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Portal - Unveil New Album Details And New Song


Portal just shared a brand new track! And that's not all. The masters of dissonant death metal also revealed all the details regarding their new and anticipated album. Titled ION, it will be released on January 26th, 2018 via Profound Lore Records and the cover as well as tracklist were unveiled. The first tune they are showcasing is called "Phreqs". Hear it below.






Cover by Zbigniew M. Bielak


Tracklist:

01. Nth
02. ESP ION AGE
03. Husk
04. Phreqs
05. Crone
06. Revault Of Volts
07. Spores
08. Phathom
09. Olde Guarde

Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Portal
Posted: 23.11.2017 by Paz


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23.11.2017 - 20:00
Neachy

Fuck yeah, starting 2018 out right.
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23.11.2017 - 20:09
3rdWorld
China was a neat
Production sounds a bit too clean. It will be hard to top Vexovoid at any rate, that is unless this is an masterpiece.
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23.11.2017 - 20:12
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Fuck, new Portal, Tribulation, and Chaos Echoes all in the first month of 2018. We're gonna die
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~ II. VII
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23.11.2017 - 20:30
Alakazam
spendin' cheese
Written by Auntie Sahar on 23.11.2017 at 20:12

Fuck, new Portal, Tribulation, and Chaos Echoes all in the first month of 2018. We're gonna die

Nomnomnomnomnomnomnom. Imma eat all those like how Cannibus eats LL Cool J.

EDIT: The song just feels like an interlude to tracks before and after (I hope I'm right).
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23.11.2017 - 21:38
mz

The weakest portal track I've heard I guess. Production is indeed just too thin and clean :/
I don't like how the vocals are the most prominent aspect of the music .
At any rate, it does not have the asphyxiating vibe of their previous work .
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Giving my ears a rest from music.
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23.11.2017 - 21:45
Karlabos
Meat and Potatos
I liked this. Sounds totally like Portal to me.
Don't understand the complaints about production
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23.11.2017 - 22:12
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Gotta agree with mz. this track is weak.
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23.11.2017 - 23:33
Rulatore

The end drags too much, but apart from that it's the best I heard from these guys and I like this production. Never been fan of the other where they would bury everything under one noisy sound
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24.11.2017 - 11:06
KutAd

Disappointing to be honest... Really liked how they were one of the few band that utilized their 8-strings creatively and sparingly. I just don't hear that here. Could be the production tho...
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25.11.2017 - 04:10
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by mz on 23.11.2017 at 21:38

The weakest portal track I've heard I guess. Production is indeed just too thin and clean :/
I don't like how the vocals are the most prominent aspect of the music .
At any rate, it does not have the asphyxiating vibe of their previous work

You must be fun at parties
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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26.11.2017 - 02:33
theFIST

It"s nice that it isn"t overly bassy, but as the others have pointed out far too clear, makes it sound more conventional than their other stuff
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Written by Warman on 07.11.2007 at 22:39
Haha, that's like saying "compose your own Metal album and upload it here, instead of writing a review of an album". :lol:
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26.11.2017 - 16:49
VIG
Account deleted
Written by Auntie Sahar on 25.11.2017 at 04:10

Written by mz on 23.11.2017 at 21:38

The weakest portal track I've heard I guess. Production is indeed just too thin and clean :/
I don't like how the vocals are the most prominent aspect of the music .
At any rate, it does not have the asphyxiating vibe of their previous work

You must be fun at parties



I actually still haven't heard the new track.
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29.11.2017 - 05:17
Malignar

Good production. They need to change this to hipster tech death. Hey look how different I am by listening to something with odd time signatures/tunings. When you have to think about why you like it more than you actually enjoy listening to the song you fall into the portal fan camp.
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03.01.2018 - 08:07
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Have been coming back to this more times over the past few days. Not too crazy about the guitar tone either honestly, but at the same time, love the focus on the vocals here and how they're clearer than potentially ever before. I don't think that's a bad thing, The Curator's approach is really ferocious and it's good to hear those spooky Lovecraftian howls a bit better. I'd say if they take that new vocal audibility and combine it with the thicker, suffocating guitar tone of before, this one is gonna be a real beast.

EDIT: Actually, just listened to the teaser they shared earlier, and even though it's just a teaser, there the guitars are a lot more gritty and smothering, as per usual. So calm down, salties, this track here probably isn't what the whole thing is gonna end up sounding like.
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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