Australia’s Portal are one of the more surprising breakout death metal successes of recent years. Though they’re inventive players and have an instantly memorable visual schtick, their music is far ...

Australia, for those of us in the US, is pretty much literally on the other side of the world, and, like good Americans, we pick and choose what we want to know about it. The continent conjures up ...

Australia has a rich tradition of producing some of the most unfettered, uncontrollable metal. Impetuous Ritual, whose guitarists Ignis Fatuus and Omenous Fugue are also in Portal, carry on ...

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Is it just me, or has there been a lot of great death metal released recently? This subset was basically my bread and butter when I discovered the wonderful world of extreme metal as a pimply teen, ...

The enigma known as Portal will be returning to Europe after 10 long years for a tour across the European continent! With them will be bringing Impetuous Ritual with whom they share members and have ...

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