Ion

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AlbumJan 26 / 20189 songs, 37m
Technical Death Metal Dissonant Death Metal
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"ION" is the fifth full-length from Australian death metal enigma PORTAL.

7.8 / 10

The Australian band delivers a jarring, dissonant record of non-linear death metal filtered through a necro black-metal screen, with a crisp high end that brings out every jagged turn.

9 / 10

8 / 10

Portal are not a band — they are scientists experimenting with the limits of death metal and the constitution of their audience. Since their...

8 / 10

Island countries breed unique culture. While the cultural facets of nations in larger continents, including mainland Europe, have historically assimilated with one another more readily, relatively speaking, due to immediate geographical proximity and rubbing of elbows, the sea and the sky enclose is...

7 / 10

Even though ION is one of Portal's lesser manifestations of auditory horror, it's still an easy recommendation for extreme metal fanatics.

4.0 / 5

A review of Ion by Portal, available worldwide January 26th, 2018 via Profound Lore Records.

4.0 / 5

Portal - ION review: Portal shed the murk yet continue to stupefy.