Death metal. HP Lovecraft and Australia

Im back, this time to bring you two records of Australia's finest death metal band; Portal. In my humble opinion this is one of the most original and unique death metal acts that I have ever heard. Portal's music create surreal worlds that holds a quality not unlike that found in such films as Fritz Lang’s M, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, Murnau’s Nosferatu, and Salvador Dali’s Un Chien Andalou. Picture a twisted, subterranean, and warped sound of one of Lovecraft's deities with the catacombic power of the earth itself, and the unforgiving rawness of a reality unbound by the laws of this world, and this is just a glimpse of where Portal dwell on a musical level. These guys score easy points in my book by having lyrics that are strongly influenced by the writings of Lovecraft. a clear example of this can be found in th song "Sunken" from the Seepia record:

"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"

There is a free beer at tomorrows Shitcomet/Livores Of Earth show for anyone who can guess who/what this song is about.

Enjoy, or dont, but beware, this music demands something of the listeners ears and minds alike. It is not your everyday easy-listening old school death metal. Sharpen your ears, your mind, light the ceremonial bonfire, crank up Portal, read the unholy text from the black book, and watch as the total worldwrecking, omnipotent, crawling chaos unfolds!

Portal - Seepia






















Portal - Outre