Jofipe
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Saw them live this summer.. played just before them at a festival. I was spellbound.. one of the most intense shows i'v ever seen.
Excellent new video
Excellent new video
Spaceboy
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I've never been able to understand how this band is taken seriously...
Jofipe
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Spaceboy":39fjs0c0 said:
Cause it's more serious than 99% of the underground stuff coming out these days. It's different and they pull this thing of very well... I don't know any newer band having such a well thought out aura around them. It's chaotic, like the multiverse itself.
Personally it makes me dive into thoughts about chemistry behind energy and how everything is created to in the end become nothing
LowDesertSludge
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I smoked salvia once too man.
Jofipe
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LowDesertSludge":3rhkve2a said:
Haha, not too smart
Yeah, I guess I should have taken this to the metal forums and not here. It's not easy to understand for sure..
ke2
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Jesus H. Tapdancing image copycat.
Seems like Portal has been around longer than Ghost.
Seems like Portal has been around longer than Ghost.
Spaceboy
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I am a big fan of extreme metal and other music even less understood. I can't watch the video from a phone, but unless this band has completely changed their sound and gimmick since the days where he wore a clock on his head, the I doubt I'm missing anything.
JimmyBlind
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Call me cynical, but that is genuinely one of the most cacophonous, unmusical things I've ever heard.
It actually sounds like a parody of what people who aren't into metal, think metal sounds like.
It actually sounds like a parody of what people who aren't into metal, think metal sounds like.
Stealthtastic
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I love portal.
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jiveturkey
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AWESOME video. Creepy as f**k as I am sure they intended it to be. That being said, this band is a little too extreme for my tastes 
I would like to hear something where they actually do something resembling a groove. I think it would make the cacophonous parts that much more evil. Either way; great vibe.
I would like to hear something where they actually do something resembling a groove. I think it would make the cacophonous parts that much more evil. Either way; great vibe.
LowDesertSludge
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At least this band is as creepy sounding as their looks. Ghost was a let down for me, I mean coming out looking religiously creepier than shit, and then starting in on some 80's new wave sounding number. 
Same for me with KISS. Saw them on a poster looking scary as ever, remember from my youth, hearing a great classic rock song, Rock and Roll all Night, found out it was those scary guys from the poster, never looked at them the same since. Their image gave me a false hope of their sound. And 8 farewell tours 
Same for me with KISS. Saw them on a poster looking scary as ever, remember from my youth, hearing a great classic rock song, Rock and Roll all Night, found out it was those scary guys from the poster, never looked at them the same since. Their image gave me a false hope of their sound. And 8 farewell tours
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jiveturkey
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All of that^ King Diamond singing for Iron Butterfly is not demonic lolLowDesertSludge":3v8u1a7r said:At least this band is as creepy sounding as their looks. Ghost was a let down for me, I mean coming out looking religiously creepier than shit, and then starting in on some 80's new wave sounding number.
Jofipe
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Wait till you check Portal out live... Pure trance.
And BTW, that Portal/Ghost analogy... not the same thing, not even the same universe. Two different things all together.
And BTW, that Portal/Ghost analogy... not the same thing, not even the same universe. Two different things all together.
p4vl
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Spaceboy":13d4fxpp said:
I'm not really that into them (I like some of their earlier stuff, once they got into 8-strings it just because redundant), but they are much more interesting 99% of other metal bands. Probably the first band since Morbid Angel's debut to get the whole 'Lovecraft sound' correct.
Jofipe
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p4vl":y4ogf884 said:
Correct!
JimmyBlind
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p4vl":13434ing said:
Your grammar has went
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Viesczy
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I completely LOVE Portal.
A great gimmick and music. While not accessible to the masses, the music is memorable.
Derek
A great gimmick and music. While not accessible to the masses, the music is memorable.
Derek
ke2
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Jofipe":1xghbks6 said:
Silly catholic priest looks?
I guess you read "image" very well?
No, they're not similar musically in any way, but the image of an evil priest is similar to me
One of Them were more creative than the other.
Jofipe
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ke2":3qbq9dfs said:Jofipe":3qbq9dfs said:
Silly catholic priest looks?
I guess you read "image" very well?
No, they're not similar musically in any way, but the image of an evil priest is similar to me
I hardly doubt any of these bands were influenced by each other. Ghost CLEARLY takes influence in some of the older italian post punk/metal bands like DEATH SS and PAUL CHAIN, even MORTUARY DRAPE... all stuff I actually more than like.
NONE of this comes to mind with Portal... HP Lovecraft is a the biggest influence here both visually and sonically... i'd say they are probably influenced by certain electronic music and noise core like Brighter Death Now (maybe)
If you are not into metal underground or extreme music in genres and sub genres, you probably won't know any difference anyway. Just like I don't know the difference between all these new wave of modern american metal bands.. they all sound the same, looks the same and act the same to me, cause I do not care for it.
Portal BTW looks different live nowadays.
Jofipe
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Rezamatix":10fa7gln said:
Yeah it's not simple to understand
i'd call this experimental metal..