Portrayal Of Guilt Share Details Of Devil Music

Portrayal of Guilt draw from a wide spectrum of influences. Their forthcoming album Devil Music

Portrayal of Guilt draw from a wide spectrum of influences. Their forthcoming album Devil Music, drops on April 20th, via Run For Cover. The album was tracked in two different sessions, in early 2022, is an experimental approach to writing heavy music. It offers five new original songs on Side A; and then a reimagining of those same five songs on Side B, replacing much of the traditional guitars and bass setup with an orchestral string section, acoustic bass, and brass. After shifting their sound over several immediate releases (most recent, 2021’s CHRISTF**KER), Portrayal of Guilt has transformed from traditional ‘90s screamo, to fit a more blackened and sludgy metal intensity.

Today the Austin, Texas band has shared the Devil Music’s orchestral Side B in its entirety, paired with a striking short film directed by Emmanuella Zachariou. She tells, “When I first heard the B-Side of Devil Music, I was extremely impressed by the cinematic nature of the music. As a filmmaker and artist who started working in this industry through being an avid lover of music, especially heavier and darker sounds, it has always been a deep personal goal of mine to create more projects that not only highlight the extremely intricate nature of such compositions, but to really try to bring in a true cinematic atmosphere to help visualize them. The string elements in the tracks really helped inspire the medieval blueprint in my mind’s eye, and going off of that I wanted to implement slight nods to 90s black metal promo photos, and some of my favorite directors and films. Everything in this was a deliberate, carefully curated nod to some of my favorite films, books, artists and albums. Some examples include Marketa Lazarová (1967), The Wicker Man (1973), The Devils (1971), To the Devil a Daughter (1976), The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Wim Wenders, Jean Rollin, Jesús Franco, Mortiis, down to the choice of title card text (inspired by Medieval Marginalia and even Abigor’s 1995 albums, Nachthymnen and Orkblut – The Retaliation).”

Portrayal Of Guilt
Devil Music
Track Listing
Run For Cover

Side A

One Last Taste of Heaven
Untitled
Burning Hand
Where Angels Come to Die
Devil Music

Side B

I (One Last Taste of Heaven)
II (Untitled)
III (Burning Hand)
IV (Where Angels Come to Die)
V (Devil Music)

Portrayal of Guilt 2023 tour Dates

EUROPE

Apr 20: ANTWERP, BE – KAVKA OUDAAN
Apr 21: TILBURG, NL – ROADBURN FESTIVAL
Apr 22: KIEL, DE – KIEL SCHAUBUDE
Apr 23: AALBORG, DK – 1000FRYD
Apr 24: GOTHENBURG, SE – HEMLIGHETEN *
Apr 25: STOCKHOLM, SE – SLAKTKYRKAN *
Apr 26: COPENHAGEN, DK – BASEMENT *
Apr 27: BERLIN, DE – URBAN SPREE *
Apr 28: WARSAW, PL – VOODOO CLUB *
Apr 29: BRNO, CZ – KABINET MÚZ *
Apr 30: BUDAPEST, HU – INSTANT *
May 01: ZAGREB, HR – KSET *
May 02: LJUBLJANA, SI – CHANNEL ZERO *
May 03: BOLOGNA, IT – CIRCOLO DEV *
May 04: PARMA, IT @ SPLINTER CLUB *
May 05: MEZZAGO, IT @ BLOOM *
May 06: DÜDINGEN, CH @ BAD BONN *
May 07: TRIER, DE @ LUCKY’S LUKE *