{"product_id":"portal-ion-1","title":"Portal: Ion - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eIon\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003ePortal\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eProfound Lore\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e616892492146\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2018-01-26\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         2018 release, the fifth full-length album from enigmatic Australian avant-garde death metal surrealists Portal. Ion is the long-awaited follow-up to 2013's Vexovoid. This is the band's most intense and experimental release to date, an album not for the faint of heart and\/or mind. Portal's style is an unorthodox fusion of death metal with black metal. The band's hybrid musical style is characterized by heavily distorted guitar riffs, down-tuned rhythms, and vocals ranging from \"menacing, echoing\" sound effects to guttural grunts. Lead guitarist Horror Illogium has described Portal's intent as \"to capture a cinematic horror scope\". The band cites as inspiration for it's lyrical themes the entities mentioned in Lovecraft Mythos, such as Nyarlathotep, Yog-Sothoth, Azathoth, and Cthulhu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 NTH \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Esp Ion Age \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Husk \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Phreqs \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Crone \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Revault of Volts \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Spores \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Phathom \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Olde Guarde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/82263845\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Portal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32475203272775,"sku":"35569794","price":15.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3752406.jpg?v=1747790594","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/portal-ion-1","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}