From black metal to Bliss Signal

Black metal act Altar Of Plagues operated on a different level to their peers. They may have formed in Cork but they never seemed of the city. The mystique they acquired was due mostly to the astute guidance of their linchpin James Kelly, who eschewed the treadmill of regular gigging to build something more mysterious. Thanks to their grandiose and uncompromising sound, the band achieved international recognition and respect.

Not one for sitting on his laurels, after three albums Kelly disbanded Altar Of Plagues and returned with the dark and soulful electronic project WIFE. Confounding further expectations he emerged last year with Bliss Signal, the unlikely collaboration with grime artist Jack Adams aka Mumdance.