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From Västervik on the East
coast of Sweden hails a rather new death metal act named Portal. The band was
formed in late 1997 as a black / death metal hybrid but since then they have
evolved in the deadlier direction, leaving the blacker part behind them (the
vocals are still rather black though). Even though they are a very brutal band
their music is also very melodic which makes them so much more interesting
than a lot of other bands who rely heavily on being as brutal or evil as
possible. Portal has had a lot of problems in their early days when they were
let down by Invasion Records after signing a multi album deal but now they are
ready to show the world what they are capable of achieving. Widda at Cadla
Communications is very proud of this release and he should be so because these
Swedes have produced a great contribution to the extreme music underground.
This is far from commercial, it is not a Century Media or Nuclear Blast
release but it is a high quality album. What I like about this album is that
you can really feel the metal spirit when listening to it and that is very
rare these days.
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1. Stormpoems 2. A |
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World Ago 3. Elmseld 4. Clarity Of The Dead 5. Night As |
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I 6. An Ensemble Of Twelve 7. Signs Of The Forthcoming |
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Crusade |
: 37.49
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