Portrait "The Host" Review (THIS IS THE MOST GRAND, AMBITIOUS & EVIL ALBUM THEY'VE DONE YET) 

4.5/5.0. Definitely going to be on my year-end list. Everything flowed so well from beginning to end. I loved every song. I was worried about the length and amount of songs. Definitely nothing to worry. Amazing record.

I was certainly thinking King Diamond meets Bruce Dickinson here. Indeed long but certainly very enjoyable. Maybe they could have made it into 2 albums like Keeper Of The Seven Keys parts 1 & 2

Portrait should have been huge (at least in the "metal underground") 10 years ago when the recorded an amazing cover of the unreleased Judas Priest song "Mother Sun". How metal isnt it to record and release an unreleased song from such a classic band and do it that well. Talk about a cultural act! Judas Priest fans that have been longing for an official release of this song, only played live by JP in the 70's, should love this when it surely sounds alot like it would have if JP released it themselves I belive.

Maybe not something in your ballpark when it comes to the metal reviews you make, but I'd love it if you guys could review Alcest's new album Les Chants de L'Aurore

So glad you guys managed to get to this one, its an awesome album, i like it more every time i listen to it. I love that they have stepped outside the box a bit with this release. These guys and Attic are flying the flag for the Mercyful Fate/KD style metal!

You guys dug it. I will listen to this because I like you guys.

Hey guys, speaking of longgggggg… I’ve got a question for you all. Please make it an episode: What’s your favorite extra-long metal song (no Pink Floyd allowed!!). Let’s say 12 minutes or more. For me there are two I go back and forth between : Soil of the Incestuous (The Ruins of Beverast). Headphones please Home alone and chug a few, perhaps smoke a bowl (NO acid). You will shit your pants, guaranteed. Don’t be put off by the production, it is layered, intricate and sooo absorbing Then there’s Das Blutarch from Minenwerfer. Fuck me, that is just a banger of a song. The songwriting and musicianship on display is out of this world. So many movements in this song, so much emotion, so bleak and cold. It’s a unicorn in their catalogue too. They’ve got lots of amazing songs, but nothing sounds like this. They are both black metal I guess, but wholly different and unique. If you haven’t heard them, give them a listen. Fucking amazing. Sorry for the multiple edits. Excess of enthusiasm and fire water. Really though, I could listen to those two songs every day for a year and not get bored. Final edit, I promise c just wanted to say that the two albums these tracks come of; Rain Upon the Impure and Alpenpässe respectively, are to my mind two of the greatest black metal albums ever made, period. And know they’re not exactly canonical but particularly Alpenpässe I hardly ever hear anyone talk no g about and it’s a shame. It’s really well produced, authentic and emotional with amazing tunes all the way through. It’s a no skip concept album about a particular World War One campaign.

This sounds pretty cool. At the start of each song, you guys are like “I was NOT expecting this!” Just that is a recommendation in itself. Edit Btw:”Or roll into it”. Lolz. Almost space my Johnnie Walker Black Label across the screen.

Quite surprising this album has a pretty low on rating on the Storm of Metal. I feel like people don't mention enough how strong traditional heavy metal releases are the past few years. This year we've already had this, Ecclesia, Traveler, Early Moods, Morgul Blade, Attic and Lord Goblin. If you haven't heard any of these then I beg of you to seek them out.

I just got done listening to darkthrones unholy trinity back to back so I might listen to this album tomorrow lol. 😂

Is the voting for album reviews on Patreon?

Listened to it earlier and this is an absolute banger! 4 of 5! See y'all tomorrow morning!🤘

It’s going to on my year ender list for sure. 👍

I Just listened a couple of hours ago i really liked it. yeah 4 Out 5 for me.