Portall

Not to be confused with Portal.

Portall
Origin	Netherlands
Genres	Death metal, Thrash metal
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Under Her Black Wings
Website	www.portall.net
Members
Rutger Wildeman Peter Haverkamp Jeffrey Wennekes Jeroen v/d Kamp

Portall is a death/thrash metal band from Elburg, The Netherlands. The band consists of: vocalist/guitarist Rutger Wildeman, lead guitarist Peter Haverkamp, bassist Jeffrey Wennekes and drummer Jeroen van der Kamp. The bands musical style has been compared to bands such as: Testament,^[1] Vader,^[2] Nevermind, Death and Exodus.^[3]

Biography

Portall started in 2003 in Zwolle, The Netherlands. After the sudden departure of their second guitarist, the band approached Peter Haverkamp to join them. The musical style changed a lot and all previous material and recordings were flushed. Portall 2.0 released a demo already in April 2003, resulting in a range of gigs.

In 2004 Portall won the Metalbattle, a metalband competition, which gave them the opportunity to record their first EP titled In the Absence of Light. The 5 track counting EP was well received by metalheads and media. In 2005 Portall reached the finals of Aardschok’s (Hollands leading metal magazine) Metalbash. Portalls straight forward thrash metal worked out pretty well, because they ended second place, just one point short of winning.

2006 and 2007 brought a lot of touring, based on the EP and both successful metalband competitions.

In 2008 the band was signed by the Swedish/Dutch record company Under Her Black wings. Their first full length CD titled Code Black was released in February 2009.

Discography

• In The Absence of Light – EP (2005)
• Code Black (2009)
  1. "Left For Dead" – 04:16
  2. "Code Black" – 03:32
  3. "Silenced" – 03:24
  4. "Im Memoriam" – 05:13
  5. "Mind on Fire" – 04:36
  6. "Where Vultures Feast" – 04:49
  7. "I Prevai" – 05:05
  8. "Act of Killing" – 03:29
  9. "Tongue of the Snake" – 03:57
  10. "The Premier Plague" – 04:33

References

1. ^ http://www.noordgelderschmetaal.nl/?id=10001,13741
2. ^ http://www.archaic-magazine.com/article.php?aid=46047
3. ^ Aardschok Magazine, May 2009, "Code Black" review page 54

External links

• Official website
• myspace