Hortor

Hortor is a Mexican extreme unblack metal band originated in Mexico City, Mexico in March 2004. The band's name translated in English means "Animate". Members have been involved in multiple projects including Freddy Acosta for his solo project, Impaled Baphomet. On one of their full-length albums, they covered a song by one of their unblack metal influences, Horde. The band has released four studio albums, an EP, a split album, a compilation album, and a demo.

Hortor
Origin	Mexico City, Mexico
Genres	Unblack metal[1] Christian metal symphonic metal[1] Viking metal[1] extreme metal[2] black metal[3] death metal[4]
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Sullen, Exhortmetal Distributions, Bombworks, Eternal, Retroactive
Members	Varme Azmaveth
Website	Hortor on Facebook

Members

Current

• Freddy "Varme" Acosta – guitars (2003–present)
• "Azmaveth" – vocals, guitar (2003–present)
• Christian "Azgad" Razo – guitars, bass guitar (2003–2007, 2017–present)
• "Askenaz" – drums, vocals (2003–2007, 2017–present)
• "Hefzi-ba" – keyboards (2003–2007, 2017–present)

Former

• Izhar – drums (2007–2013)
• Nokturnal Wolf – drums, (2013–2017) bass guitar (2007–2013)
• Absalon – guitars (2007–2013)
• Arfaxad – guitars
• Adunamy – vocals (2006–2007, 2013)

Discography

Demo

• Demo (2004)

EPs

• By the Sword of the Almighty Emperor (2007)

Splits

• Satanas Destronado / Hortor (2008; split w/ Behead Demons)

Studio albums

• Decapitación absoluta al falso profeta (2007)
• Ancient Satanic Rituals Are Crushed in Dust (2009)
• Dios de dioses (2013)^[5]
• Dharma Esencia de Impureza (2017)^[6]

Compilations

• Enthroned XI (2015)