Portrayal of Guilt
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Portrayal of Guilt announce new album…Beginning of the End coming 24th April via Run For Cover Records & release double single/ video “Ecstasy” and “Human Terror”.
Portrayal of Guilt announce new album …Beginning of the End, a curious title for a band that has treated each release like a new creative start, constantly reinventing themselves since their inception less than a decade ago.
Portrayal of Guilt share their first preview of …Beginning of the End with lead singles “Ecstasy” and “Human Terror", which together capture the album’s dynamic, expansive direction. Both are available across streaming platforms today via Run For Cover alongside a classic, sinister video for “Ecstasy”, directed by Craig Murray, and a visualiser for “Human Terror”.
…Beginning of the End embraces both the groove and avant garde, revisiting the raw, teeth-gnashing intensity of their previous work while toying with nu-metal, alternative rock, trip-hop, dark ambient and other disparate influences.
The latest effort feels like a band that has traversed every shadowy corner of heavy music, distilling their decade of innovation and knowledge into a singular show of force.
Throughout the years, the revered Austin trio have toured the world over, creating their own musical eco-system and released three seminal full-length albums, they have done it in a manner that avoided compromise, welcomed free experimentation and avoided labels outside of "menacing", “compelling” and “must hear”.
Portrayal of Guilt made an immediate impact in underground circles with their debut, Let Pain Be Your Guide, by mixing nihilistic hardcore, black metal, classic screamo, and imaginative textures. We Are Always Alone and CHRISTF*CKER LPs followed in 2021, the band’s breakout body blows that corroded the band’s commitment to genre, nodding at industrial music, post-metal, sludge and even post-hardcore, all while cementing the band’s tendencies toward experimentalism.
Portrayal of Guilt’s fearless spirit reimagined their own sound as classical (Devil Music EP) and EBM / goth (CHRISTF*CKER II) on more recent efforts.
And though the pacing of releases and the band’s evolution has remained steady, Portrayal of Guilt’s execution has kept their audiences hungry for the band’s ever-evolving sound.
…Beginning of the End was recorded and mixed by Phillip Odom between March and June 2025, with mastering handled by Will Yip. It’s Portrayal of Guilt’s fourth studio album in eight years, and third with Run For Cover.
Portrayal of Guilt have also announced a North American headlining Spring tour, which starts with a hometown send off show the 9th of May at Mohawk in Austin. The run crosses the East Coast, Midwest, with Pageninetynine, Taraneh, Halloween and The Infinity Ring supporting select dates.
Live Dates
17 April: Tilburg, NL - Roadburn Festival
09 May: Austin, TX - Mohawk ~
12 May: New Orleans, LA - Siberia ~
14 May: Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall - 1884 Lounge
15 May: Birmingham, AL - TrimTab Brewing
16 May: Chattanooga, TN - The Boneyard
17 May: Louisville, KY - Portal
19 May: St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway
20 May: Cudahy, WI - X-Ray Arcade
21 May: Minneapolis, MN - Zhora Darling ^
22 May: Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle ^
24 May: Indianapolis, IN - Black Circle Brewing ^
26 May: Cleveland, OH - Mahall's ^
27 May: Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme ^
28 May: Detroit, MI - Lager House ^
29 May: Hamilton, ON - Bridgeworks ^
30 May: Toronto, ON - Prepare the Ground - The Cave
31 May: Montreal, QC - Sotterenea ^
01 June: Medford, MA - Deep Cuts +
02 June: New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge (In the Round) +
03 June: Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's +
04 June: Washington, DC - DC9 +
05 June: Durham, NC - Stanczyks +
06 June: Savannah, GA - Dog Days Fest
07 June: Atlanta, GA - The Earl +
~ w/ Street Sects and pageninetynine
* w/ Street Sects and Taraneh
^ w/ Street Sects and Halloween
+ w/ Street Sects and The Infinity Ring
