Australian Black Metal band.Formed in 1998 and releasing their first demo "Glories of the Nightsky" in 1999, they have released one more demo, three EP albums, one single album, and one full leght album, "Renascent Misanthropy", this album from year 2003.Description of their music according to the band: "The legion of Astriaal coalesce elements of varying extreme metal genres to create an arcane cacophony of unique antiquity. Conjuring a melancholic furnace of blasting misanthropy – all members derive diversifying influences, which is evident in the dark and fluent atmospheres that result."