Black Altar

A Leeds concert at BOOM, the performance venue based at Canalside Community Venue, featuring the Polish black metal project Black Altar with the South London band Necro Ritual as special guests.

Black Altar was formed in Olsztyn, Poland, in 1996 and is now based in London. The project is led by its founder and frontman, the multi-instrumentalist Dariusz "Shadow" Sieradzki, and plays orthodox black metal. Its first album, Wrath ov the Gods / Moonastray, appeared in 2002. The lyrics and identity of the group centre on Satanism, death, misanthropy and darkness, and it is regarded as one of the leading black metal acts to have emerged from Central and Eastern Europe.

Necro Ritual, formed in South London in 2003, also play black metal. The band first built its following across the UK before performing increasingly across Europe. Its most recent release is the album Bysmer, and a new release is forthcoming, alongside a recently issued music video.

The evening is presented by Hammerdown and Obsidian Gathering. BOOM is a concert and performance venue at Canalside Community Venue in Leeds, and this bill suits listeners who follow black metal.