Portal
Although I’ve admittedly been on something of a doom/prog kick here for the last little bit, one death metal band that has managed to turn my head in recent weeks is Australia’s Portal. Not only is the band visually striking (check out the above pic of their vocalist, known as The Curator), they are the musical and lyrical of equivalent of being driven mad by the sight of some sort of Lovecraftian abomination (think The Call of Cthulhu), such is the twisted, convulsing and gnarly nature of their approach.
I had the distinct pleasure of reviewing their absolute mindfuck of a third album Swarth, for Sonic Frontiers, you can read it HERE.
Check out this rad live video of the band performing the track “Glumurphonel”.
