Quite a lot of bands have been utilizing the all-too-vague term of "Dark Metal" lately in self-description, but in fact only a few of them have as of yet cultivated the musical approach and attitude that it takes to actually deserve that categorization. Alastis from Switzerland are definitely well-integrated within that scene and their activities ever since the band's original formation back in 1987 have proved to be in constant evolution without ever changing the sombre musical path that guided their earliest efforts

