The gallery of angels is witnessing human behavior playing out, while fully aware of the inevitable death. The mime (arrogant human) is chasing after a phantom (hopes/dreams) only to get caught up in hell (sinful behavior) along the way. This behavior continues, in a cycle, until the worm (death) arrives. Theme: Death conquers all. The song and video are a masterful display of artistry. Thank you for honoring our request, Ruben!

@RubenBuijs

6 жыл бұрын

Thks for the suggestion, my friend!

@Richmountain69

5 жыл бұрын

You can´t explain it better and get to the point. This fits in perfectly with the biblical passage. Romans 7:19 New International Version (NIV) 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do-this I keep on doing. We are really just a "cradle of filth".

@agentjackstone3543

5 жыл бұрын

Jesus conquered death though, so that's some good news.

@harryangel4822

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more you nailed it that’s exactly what this video means

@jayhollows5729

2 жыл бұрын

@@agentjackstone3543 I guess you can say Jesus NAILED it ;)

For me, Portal in music is the same as H.P. Lovecraft in literature. It is a real horror art. Unsettling, surreal. It is beyond good and evil, as I see it.

@off6848

3 жыл бұрын

Nah it’s just evil

@jayhollows5729

2 жыл бұрын

@@off6848 mermaid man: "EVILLLLLL"

@oztekofficial8150

2 жыл бұрын

thats exactly what i always say it is the sound of lovcraft it gives me that same sense of fear as his worlds and stories that unknows darkness great band

This band is genius

They create such an ominous and undulating sound.The way the riffs slither and breath,the drums and bass pummeling and tribal,and the curator summoning the void.Like the lovecraft and 70s horror-vibe of the video.

That feeling when you know you've entered someone's demented mind.

For me, when I stumble on some new music and I find myself trying to process what just happened after a first listen as you did here, I tend to take that as a sign that I just heard something special and something I'm going to keep coming back to and will have a lot of layers to peel through and enjoy. That's how portal was for me. They just sucked me in and I wasn't a "fan" right away, but I just couldn't stop listening. Now, they are a permanent part of my music library.

It's based off the poem "The Conqueror Worm" by Edgar Allen Poe. Essentially it's a play about the fate of man, the audience being angels. Man falls to sin and hell has won, the worm then devouring the angels. "The play is the tragedy, 'Man,' / And its hero, the Conqueror Worm". Also Hereditary was one of the best horror films of the decade.

I think you might have to read the Poe story to figure just what the hell we just watched.

Well, you should see them live, it's like they transport you into another dimension, they make you feel like you're in a trance, it's a brutal and awesome experience

Love me some good ol portal

Seen portal 3 times..fkn brutal experience..🤘

gotta see their live vids to really see what theyre about i once heard someone describe Portal as a band who take a primitive approach to their instruments, almost as if theyd never heard them played before and just sort if invented their own way of playing to create their own type of sound.

Musically, it reminds me of Celtic Frost. Visually at begotten. Only a lot darker. It depicts the inner of man, who pretends to be good but rots and stinks inwardly. A pit of evil and ruin.

@ferox965

Жыл бұрын

For me, Voivod. The chords are very "Piggy" like.

Excellent live. Very very intense.

Reminds me of vintage Voivod with the dissonant chords. Evil sounding stuff.

Glad Portal is finally getting the love they deserve. Been recommending to people for years but its usually too much for them...

Video? No idea. Sonically, you got exactly what they're going for, so they're doing their job. I personally love this band. It's really interesting that they found this sound.

Portal deliberately craft their music and images to be unsettling and strange. Their music and lyrics are meant to evoke the existential dread and horror of H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allen Poe's stranger stories.

Black metal and dead metal baby🤘🤘 🤘🎸🎸🎸😱😱😱😨😨👹👹👹

He’s shook! He got portal upside his dome and didn’t know how to deal wit it haha! Up portal!

love portal

Lo! ’t is a gala night Within the lonesome latter years! An angel throng, bewinged, bedight In veils, and drowned in tears, Sit in a theatre, to see A play of hopes and fears, While the orchestra breathes fitfully The music of the spheres. Mimes, in the form of God on high, Mutter and mumble low, And hither and thither fly- Mere puppets they, who come and go At bidding of vast formless things That shift the scenery to and fro, Flapping from out their Condor wings Invisible Wo! That motley drama-oh, be sure It shall not be forgot! With its Phantom chased for evermore By a crowd that seize it not, Through a circle that ever returneth in To the self-same spot, And much of Madness, and more of Sin, And Horror the soul of the plot. But see, amid the mimic rout, A crawling shape intrude! A blood-red thing that writhes from out The scenic solitude! It writhes!-it writhes!-with mortal pangs The mimes become its food, And seraphs sob at vermin fangs In human gore imbued. Out-out are the lights-out all! And, over each quivering form, The curtain, a funeral pall, Comes down with the rush of a storm, While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, “Man,” And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.

Portal is badass!! What is that you play before the video starts? Sounds amazing

Check the live video of Glumurphonel by Portal to see them live. Well worth it. Amazing band.

Took a couple of listens, but I think I might be way into these guys. The imagery is fantastic, and the music seems just harsh/avant-garde enough to be interesting without being too alienating. Not something I'd listen to a lot, but I do need to check out more of them.

Absolutely sensational. Love how much of a noise rock/power electronics vibe it has.

THAT is the heaviest fucking shit I have EVER heard! Goddamn indescribable.... A new page has now turned in my decades-long metal evolution. Or DE-evolution...

you made me laugh hard

That was strange...but cool :D

The portal is open!!

I was never a fan of GWAR, but I kinda dig this band and Carach Angren for their weird theatricality.

Such a good band, I need to catch them live. Looks like they have incredible stage presence. Also, more Isis please! Carry is a great one.

Portal are geniuses especially Horror. They are also genuinely horrific

HAVE A NICE DREAMS,AFTER THAT RUBEN,TO NIGHT KEEP A LIGHT ON

He's mouth was dried up! lololol :D

Portal, while being one of the most unsettling, but also creative extreme metal bands have also brought back something that metal lacks today: fear, danger, artistic expression. There are thousand bands that may be musically better, play faster, more complex, but all have the same boring band videos and not that sense of existential horror and dread that is conveyed through the music and the music video. Not only that this shit is way scarier than other "brutal" Death Metal or Grindcore bands, but also way more artistic in a way. Some real thought went into the concept, it told a story and was still unsettling, eerie, but strangely beautiful at the same time. The only other music videos that make me feel a similar vibe are Ritual marks of Penitence from Aosoth and Ravenous Whore from Vallenfyre. Maybe Anaal Nathrakh's More of Fire and Blood as well, but that's already a bout it.

@ferox965

Жыл бұрын

What I like is that it's different. It doesn't have the same production style as the rest of them. The writing is discordant, reminds me of vintage Voivod, especially in the dissonant Piggy styled chords.

I recommend this song: “From the dust of ages” -Scanner.

The "worst" part of this music is that it's really "easy listening" compared to most of the others Portal's songs. Even if Portal isn't one of my favorite bands, I think it's objectively one of the darkest, less accessible Metal Bands. All aspects of their music are done to be unsettling, unconventional, like their riffs, the drums, the lyrics, their live performances, etc... But actually, it's the best we can expect for a band which is inspired by Lovecraft. It's not my favorite bands that's inspired by him, but it's objectively the one that best transcribe the lovecraftian horror.

Check out *Earth Crawler* Studio Play Through - If These Trees Could Talk - 2016 (Official) Instrumental music, it is amazing!.

Portal are the shit, definitely unique stuff. Ruben check out VOLA, they are from Denmark, youll love them! :D

Yeah I dunno either

love Portal 👍👍React on Scott Walker ' the escape' from the album The Drift

Being a fan of group for a long time, I think it is the most extreme group both in terms of musical composition and concept! it is for me a mixture of literature and philosophy that stands in the deepest darkness the most backward !!! So here is a really innovative and unequal group. at one time, we would have burned them !!! I never understood that we can melt them to the black metal scene. For me, this is ultra-dark death metal, not to mention blaspheme because in the universe of PORTAL, religion and the world of today do not exist because they are for me in a dimension far removed from a purely human understanding !! ! a world where the sun does not exist !!!

The most evil sounding band ever. Especially the demo. Holy shizzle. 🤘

2:35 hahaahahaahahaahaha

one hell of a bad trip ;)

try blut aus nord - the choir of the dead next. thats the REALLY scary stuff. nobody does it better than the french.

@flamby357

6 жыл бұрын

yeah best fucked up black metal is from France, Sale freux is quite good, and the old Peste Noire too

@RetepElpmet

5 жыл бұрын

Very true! Deathspell Omega comes to mind when I think French metal.

Hearth - Saor

jij hebt zon accent jonge man holy hell xd maar goeie video

Piamon, learn about him; very friendly and destructive.

_"Weird. Unorthodox. Different. Flabbergasted."_ Sounds like a positive review of any great artist and the very reason they are ostracized to the fringes of society for not fitting into a norm. Personally, I think they're absolutely talented (watch them play live). _Edit =_ I feel Vivaldi and Mozart would've both been impressed, and respected them as artists. They aren't just making noise. Each of their many songs are very structured. Here ...watch: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6GmpLyTpKqsl6w.html

@jayhollows5729

2 жыл бұрын

Like the punk band gloss? They are ostracized for not fitting in the norm

Klone - Immaculate Desire (live at studio Sextan)

5:40 jaja xD

BLOODBORNE :)

If I recall, you said they are Australian? I can't make out what they are saying, I think the accent is too strong.

Hey Ruben do a reaction video of mighty ravendark by immortal. The song has just been released and its nine minutes long !!!!

MORE KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - CUT ME LOOSE

Difficult to Enjoy

Necrophagist - The Stillborn One live

Do Imperial Triumphant - Swarming Opulence next. To me, they are as close to Portal as you can get. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pYJ418uakcK3orw.html

Katatonia - My Twin

Meaning behind it is pretty basic honestly. The morbid hopelessness of life against the inevitable. Eh C+...

Cire - Edge Of Consciousnesses

The Next Hundred Years - FIT

True satanic metal😈 turn the sound down to Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem and blast this shit🤭

I dont know what to say 😂 what a mess.

OMG it's so Weird Videoooo, and music is wtf....

U look scared friend

This guy is amazing. He says the music is diabolical and he asked for somebody else to explain what it means but he said it’s not scary? what ? 😂 who is this guy? Get a brain of your own guy , if you’re going to analyze these videos give an opinion. 🤷‍♀️

I only know who these guys are because Anselmo digs them. I am a musician and I realize most everything has been done and re-hashed a million times over. However, these guys have brought danger...Nay I say fear back into music! Smoke a J, turn the lights off and listen to them! It will transport u! Where? Who knows...

@ZakRoM

5 жыл бұрын

you know it man, just did that and love it!

Infant Annihilator - Soil The Stillborn

Russia on ice- pocipine tree!!!!

Sort of like a crappy, more demented version of Smashing Pumpkins “Tonight, Tonight” video...sonically this guy can sing better than Billy though..

Begotten parody

It sounded like it was recorded through a garbage can

@darkestfearspodcast

5 жыл бұрын

Nope

Oh please - you’re being a bit dramatic - you do t know what to think? We’ll wait while you figure it out. It’s redundant and predictable - i don’t see scary or even unsettling at all.

Marduk did better

yes, it is as stupid as it looks.

The band probably laughs at people that buy their music. Horror literature set to more of a visual art than music. The music itself is intentionally unmusical.

@ferox965

Жыл бұрын

It's totally musical. If you took 20th Century classical music (Shoenberg, Stockhausen-both in tone and approach) added Voivod and give it a death metal spin, you have Portal. It's brilliant.

Music ? ... talentless noise

Bro forget the "artistry" for a second this shit sucks at being music i could hit open E a bunch of times and growl into a mic in my sleep

@scarylarry5198

3 жыл бұрын

@Paul Kerr not enough time in a day ig

@patrickparker1403

3 жыл бұрын

Do it. Its therapeutic.

Not my cup of tea this one

@buckfuttler2877

6 жыл бұрын

i dont like shitty music either bro...you arent alone....god these guys are crap....

@off6848

3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s nice but still unlistenable, I take it seriously it is seriously an evil use of sound waves These frequencies do effect the mind and body at a physical level seeing it live is a form of anhedonia