Portal - Larvae / Illoomorpheme ( live )

[Rhademanthus]

The Curator's movements to the music are what I do when I walk down the street listening to Werships

[abyssalanguish]

horrifying \m/

[xwillnotbetelevisedx]

That is one interesting performance.

[ShmoofingFabsee]

wait, where's the clock he usually wears on his head?

[ghostrider753159]

Ghost? Who? Where?

[evelsteev]

Take the black face, and give it to some monks. Then take the pope outfit, and give it a skull. What do you have? GHOST. LOL!

[DespiseTheSun66]

@evelsteev except they did this costume before ghost aha

[evelsteev]

@DespiseTheSun66 Really? Uh oh.

[DespiseTheSun66]

@evelsteev they been doing this since 2009 or 10 i believe. Ghost came to the light of day just last year

[evelsteev]

@DespiseTheSun66 Ah HA! So ghost are the thieves!

[urnnandape]

@evelsteev Indeed they are!! These guys have been around way longer!! Portals first album was released in 2003 and Ghost was formed in 2008!! Fuck Ghost they suck anyways!!!

[evelsteev]

@urnnandape I don't think they suck, but thanks, anyways. LOL

[viletree]

no.

[SamSeriousBFE]

Deploying smooth jazz in ...3 ...2 ...

[edfeltch]

Portal is a band for all seasons of 2012

[lordaere]

i'd probably just be standing there like all these people too

[austintxlivemusic]

Why ?

[NoirthDark]

@austintxlivemusic

Because.

[schizoPhobia]

BIZARRO-RATZINGER!

[chickenbeek]

most impressive thing is how the guitarists can play that with that shit on their heads.

music is technical, but overall not feeling it.

[grimmboner]

I like the clock head better.

[Corebyheart]

Why is he dressed as Sinterklaas?

[VultIV]

brisbane.

[TheNecr0tizer]

All Australian Wershipers, get your arses to the globe in Brisbane for 111111.... A live ritual of immense repute featuring Portal, Stargazer and Spire.

[ub3r2008]

Amazing band both in studio and live. The quality is also just as phenomenal.

[nayrnyc2]

i was there!!!!!!!

[SolvingOurKreation]

At 0:28 it looks like theres a EVIL face when he lifts his head....

Love Portal!!

[SexyBoyLarson]

this is what evil sounds like

[zacjar12]

This is what i call death fucking metal

[quietdidit]

didn't know they're Aussie. splendid! sensational as well. metal for the forward thinking people.

[CUTYOTHROAT]

this band is so under-rated.. If u guys like PORTAL check out MITOCHONDRION, STARGAZER, or IMPETIOUS RITUAL.. and the crowd is fucking dumb founded, they should be KILLING each other..The Curator is an amazing front man, great theatrics...

[liledman76]

@CUTYOTHROAT dont understand why the crowd should be 'KILLING each other', portal arent some mindless mosh band.

[mrselfdestruct23]

This band is BLACK ATMOSPHERE!! First time I listened to Portal, it didn't hit me right away, but by the 3rd time- I was hooked.  I'm a veteran of black/death/extreme/grind/crus­t/ prog metal, my ears are tuned right. And Portal is a band to give notice to.

[mrselfdestruct23]

This band BL ACK ATMOSPHERE!! First time I listened to Portal, it didn't hit me right away, but by the 3rd time I was hooked. I'm a veteran of black/death/extreme/grind/crus­t/ prog metal, my ears are tuned right. And Portal is a band to give notice to.

[aarongtr180]

I love how the audience has no idea what to do. Portal is incredible.

[NeuroHead]

Listening to Portal for the first time is like when Frodo uses the ring for the first time.

A frightening experience that one can only endure for smal amounts of time and eventualy it will lead to your decent in to darkness .

Also , this is what Darth Vader listens to in his meditation chamber .

[zantoine]

@NeuroHead well said

[IMBACHABRI]

@NeuroHead put Gorguts instead of Portal,and you're fine :D

[3rdluckcharm]

@NeuroHead man, lord of the rings reference, completely lame. I respect people's opinions, but I couldn't help but disrespect you a little bit. This band is very different, and interesting and then you compare it to a Star Wars character, and Lord of the Rings, two very mundane comparisons that would suit a small minded fruit-cake.

[NeuroHead]

@3rdluckcharm

"Humour or humor is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. People of all ages and cultures respond to humour. The majority of people are able to experience humour, and thus they are considered to have a sense of humour. The hypothetical person lacking a sense of humour would likely find the behaviour induced by humour to be inexplicable, strange, or even irrational"

[3rdluckcharm]

@NeuroHead Dude you are right, you got to fight for your right, ....to party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!! Neat-o I have a sense of humour, quite exquisite, rather top drawer, you know the top drawer, right beside the jar of Nutella!!

[NeuroHead]

@3rdluckcharm

Good! =) now that we understand each other i can finish my camomile tea in peace and continue with more lame comparisons .

If the aliens in independence day would have won at the end this is the music they would have played at the victory party in the mothership .

If you play Portal's latest album backwards 3 times in a row your skin will turn grey and Aleister Crowley will apear and throw a bucket of youghurt in your face .

[3rdluckcharm]

@NeuroHead That is alright as long as I can have my green tea, and recite Lavey's philosophies to the point that he rolls in his grave, and comes back to life, not to follow from where he left off, but to smite the Aliens in Independance Day. Then he rapes Will Smith, and goes to the set of Fresh Prince and murders Carlton, and the butler, whatever his name was. Portal's latest album forwards is actually a swarm of locust eating every bit of flesh from your lifeless cadaver. I am quite sure...

[3rdluckcharm]

@NeuroHead Why must someone bring in a Lord of the Rings reference?! fuck off.

[urnnandape]

@3rdluckcharm No shit!!!

[FATPOS189]

@ritualtorture666 it's not really hard seeing him tip his head down to the floor in between certain pauses (see 1:51). he was doing it at both the philadelphia show and the maryland deathfest show when i saw them

[RITUALTORTURE666]

@EMN413 amen bro!!!

[zacjar12]

the singer has a few weird items of clothing he wears for a live show

[JRHIPSICAN]

Thank you for posting this.. portal kicks ass

[demigod325]

@EMN413 I KNOW they're intense live don't let youtube trick into thinking it isnt lol

[usefulidiot227]

Holy shit! Pause it at :26 seconds. It looks like there's a skull in his throat! Portal kicks so much ass.

[dozicusmaximus]

@usefulidiot227 I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw that. haha

[iamthelazerviking]

This is absolutely horrifying.

[TwilightCodex]

Does everyone need to dress up like a Pope onstage these days? Christ...

[emptymorphous]

I love the everlasting metamorphosis of The Curator

[floggingphilly]

@ruinawish yes, because we all know there is only lady gaga and portal. my bad to think that there are different bands and groups with talent vocalists and musicians lying between the crap of portal and the crap of lady gaga

[ilovesoda]

@floggingphilly

Both Lady Gaga and Portal are avid musicians, and make pretty deep and interesting music compared to the rest of their respective genre, plus they have pretty original scene-shows.

You listen to Seal and Lamb of God, you're not really in a position where your opinion is valid :)

[brandonvanessa]

awesome.

[floggingphilly]

not going to lie, this vocalist is terrible.

[ruinawish]

@floggingphilly Would you prefer Lady Gaga instead?

[sqwuade]

Anti-pope?

[emptymorphous]

@sqwuade no, he is the Pope of Eternal Void and Abyss

[sqwuade]

@emptymorphous So basically "The Pope of Nothingness".  Interesting take.

[freakofevolution]

This band is really awesome! Wish the lead singer was wearing the birdhouse though!

[Israfel93]

@freakofevolution I wouldn't really call him a singer, but I agree anyways

[FATPOS189]

so obvious hes reading lyrics off of the floor

[jptiol]

@FATPOS189 lol

[RITUALTORTURE666]

@FATPOS189 it would be hard to see knowing he has a mask and the lights are low

[Coldubh]

I dint know Williamsburg got a Knitting Factory. Manhattan has one. maybe thats what he meant.

Amazing footage, you do us a great service. Keep up the excellent work.

[SARDONICmath]

@Coldubh manhattan knitting factory is closed, it moved to the burg

[ricardorivera100]

PORTAL SEEMS LIKE THEY PLAY ANY RANDOM THING...

[webbtje]

@ricardorivera100 Shush now.

[desolateroom]

What does the crowd look like during a Portal show? I've never seen a live band like Portal.

[DontLikeBandsIHate]

the only thing i hate about this band is that i cant find their record in any store :/

[RaskolnikovRomanovic]

the Portal Live experience in this video seems exactly like if Sunn O)) fused with behold... the arctopus into one super edgy explosion

[CakeDestroyer]

That pope hat looks WAY more comfortable than a clock.

[maxnewellmz8025656]

wtf... i sorta scared

[Gigadrane]

im sorry but i can barely hear shit i think this pretty crappy

[cygnusbass]

@Gigadrane thats the entire point, its about the dissonant atmosphere and unnerving audible experience...

[islespatrick]

@Gigadrane do you listen to death metal?

[Gigadrane]

@islespatrick yes yes i do bands like CC and Dying Fetus but to me this band in particular the vocals is inaudible to me i cant understand wtf this is supposed to be about

[islespatrick]

@Gigadrane it is all about the atmosphere. you should listen to their newest album swarth. Trust me, your mind will be blown away

[BLCEK]

@Gigadrane It doesnt have to be about something

[IceCreamPheonix]

@Gigadrane i could see why someone would think that but you gotta see em live it really is like nothing ive ever seen before truely terrifying and absolutely crushing

[ILGustavo]

I adhor Portal.

[NMCM00]

Note that this is Larvae into Illoomorpheme

[DroneEvil1]

The sound in Boston was spot on, and appears so here as well...I heard it was bad along the west coast, bummer.

[Pr1est0fDoom]

Awesome

[ruinedbyidiots]

Fuuuuck, good quality sound for a live Portal vid.

[Alejandro4891]

i can't believe i missed this. i went to the venue yesterday and they told me it was sold out, i really wanted to see gorguts and these guys.

[lurcharoni]

@Alejandro4891 yeah, tell me about it.

the bands must have been happy, but I can't believe this sold out on a random Wednesday night.

Great capture of the overall mood though. I HAVE to catch these guys one day. They have a good career ahead of them I think so we should get some more chances.

[kapitol21]

I was there. Portal destroyed that shit.

[ThirstyPirate]

This is terrifying. I love it.

[cjh666]

grim

[DroneEvil1]

Did an awesome job with the recording. All I see for the Boston show are bad phone shots