In Name of Father [Import]

Altar | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 21, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Pavement Records
• ASIN: B00004OCFL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #472,595 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Holy Mask

2. Spunk

3. God Damn You

4. In the Name of the Father

5. I Spit Black Bile on You

6. Hate Scenario

7. Pro Jagd

8. Walhalla Express

9. In Our Dominion

10. I Am Your New Provider [*]

11. The Trooper [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best unsung Death/Thrash albums out there, January 11, 2006

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P. Russo "flashman14" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Name of Father (Audio CD)

Take Tom Warrior of Celtic Frost and throw him together with Kerry King and Felix Griffin (DRI) and you get Altar.

Pros: Lots of great riffs and start/stop transitions, windups, shout along choruses and explosive speed. Double bass sounds great as do the guitars (great "angry bees" ala Slayer sound). The vocals are consistent in tone without having 50 different styles in the same song that typify NuMetal crap. Overall, the appeal is more largely emotional than technical but amounts to a wonderfully furious and violent recording.

Cons: Though like most metal albums I'd be embarrassed to sing along as it's the usual satan/rape/murder subject matter. I also don't care for blast beats - thankfully they only last a few bars and for me just serve as transitions to the better thrashy elements. The snare in particular gets lost in these segments. Also in some parts, the toms are recorded too open so they don't quite sound as good as the kicks and the snare do on the more straightforward drives.

In sum, however, this is a great great album with a terrific but slightly spare bonus cover of Maiden's "The Trooper". There are no bad songs on this album and no slow boring bits either. Highly recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ALTAR creates a masterpiece with their 6th album, April 4, 2003

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"moleman56" (Orange, VT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In the Name of the Father (Audio CD)

of all the death metal bands available today, ALTAR remains one of my favorites. the cd begins slow, with 'spunk' and 'holy mask' being moderately entertaining songs. 'god damn you' has some nice riffs in it, but still doesn't completely show off the group's skill. songs 4-9 are all amazing, with many organized riffs and vocals. sjoerd visch enters the drumming elite with his performance on this CD, as his double bass-playing is absolutely flawless. bonus tracks 10 and 11 are also good, although 'the trooper' is an iron maiden cover, and the opening riff from 'i am your new provider' is too similar to the riff from arch enemy's 'the immortal'. either way, though, i recommend this cd to anyone who needs fast, heavy, double-bass drumming, and great guitar work. for any fans of drummer sjoerd visch, check out his other bands: "monolith deathcult" and "to elysium". edwin kelder's vocals can also be heard on the new album by "inri".

'in the name of the father' is well worth $...

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this album and band,wish they were still around putting out some METAL!!!, November 2, 2008

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Jared A. Combs (Lavalette,WV,USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Name of the Father [Explicit] (MP3 Download)

I highly recommend this album to all metalheads,if you are into death style.It has a new/but old school trash/death mixture in music.The vocals are just brutal but are very understandable,I just love this band from The Netherlands.They are not together no more,in which makes this band hold more to my metal heart...lol,The best songs to check out if you do decide to listen are as the following-
Goddamn You!
In Our Dominion
In the Name of the Father
The Trooper(Iron Maiden Cover)
I am your new Provider
Spunk
Holy Mask

And the rest,the whole album is great,them are the ones I slay to the most...lol

Have fun with this album all and I hope you love it as much as I,Jared(HORNS!!!)