metal band from Jakobstad, Finland, who have released four albums on the record label Metal Heaven and a fifth on Escape Music.

History

In January 2008, the band decided to part ways with their record label Metal Heaven for undisclosed reasons. In the same month, bass player Marko Pukkila parted ways with the band after an argument concerning the split with Metal Heaven, and was replaced as vocalist by Ex-Terrorwheel bass player, Marco Luponero. After that, the only original member still active with Altaria at the time was Tony Smedjebacka.
Towards the later part of 2008 the band announced on their website that they were in the process of writing songs for their fifth studio album. In March 2009, they stated that they had finished recording 12 tracks for their upcoming release. The title had yet to be confirmed, but one track had already been completed, entitled "Pride and Desire". Altaria's fifth studio album, Unholy, was released in May 2009.
After nearly 5 years of inactivity, the band, together with former bass player Marko Pukkila got together for Altaria's final concert at Nummirock 2016 on 23 June.
In December 2019, the band announced through their new website that the 2006 lineup had returned and were recording material for a 6th album for a late 2020 release. They also remastered their second album, Divinity, which was released on 27th March 2020.

Musical Style

Members

;Current lineup
;Former members

Discography