Throughout the years, Portrayal of Guilt have toured the world over, creating their own musical eco-system and released three seminal full-length releases, they have done it in a manner that avoided compromise, welcomed free experimentation and avoided labels outside of “menacing”, “compelling” and “must hear”. The revered Austin trio made an immediate impact in underground circles with their debut Let Pain Be Your Guide, by mixing nihilistic hardcore, black metal, classic screamo, and imaginative textures. We Are Always Alone and the CHRISTFUCKER followed in 2021, the band’s breakout body blows that corroded the band’s commitment to genre, nodding at industrial music, post-metal, sludge and even post-hardcore, all while cementing the band’s tendencies toward experimentalism. Portrayal of Guilt’s fearless spirit reimagined their own sound as classical (Devil Music EP) and EBM meets goth (CHRISTF*CKER II) on more recent efforts. And though the pacing of releases and the band’s evolution has remained steady, Portrayal of Guilt’s execution has kept their audiences hungry for the band’s ever-evolving sound.
Today, Portrayal of Guilt announce a new record, …Beginning of the End, a curious title for a band that has treated each release like a new creative start, constantly reinventing themselves since their inception less than a decade ago. …Beginning of the End embraces both the groove and avant garde, revisiting the raw, teeth-gnashing intensity of their previous work while toying with nu-metal, alternative rock, trip hop, dark ambient and other disparate influences. The latest effort feels like a band that has traversed every shadowy corner of heavy music, distilling their decade of innovation and knowledge into a singular show of force. Portrayal of Guilt share their first preview of …Beginning of the End with lead singles “Ecstasy” and “Human Terror”, which together capture the record’s dynamic and expansive direction.
…Beginning of the End will be released on April 24th via Run For Cover Records. Pre-orders are now available here.
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