Portent are a 1 man band from the United Kingdom that plays a mixture of old school black metal and doom and this is a review of their self titled and self released 2009 demo.
Drums range from slow to mid paced playing with no fast drumming or blast beats being present on this recording, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that are coming out of the guitars.
Rhythm guitars range from slow to mid paced riffs that combine old school black metal with doom to create a sound of their own along with a good amount of melody and progressive elements being thrown into the riffing, while the lead guitars are very dark and melodic sounding black/doom metal guitar solos and leads.
Vocals range from grim sounding black metal screams to deep death metal growls as well as a brief use of spoken word parts, while the lyrics cover darkness and mythology themes, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound with some of the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion Portent are a very great sounding hybrid of black and doom metal and if you are a fan of t his musical genre, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Stygian Waters" and "Vapors & Chasm". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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