PORTAL – SWARTH CD

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If there ever was an enigma within the realm of death metal, Australia’s PORTAL have not only defined themselves as the most bizarre and frightening entity within death metal, but have also made an explicit reputation as the death metal band to take said genre’s blueprint and just twist and invert it around to create an aesthetic that no other death metal band in existence have even come closed to paralleling. It was through Profound Lore Records which brought more awareness to the intimidating force that is Portal, by re-issuing the limited debut album “Seepia” during the label’s growing inception, and then bringing to the world the band’s “Outre” follow-up in which many took notice. Nonetheless, no other band in death metal has generated polarizing conversations and opinions such as Portal; people either think they are pure genius and others can’t seem to understand or get them. And for some, Portal is that band that just needs to crawl more under people’s skin to fully penetrate their listening psyche. That is if they are able to comprehend the madness and chaos inherent in Portal’s music: the death metal soundtrack to a F.W. Murnau film gone terribly awry. And now “Swarth”, the anticipated follow-up to “Outre” almost becomes that missing link between Portal’s two previous releases by combining the off-kiltered and irregular dynamics of their debut and the surging atmosphere of “Outre” and taking their sound to new ungodly levels unparalleled. There will be no death metal album released this year that will come close to the uniqueness and distinctiveness of “Swarth”. This we can assure you.