Review


Portal & Impetuous Ritual
L’Usine, Genf
Le Rez has advertised the show of Portal and Impetuous Ritual as the best of Australian death metal. To know how true that is, there would need to be more Australian death metal bands playing in Europe – but whether they truly are the best or not, the two bands managed to crush the stage of the Usine in Geneva (and possibly their competition).
Imperious Ritual delivered cavernous riffs and an unrelenting assault on the ears with the blood drenched and loincloth-clad Impetuous Ritual. Perfectly complementary to the main act, which they share members with: Portal, self-proclaimed „horror metal act“ that impressed the public with an experimental sound straight from hell paired with a Lovecraftian stage appearance.