Portal | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Portal_(9324067471).jpg) Portal at Metal Magic Festival in 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Genres | Death metal, black metal, avant-garde metal, progressive metal |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Profound Lore |
Portal is an Australian extreme metal band whose style is an unorthodox fusion of death metal, black metal, dark ambient and experimental music.[1] The band's hybrid musical style is characterised by heavily distorted guitar riffs, down-tuned rhythms, and vocals ranging from "menacing, echoing" sound effects to death grunts.
Writing for Popmatters, Adrien Begrand noted that "death metal always pretends to be scary, but [...] it's all rather harmless. That said, however, I make no mistake in saying that the death metal peddled by Australia's Portal is truly friggin' terrifying".[2] Lead guitarist Horror Illogium has described Portal's intent as "to capture a cinematic horror scope".[3] They have released seven full-length albums to date, as well as a number of EPs and split releases. Their most recent albums, Avow and Hagbulbia, were released in 2021 on Profound Lore Records.
- ^ "The Portal Is Open: An Interview with One of Metal's Darkest, Most Elusive Bands – Noisey". Noisey. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ Begrand, Adrien (26 October 2007). "Portal: Outré". Popmatters. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ Lake, Daniel (April 2013). "Scattered and Covered: Portal's Masks of Sanity Slipped a Long Time Ago". Decibel (102): 39.