Peter has passed, but hasn’t gone anywhere. Those gigs will be done with Philip on vocals, and after that we will focus on getting the new material complete and find a new singer.So, when a regular metal fan sees the local pub or festival having PORTRAIT playing, what can you promise him to expect from the gig?A night of undead metal madness, lots of beer and blood and everything else the regular metal fan could ever think of!Alright, I guess that’s a good set of questions to introduce PORTRAIT to the Steel Mill readers. Only time will prove that I’m right…Ok, let’s move to the new album… your first full-length album was released a while ago.
Another band that I’m sure has had a big influence on PORTRAIT’s music? That simply cannot be anything else than a great compliment.We touched this earlier, but to delve in a bit deeper – having a strong backbone of traditional sounding heavy metal, one needs to add a sufficient amount of fresh ideas to songwriting to avoid the danger of rewriting songs already done back in the eighties.
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The process with the material we are currently writing is somewhat different though. I knew David (bass) was interested in joining the band from the start so he also started to show up at the rehearsals.
The first pressing of it is sold out as we speak and a second one is at hand, so I suppose we are satisfied with it’s success, despite the lack of world tour offerings…There’s a lot of fine moments on the album, steaming riffs, nice solos and tight-grabbing melodies. The one of us who wrote a song made all structures, riffs etc in their entirety before presenting the songs at our rehearsal place.
We have not found a replacement yet, but there is some progress.
If anyone reading this would be interested, don’t hesitate to get in touch.Your previous singer Philip’s voice formed a very prominent part of the new PORTRAIT album being so strikingly similar to King Diamond’s style. Are you pleased with it’s success so far?The comments and reviews of it have been very positive all in all, dare I say. Personally I thought Svennefelt’s voice suits the dark and sinister thematics of the album flawlessly but sometimes leads the listener’s thoughts too much to Mercyful Fate material, which might, after all, give a little misleading impressions of Portrait.The first full-length release by Portrait shows the band has potential to keep on rising up the metal ladder.
It works out good thus far I must say!The album bears a strong brand of dark and sinister thematics throughout it’s length making it almost a conceptual piece. If someone has a few riffs he wants to try out then everyone is involved in what possible ways there are to continue the songs etc.
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Songs likeIn addition to strong guitarwork by Christian Lindell and Richard Lagergren, the most prominent feature on the album is singer Philip Svennefelt’s voice. How has it been received by the audience? And when opening his hardcase at home, Richard finds his guitar broken, probably destroyed during the flight. 1. Just like with King.
By signing up you agree to receive news and offers from KK's Steel Mill. With the line-up complete, KK’s PRIEST is hard at work in the studio creating the band’s debut album which will be released globally by Explorer1 Music Group as a part of the partnership with K.K Downing signed early 2020. Any progress on that task?.Yes, we parted ways due unsolvable musical and personal differences. ), Holland and probably also Denmark. It is with great sadness that I write today these few words of gratitude and respect for the late, great Peter Green.
At least judging by the pictures and comments on the internet the band’s been very well received. What would you say is the thing in PORTRAIT that separates it from the other bands of the same genre?On the topic of re-writing songs I just have to mention one of the first times I met Anders. Tell me something about the songwriting process of PORTRAIT, how do you forge the raw ideas to complete songs?With the album, and up until it was recorded, the songs were written very individually by me and Richard. This is also presented in the lyrics that summon forth hellish images of nightmares and terror, as in the apocalyptic visions in ‘Bow Unto The Devil’ or a nod to the black arts in ‘Consecration’. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! He played it to me, and it was the main riff of ”Eye of The Tiger”…I don’t know about other bands really, but I don’t think that many of those new ”old school” acts plan to do more than say two albums.