Explaining Portal

Portal's Discography
Demo
• Video
The Endmills
• PORTAL - The EndMills ...
Seepia
• Portal - Seepia (Full ...
The Sweyy
• Portal - The Sweyy (Fu...
Outre
• Video
Lurker at The Threshold
• PORTAL - Lurker at the...
Swarth
• Portal - Swarth [Full ...
Vexovoid
• Portal-Vexovoid (Full ...
ION
• PORTAL - ION (Full A...
Avow
• PORTAL - Avow (full al...
Hagbulbia
• PORTAL - Hagbulbia (fu...
The Interviews sourced
The Rockpit
www.therockpit.net/2014/PORTA...
Voices from the Darkside
www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/...
Bardo Methodology
www.bardomethodology.com/artic...

[@DisinterestedHandjob]

You can't explain Portal, man. You have to EXPERIENCE them.

[@oriaz646]

I was about to post the same comment, they are a truly intense band

[@GoatOfTheWoods]

You can explain Portal, everything can be explained, you just need to have the right words and have a deep understanding of the subject.

[@hiram.runemaster_666]

@@GoatOfTheWoods lol, must be on the wrong channel then ⚡

[@hiram.runemaster_666]

They explain the ocean thru their approach and that is the approach of dissonance within the Genre of blah blah nothing, blah Lovecraftian. Goo goo Gah Gah

[@yepwhatever1142]

They are one of the top bands I want to see.

[@dafrappecrew8933]

Wow Wyattxhim, thanks for explaining the hit game Portal from 2007

[@jarltrippin]

"Portal gun makes portals that you can portal." -Wyattxportal

[@russpeters6728]

Based comment

[@tonywhite3504]

@@jarltrippin lol that’s something Game Maker’s Toolkit would say

[@patrickbertlein4626]

@@russpeters6728 What does that even mean? I swear every year people come out with new ridiculous things to parrot. Sorry but as an old fart (tonight especially it seems, ugh) it just seems like a silly comment.

[@arcwiz]

@@patrickbertlein4626 the term based has been around for a couple years. The origin meaning its correct despite naysayers.

[@nihilosphere319]

Someone once described the sound of Portal as "three different Incantation albums playing at the same time". I personally like this description. And I must confess that I absolutely love Portal. Wonderful band. Sincere art.

[@wyattxhim]

Lmao that’s actually a perfect description

[@MRSludgedude]

The band has turned alot of atheist into theistic I know that for sure. They actually meditate on killing the listener all day before playing through hexes they created themselves . Alot of ppl get sleep paralysis from them . Love the band but in small doses.

[@deadboii666]

Blood Incantation!

[@thecroakedtoaster3398]

​@@deadboii666no just incantation, not Blood incantation. Different bands

[@somaticspirituality]

my experience of it is like it's a combination of psychosis and a panic attack

[@Degenerateriffs]

A new Wyattxhim video is like Christmas!

[@shaytanszenith887]

Portal is one of the few bands that actually sound terrifying without trying too hard. I think more about severe mental illnesses and how the disturbed mind perceives the world rather than just mythos.

[@Hejirah]

I think about crawling, spectral, lovecraftian, not-of-this-world beasts lmao

[@apothecurio]

🍄

[@vargvikernes3103]

My wife ran a haunted house for a few years and wanted me to make a mix for it. I gave her the album “Swarth” and Blut Aus Nord’s “mOrt”, the people working there were scared. Another great vid Wyatt.

[@zensei999]

Lmao

[@Mister_5150]

Varg, what are you doing here?

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

Lol awesome!

[@Puremayhem696]

@@Mister_5150let’s find out

[@digitalcthulhu143]

​@@Puremayhem696 OH no Varg stabbed someone in the head again

[@EternalGenocyde]

To everyone who has ever seen Portal live. I'm jealous.

[@NeroAngelo616]

Darkspace and Verdunkeln also.

[@martinbernhard8393]

to be fair i didnt know of them before i saw them but i saw their first european concert probably ten years ago in denmark and i was immediately intrigued, fanatastic show that i will never foirget a great spectacle.

[@catibeaulieu4244]

@ Eternal Genocyde You can 😂😂😂 they re … beyond everything I saw I love them since the beginning

[@mindful2864]

Portal is just an incredible band. They’ve got a terrifying yet intriguing blend of dissonant death metal and black metal. Every album is unique yet interesting.

[@hiram.runemaster_666]

Your mom is done in a "dark and morbid fascination" as well

[@anonymouse1962]

I think you should cover the Japanese doom/sludge band Corrupted. they're also a reclusive mysterious band with a no social media/no interviews/no official photos/no major labels policy. most of their discography is on splits with other bands and i'd love to hear somebody cover them

[@Oxdrum34]

I’ve actually compiled all of their split releases & miscellaneous recordings chronologically into one “album” for the listening convenience of posterity. 😅 It’s uploaded to my channel if you’re interested. *edited for grammar

[@SlyHikari03]

Yes. That band is rad.

[@patrickbertlein4626]

Did you get to see them with Asunder? That was such a great show. Have a couple albums and splits. Paso Inferio is by far their best. So intense live it actually hurt.

[@anonymouse1962]

@@patrickbertlein4626 no lol I didn't start going to shows until 2017 and I have no idea if they've ever even played the east coast

[@Oxdrum34]

@@patrickbertlein4626 wow man, that show must have been incredible.. Asunder is amazing too

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

Hellyeah, Portal is really one of a kind, pure terrifying excellence. I also love Impetuous Ritual that some of the Portal members are in, the Caveman flipside of the coin, punishing stuff.

[@oakknower2282]

Grave Upheaval and previously Mongrels Cross and Homeless Yellow too… Aphotic Mote has also done the mastering on a lot of Brisbane albums.

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

@@oakknower2282 Yeah Grave Upheaval rips, heard a little Mongrels Cross but not any Homeless Yellow. Good stuff.

[@FIReOOB]

This channel is amazing, I'm a music addict since I was able to understand something, and in less than 24h, I discover so many great bands in a genre I always want to dig more. Thanks a lot.

[@shadowsun4055]

First listened to Portal as a 16yr searching for avant garde metal... Remember having terrible nightmares listening to this going to sleep... Now it's one of my favorite death/black metal bands... Unique lovecraftian horror metal... Definetly some of the inovators of the genre.

[@patches4864]

I love this band so much. It invokes a dense atmosphere of sheer horror. It's the dissonance and the inharmonious composition of their sound that gets me intrigued. Writing in a style so contrary to the usual norms is what makes the band so distinct from most of my listens.

[@metalhurlant5408]

When I saw the title of this, I was like “alright dude, go ahead, explain portal”. But this was the best description one could give, really. Nicely done. Especially the part about it seeming to appeal more to black metal fans, I’ve had a similar experience. Black metal fans and fans of noise/dissonant metal. Although both myself and the person who introduced me to Portal are predominantly death metal fans. Many people seem unaware of Portal’s existence too.

[@Cyberfauna]

Swarth is my favorite album as well, that first song hits so hard with that whirring riff that's just like a wind tunnel of dark blades. I very much enjoy their unique expression of horror and darkness. The wizard hat and burlap sack executioner looking outfits are so tight

[@zinAab79]

I love ION, is one of the most original death metal records ever, it has its own aesthetic and codes. It sounds like being dead and being revived by force via electroshok, but you awake in middle of the horrors of the limbo experiencing the things you are not supposed to know. The math signs used to name the songs makes it even creepier, like looking the forbiden secret notes of a deranged scientist who loves necromancy.

[@jarltrippin]

I'm more of a death metal guy but I've been slowly getting into black metal (with a lot of help from you, thanks for introducing me to Dictius Te Necare and Inhumane Minimalism) so Portal seems like an interesting concoction for me right now. Definitely gonna give Ion a listen. I really like Obscura by Gorguts for its dissonance. That entire album sounds like the mind of a man left alone in the basement of a mental asylum for thirty years. It's haunting, tragic and beautiful. One of the few albums that's left me a little unsettled.

[@kentucky1519]

Funny I went from symphonic black to melodic death

[@GabAssbreaker]

Try Molested from Norway, they had only one album ands its pretty dark and dissonant.

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

There's only ONE Death Metal band and that's SADISTIK EXEKUTION! All the others are poofters.

[@jarltrippin]

@@wesleywarsmith1113 Idk man, Carly Rae Jepsen gives them a run for their money.

[@lashedandscorned]

@@wesleywarsmith1113 Morbid Angel would like to have a word with you.

[@Blackout-do3ut]

Been waiting for this one, thanks for the great content. Been watching for a while an you've introduced me into so many badass great bands, an as I spend my free time listening too new music you've been a big help since I listen too just about everything. So genuinely thank you

[@seanwilliamson5720]

Those performance clips were badass. Would love to see them live. Always appreciate your breakdowns very informative thank you.

[@taylorkeahey8748]

First Portal photo you flashed is one I took at Thee Parkside in San Francisco back in May of 2010. Legendary show in complete darkness…only the flash of the maybe 3 cameras there lit anything. Glad to see it lives on. Nice breakdown of such a rad band!

[@wyattxhim]

Badass

[@benburns1623]

Very good segment on Portal. Got into some things I didn't know existed from them. Bravo my friend

[@KROPROD]

Been waiting on this one for a minute, also I subscribed because I realized I wasn't already I have been watching your videos for a while I'm excited for this one

[@dereklee8103]

Love these "explaining" videos. Have gotten me into so many bands I never heard of before, thank you man!

[@rhuckzzy]

Absolutely in love with this band such a shame that it’s so hard to find CDs

[@milesmccollough5507]

anaal nakraath shirt and intestine baalism vinyl in the background. thumbs up for that alone. ION was my first portal record. i had heard and enjoyed gorguts’s obscura, so it didn’t particularly shock me, but the blistering energy and all consuming malevolent atmosphere had me far more interested than i thought i would be.

[@billygoodmeme7635]

Been dying for a Portal video from you

[@CosmicRx7]

Favorite band of all-time

[@Miranda316]

I really love them! Thank you for telling more about them!🤘

[@joshvon8495]

Love Portal, definitely a bucket list band to see live for me

[@mithgaur7419]

Love this video format. I'd love to watch you explain Death Void Terror, the most obscure band of the Helvetic Underground Committee imo.

[@Stretchwreckedem469]

Ion was my first introduction to Portal myself, which is how i came to fall in love with the band and their sound. There's something about the way that Ion is written that makes it stand out from a lot of other Death Metal bands that try to achieve that same atmosphere. I'd argue that Ion could definitely be up there with albums such as Morbid Angel's Gateways to Annihilation and Hate Eternal's I Monarch.

[@electrik_loss]

Portal is notable in my mind as they're one of the only metal bands that can unsettle me, the only two topping them being Endless Dismal Moan at the top, followed by Febris Manea. Portal puts out phenomenal work, and I can't wait for their next release. If it's anything like Ion, Avow, or Hagbulbia, it *will* terrify

[@patrickbertlein4626]

I didn't have that experience unfortunately, but will check out those other bands.

[@billybobthekidiswack]

Check out Jute gyte. His album "birefringence" has some of the most psychotic sounding black metal I've ever heard.

[@BT-ic2qs]

Febris manea rules

[@electrik_loss]

@@BT-ic2qs absolutely

[@electrik_loss]

@@billybobthekidiswack thank you for the recc, I'll give em a look

[@lambknot]

One of my favorite bands, hard to find others that want to jam in this style of music. For now I just gotta keep making new riffs and piece it together myself.

[@Senzuballs]

These guys and Imperial Triumphant are so god damn eerie

[@dylanraffaelli5204]

For a band this extreme I almost want them to go crazy and release something electronic 😵‍💫

[@yourfavoritenetcitizen6525]

No

[@LordGaiciaeNocturno]

IIRC Horror Illogium also said in a interview once that Portal’s music is basically the result of him trying to recreate his own sleep paralysis experiences and their abrasive feeling in music form using the mix of Morbid Angel + Immolation+ Beherit influences/inspiration

[@Hejirah]

that is... not sure amazing is the right term here :D :| 💀

[@aleksandar.vrhovec]

Love Portal, thanx for great video!!

[@Hejirah]

they are one of the very very few bands that you know has something special about them, it's like the music they conjure is it's own (twisted) entity the attire/antics, sure is a factor, but it wouldn't hold a candle without the musical wizardry backing it up best part (and probably conterintuitive to most people) is that the music is super catchy and danceable lol ... if you can headbang and air drum like a mad caveman with it, is the testament how truly METAL they are also, I fucking love the unique, demented drumming

[@lewisb85]

The curator said himself "we are trying to create our own mythos, it gives us more room to move". I always saw them as more Florida death metal influenced Morbid angel, Nocturnus etc.

[@TheChrispablo]

Swarth is my fav album. So fucking hard. love Portal! Great Vid mane

[@altarvision6717]

kinda new to underground metal and I came across theneedledrops reviews first of portal. ill admit they're well edited although it lacks a certain sense of passion. this video clearly having a lower budget just oozes with waaaaaaayyyy more passion than anything needledrops did. earned my sub !

[@crucifixmegabuster95]

Another band to get into. Dragged into sunlight now this band. I did hear of portal several years ago but my ears weren't ready for it. Now I am haha

[@KROPROD]

Great video you did not disappoint

[@Foreverceltic]

I needed this video. Hahaha wooow what a band My first introduction to this band was “Eye” .. was insane

[@Blyatuber]

Aside the fact that I failed to get into their music, I still must admit that their take on black/death metal is mesmerising

[@patrickbertlein4626]

I think its interesting but yeah did nothing for me. I think part of it is I was aware of many weird ass bands well before hearing them.

[@NeroAngelo616]

There's always another chance and you thinking about them is usually a positive sign. Took me decade to finally understand Summoning and Opeth's specifics as I used to anually set up a time to try them.

[@GabAssbreaker]

Same, i was very disappointed when i fist heard them because the where overhyped to death in underground circuits and i loved the themes and aesthethic but the music did nothing for me. They're a pretty unique band and theyre playing some of the most uncommercial music made by man and thats pretty admirable tho.

[@Swagzillaaye]

It makes me happy this band is from my home city. There is not a big scene for extreme metal stuff so them even being a thing is great

[@jorgefierro8241]

Im smelling a good series, wyat.

[@deathmetalfella]

For my book Outre' is their best, great video Wyatt, like always

[@Hejirah]

yuh, best production, best (most memorable) songs

[@benng4376]

Even though it's not a thing I always considered Portal atmospheric death metal. Bands like them, Vaffasor, Impetuous Ritual, Antedilluvian etc.

[@matthew-thomasplant3542]

They’ve always been one of the most interesting bands in the space.

[@Hedonite]

This band is just horror through and through. Looove portal

[@TheFenny1234]

Portal seems like if Lustmord decided to work with a deathmetal band in a serious sense, and they really push hard into the dark ambient sounds of alot of those 90s artists in that scene. Like artists like Lull, which is a Mick Harris side project, really give a similar "mood", but in a drone/ambient form to Portals music. Their release Hagbulbia especially reminds me of early industrial and dark ambient with how haphazard it sounds and feels.

[@timthomas9189]

I feel like the members of Portal need to stop for just a second and pet a kitten or eat some cotton candy. Maybe even go to the beach.

[@timgstar3585]

Nice one man wasn't sure about a few things with this band . really interesting ......🤘💀🤘

[@nejdetorhun5531]

Great video as always. What you said about fans of Portal is true for me. I’m more death metal guy and I prefer Ion. I only listened Outre other than Ion and although I liked it, it felt like most of the sound experiments buried under this wall of sound, which is exactly what you describe.

[@StarThePlat]

As a portal, im glad you cleared up the confusion

[@samin73]

I actually started listening to Portal with Vexovoid and it is probably my 2nd favourite by them

[@TheHammerofDissidence]

Noice. I don't even bother with the usual genre categorizing when trying to explain Portal because they truly are a sound unto their own. As trite as the description "Lovecraftian" has become, I've found they're really the only band to live up to that descriptor. Their music sounds as if some malevolent non-human entities picked up 8 string guitars and attempted to create human music. I also find it absolutely hilarious that their sets are incredibly long whenever they play live, absolutely torturing the crowd for over an hour.

[@ostravia]

I am glad that you considered them as Death, rather than Black. I have followed them from day 1. And if it helps we are multiple singed Death Metal.

[@echolessowl]

something to note about portal is that they're writing their own mythos with their albums. i first saw this on wikipedia and i've been trying to piece together their story through the lyrics but unfortunately people haven't been able to decipher what they're whispering about lol

[@mackaus1]

I know the story by listening to the lyrics over and over TLDR it's basically a story about a cult (The Olde Guarde) trapped in a dimension/world called the Vint-age in which Ectophones (Gramophones) are being used to drain lifeforce (Seepia) from Artisans swept into the dimension by stealing Buulbs(stinging nettle hydrid) and applying them onto a painting, and waiting until the clock strikes 11:11, after which they are swept into the Vint-age The use of Windmills (Abyssmill) are used as a Portal to travel between points in the vint-age. It is in the Abyssmill that the Ectophones are stored The song Glumurphonel is about one of those ectophones. Let me know if you want more explanation of the story man ^^

[@Omerta369]

@@mackaus1 keep going deeper ...........

[@ryalwoods1087]

intriguing description of this band - now I'm curious

[@0bs0l3t3]

Sick video. You should do one explaining Altars

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

Would love to see Portal live 😭

[@mikeviolate666]

When I listen to portal feel hypnotized. \m/

[@arnowillekes7979]

I originally grew up in the postpunk and later noiserock and industrial genres; Portal is one of the few bands that have the same relatable appeal to us noise and no wave rockers…some of their stuff is more ambient noise like a lot of artists in the cassette community made in the 80’s…🤘🏽✊🏽🤘🏽✊🏽🤘🏽

[@PazuzuDarkVoid]

I freaking enjoyed this video man! Actually I have learned new stuff about Portal \m/ keep up the good work (and take my subscription)

[@sicmop512]

Fun fact: the song Curtain pays tribute to the 1983 horror movie Curtains. The puppet in their music video highly resembles the killer from that movie.

[@Odd_Combo]

Cosmic Death Metal; Lovecraftian

[@adammcculley8080]

Portal are brilliant percormance artists. Horror illogium who usually speaks for the band, is pretty up front about yanking peoples chains during interviews. They use music, noise tracks, and imagey to kinda trigger your own fears...like primal fears and facination. In a rare bit of honesty, he told a metal sucks interviewer, they kinda try to create an actual nightmare in real life. OP nails it, by trying to describe thier vague and inscrutable nature. They dont make songs about murder and devil sh#t like most death metal bands...which is definetly cool, they try to create a " hellscape" upon which you project your own fears. To see them lìve, is mind blowing. Im old...i been in the scene since the early 90s, and ive seen em all, but a portal show is so different. Everyone in the crowd be like " This is incredible...but I really feel like something is very wrong. Like if a fiery hole opened in the Earth, and some great tentacled abomination came out, I realky wouldnt be suprised."

[@forgemastermetal]

Listening to Portal and playing Bloodborne is my happy place.

[@mackaus1]

The last 2 songs which are about the lovecraft mythos are Vessel of Balon and Transcending a Mere Multiverse Transcending a Mere Multiverse is about Azathoth.

[@JC-jj5xl]

Finally. Portal 3

[@melancholy3806]

Portal is the Bloodborne of Metal

[@freaktemple]

It’s so f……ed up that it’s appealing, it’s not the question if you like it , it’s more how long you can handle it .

[@food223]

Always been a huge fan of the atmosphere of black metal however I have not often enjoyed the sound but I love the sound of death metal so portal works perfectly for me, swarth will always be one of the best albums of all time to me

[@benjaminhorrendous]

Seen them compared to "An octopus stuck inside a washing machine" "A swarm of angry insects" both of which are accurate descriptions... I'm 69, not really a metal fan, but Portal are in my top 3 fave bands of all time, the others being Beefheart and Ramones... I would give Outre, Swarth, Vexovoid and Avow 10/10, Seepia and Ion 9/10, and Hagbulbia 5/10.

[@jimlotus]

WOW YOU GOT TO SEE PORTAL !!!! Nice !!!! 👍

[@vlyrch]

I first heard them when "Swarth" was new, checked it out because the album art looked interesting. Pretty sure I was expecting something like standard black metal, so what I actually heard had an impact on me forever haha. Portal really have a unique sound, I can't think of any other bands that even sound like they try to sound like them.🤔

[@TopHatJack4970discord]

Portal is pretty neat.

[@MRSludgedude]

From vexavoid onward curator vocals got alot better and stands out. Every album is insane. They are making a cyclone of single tremo notes on 2 guitars creating a tornado of notes that can sometimes create power chords wen the notes over lap.

[@m3talk1d]

This series is great. Think you can do one with something like death grips/clipping?

[@JerryBranson-yl1ef]

Portal kicks ass

[@peterhowardlawson]

I was amazed that you were wearing a T-shirt paying homage to the 70s movie Excaliber, until I did an internet search and discovered that Anal Nathrak is also the name of a metal band. (It is also an act banned in several countries)

[@UFOhunter4711]

Fucking love Portal, I'm waiting to catch them sometime nearby

[@myneighbourjohnturturro]

I love their outfits. Vexovoid was the first of theirs I heard. What a beast. I’ve never seen you mention Pyrrhon on the channel yet, are you a fan?

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

Usually i don't listen this type of music, i'm more punk/rock'n'roll/post punk... but this band captivated me, they are unique. And really scary

[@knifechoir5455]

Nice video mate. Only correction is first show was 2002 in Brisbane.

[@destinybennett666]

Great video I'm a big fan of Portal they remind me of Gorguts but more insane. Also I see Intestine Baalism in the background I'm a big fan of them too.

[@paulderose4808]

I actually saw them play with gorguts a while back in Melbourne

[@destinybennett666]

@@paulderose4808 Awesome

[@paulderose4808]

@@destinybennett666 seeing them live and listening to them on cd you could be forgiven for believing it’s two different bands . If you ever get the chance to see them . Do yourself a favour and go \m/

[@schmutzkanal5107]

Hey wyatt ! I really appreciate you‘re Channel ! Always nice to get to know new bands Bands . 🔥 Also i have a question. One time you show a Vinyl where you can see a picture of men in full knight armor on the cover (or on the inside, i‘m not sure anymore ) . Can you maybe help me ? Btw sorry for my bad english .

[@wyattxhim]

that was either Vehemence , Nocturnity or Macabre Omen,

[@schmutzkanal5107]

@@wyattxhim thanks man 🙏🏻🔥

[@TiapanTerrorstory]

Brisso Metal Icons, Invocation, North Winds, Misery, Crypt, Sakkuth, Obfucate Mass.

[@nickshades6727]

I've always thought of them as a black metal band. But I can see the death influance too.

[@godlikesnake8909]

I spoke to the guys (vocalist and bassist) from imperial triumphant and they said they are big fans of them. A bit obvious but still awesome to hear. Check out mitochodrion and abyssal

[@rolig9303]

Was a weird addition to The Orange Box but a welcome one.

[@naranara1690]

Catafalque was the first song I heard from them. Very dark and heavy.

[@beefybison9585]

Let's goooooo!!!

[@catibeaulieu4244]

I remember playing their cassettes in my car and staying at the red light stop 🛑!!!😂😂😂 how the people would close their car windows and pretend not to see me hearing them sooo loud !!!!!😂😂😂 I love them since the end mills

[@Mini_Ghost]

you're right, I'm more of a black metal guy, but I LOVE Portal

[@SlyHikari03]

Fun fact: Buckethead also has a song (4 songs actually, but they are all connected as one on album.) called “lurker at the threshold”. Also, This band is the definition of “Fear of the unknown” for me.

[@WTfire10]

Lurker of the threshold is also the name of a lovecraft story. Seems fitting

[@WTfire10]

*at the

[@SlyHikari03]

@@WTfire10 I know.. Just thought that was interesting.

[@rodrigocastrotoledo6666]

PORTAL RULES !!!!!

[@Rewwgh]

I've enjoyed their material for 14 years now and even though they keep pumping out strong material, they cannot seem to top the rawness of Seepia and Outre in my opinion.

[@Hejirah]

yuh