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Altar (Romanian Band) performing live on day 2 at Rezistenta Festival 2024. Altar is a Romanian band from Cluj Napoca, that formed in 1991. After a couple of local shows, the band had their first national concert at the '91 Samrock Festival, where they won the prize for the most popular band. After the performance at the Timișoara '92 Studfest, Altar was considered the revelation of the festival. In 1995, the band released the Respect album and participated in the SkipRock '95 festival, winning the "Best Band" and "Best Rock Album" nominations of the year in Romania. They enjoyed enormous success afterwards, releasing six albums and becoming one of the most important rock metal bands in Romania.