Portrait are a Swedish metal outfit who formed in 2006 (slight confusion here as some sites state 2004 however 2006 is sited on their official Metal Blade page) and are made up of Per Lengstedt on Vocals, Christian Lindell and David Olofsson on Guitars, Mikael Castervall on Bass and Anders Persson on the drums. Crossroads Portrait are a Swedish metal outfit who formed in 2006 (slight confusion here as some sites state 2004 however 2006 is sited on their official Metal Blade page) and are made up of Per Lengstedt on Vocals, Christian Lindell and David Olofsson on Guitars, Mikael Castervall on Bass and Anders Persson on the drums. Crossroads is their third full length album and was produced by Tore Stjerna at the Necromorbus Studio near Stockholm. The album opens up with "Liberation" which is a misleading opener as your ears are gently massaged by acoustic steel string guitars and piano which then fades and "At The Ghost Gate" begins which is much more along the lines of what I was expecting, a single guitar intro then beefed up with all the other elements joining in and layered with a tasty riff which leads in turn to the vocal, Per's vocal is slightly eerie but balanced and full, the track is quite complex with a nice time change towards the end, It's certainly one that takes a hold of your attention and holds you in anticipation of the rest of the album. Track three "We Were Not Alone" has a higher paced start [...]
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