Portal (the death metal band, now with actual riffs!)

[widdlywhaa]

LOl i'm really giving this band a try but i don't see it going anywhere......

kinda saddens me becuase I love the whole lovecraftian and chaotic idea behind it but the actual sound (guitar tone and overall mixing) kills it for me.

I know you guys are gonna disagree with me but just becuase it's suppose to be more feel and expression over technique doesn't mean it owuld suffer from some proper engineering

 

[x178x]

LOl i'm really giving this band a try but i don't see it going anywhere......

kinda saddens me becuase I love the whole lovecraftian and chaotic idea behind it but the actual sound (guitar tone and overall mixing) kills it for me.

I know you guys are gonna disagree with me but just becuase it's suppose to be more feel and expression over technique doesn't mean it owuld suffer from some proper engineering

I'd much rather it have a low-fi gritty style of recording than be over-produced and pro-tooled to shit. I HATE stuff like that.

 

[Spratcho]

mix is a bit cleaner than their previous stuff, as are the riffs. I love the new track and can't wait for Swarth. I know both Aphotic and Illogium are using 8 strings on this album.

What are they using as guitars? Agiles... no..

 

[Xanithon]

Wow... For some strange reason im really enjoying this stuff - this kind of.. atmospheric stuff is AWESOME!

 

[elrrek]

I know you guys are gonna disagree with me but just becuase it's suppose to be more feel and expression over technique doesn't mean it owuld suffer from some proper engineering

I think you are missing the point. 3 full albums in I think these guys know what sound they are trying to achieve and the way if comes off on the CDs IS how they want it.

Having "some proper engineering" I think is a misunderstadning on your part. The sound is in the mix, not the recording and seeing as they tune so low then it would have required "proper engineering" to get it on tape in the first place.

 

[Arteriorrhexis]

What are they using as guitars? Agiles... no..

ESP and Ibanez... Read ahead, their guitarist Illogium explains on page 6.

 

[DrakkarTyrannis]

I'm sorry but this is fucking shite..

Try posts with a little more intelligence. Just a little FYI for next time.

 

[widdlywhaa]

I think you are missing the point. 3 full albums in I think these guys know what sound they are trying to achieve and the way if comes off on the CDs IS how they want it.

Having "some proper engineering" I think is a misunderstadning on your part. The sound is in the mix, not the recording and seeing as they tune so low then it would have required "proper engineering" to get it on tape in the first place.

Maybe "proper" wasn't quite the right word to use but still you got my point... I'm no ambient avante guard specialist but i can hear plenty of potential in this. Some of what they're playing really catches my ear, but i guess the overall mix that they where going for only comes off as horrid to my ears i just think that production and a clean mix don't hurt expressiveness at all. I can see where you guys might get a dislike "over" produced bands and material but still there is a happy medium.

 

[x178x]

Pay extra attention to the riff from 1:00-1:34 and tell me that isn't the sickest riff on the fucking planet.

Seriously, if I had written that riff I could die a happy man.

Cheers Illogium.

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

"If a Lovecraft book made noise, what would it sound like?"

Here's an answer to that question other than Portal.

 

[Pauly]

Ha, sweet. I'll have to check that out.

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

Ha, sweet. I'll have to check that out.

It's pretty interesting. It varies from plain weird, to eerily calm, to absolutely terrifying.

Here is the first track (a personal favorite of mine )

 

[Loomer]

I'll have to check that out when I get home. I'm at work right now, unfortunately, but I totally dig John Zorn. You gotta love guys like him. A total creative iconoclast that does whatever he damn well pleases

 

[Arteriorrhexis]

It's pretty interesting. It varies from plain weird, to eerily calm, to absolutely terrifying.

Damn, that sounds crazy.
But I like it!

 

[x178x]

Vessel of Balon:

A brazen head. Engraved with sigils. Emblems
The essence of ancient planets sealed within
When the moon is old
Shall evoke the servitors
I bid you enter this vessel
Feast upon the essences you so desire
Cast forth from the hosts
That serve your master
Behold your signs look upon this image
For it awaits you in silence
I have fashioned thee with my art
Unveil the secrets hidden
In the world of man
And the realm of Elemental Spirits

Sunken:

Inconceivable evil,
Seeped down from the stars
He is sunken,
Drowned dead and deep
City of antiquity,
Darkly curtained halls
Wealth of Aeons behind them

Magical and obscure
Preparation science

Shall proceed from
The Ocean depths

And with the Aeon-old
Stench of the Sea...
Astound a reeling universe,
Man reduced to mere cattle,
Before the Earth
Is cleared off

Infinitely more evil and interesting than the typical "BRUTAL BRUTAL GORE BRUTAL RIPPING BLAH BALhlajgljej" lyrics you typically read in this genre, in my opinion.

 

[Arteriorrhexis]

I love their lyrics. This band is definitely on my top 5 now.
Bought their Octopriest shirt, though it might be too small.

 

[Womb-Vision]

The guitarists hands are giant centipedes.

 

[Loomer]

Bump for Cthulhu..

I've finally gotten "Swarth" now, and all I can say is... Holy fuck. I'm not sure i should be listening to this.

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

Has the disc summoned any Azathoths yet?
If the answer to that question is "no" then continue listening.

 

[Enselmis]

I thought this was about Paul Masvidal's band after the first incarnation of Cynic...

Dude, my friend did as well! He went to HMV and bought an album only to be absolutely shocked when he cranked it up in the car on the way home!

We still make fun of him for that one.