Luiz A. Garcia founded the band together with Daniel Dobbin in early 1997. A song was born as a progressive rock instrumental, which would later become "Nemesis". Months later, luiz invited Pedro I. Salles, forming the band's original formation. The first rehearsal in a studio was in September `97. After that, the band evolved to a doom metal style with female vocals. Later, Luiz had his introduction to Celtic/Folk music (thanks to his father), as well as Pedro and Daniel. The passion of Scottish and Irish stories and sentiment in celtic music was added to both the music and the lyrics.
      After many line-up problems, Thiago and Breno joined the band. And finally Ashtar gained the beautiful voice of Fernanda Mesquita, as she joined the "clan" in `99. Today Ashtar is a celtic, folk, progressive, doom metal band, and the lyrics are based on esoteric theories, reencarnations, irish moods and scottish glories.