{"product_id":"portrayal-of-guilt-beginning-of-the-end-total-black-vinyl","title":"Portrayal of Guilt - …Beginning of the End (Total Black Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e…Beginning of the End\u003c\/em\u003e is the latest album from Portrayal of Guilt, 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. In that relatively short time, the Austin trio have not only toured the world over, created 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.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePortrayal of Guilt made an immediate impact in underground circles with their debut \u003cem\u003eLet Pain Be Your Guide\u003c\/em\u003e by mixing nihilistic hardcore, black metal, classic screamo, and imaginative textures. \u003cem\u003eWe Are Always Alone\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCHRISTF*CKER\u003c\/em\u003e 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 (\u003cem\u003eDevil Music\u003c\/em\u003e EP) and EBM \/ goth (\u003cem\u003eCHRISTF*CKER II\u003c\/em\u003e) 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClocking in at around 32 minutes across eleven new tracks, the new album was recorded and mixed by Phillip Odom between March-June 2025 with mastering handled by Will Yip. \u003cem\u003e…Beginning of the End\u003c\/em\u003e 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, recalling moments of greatness found on releases from Deftones, Massive Attack, Dystopia, Deathspell Omega, Celtic Frost and Cursed among many others.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/18CWBgJcAxjZJ4LbiigPfY?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Run For Cover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57827768697096,"sku":"RFC297LP","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4581\/9656\/files\/PoG_Digital1500copy.webp?v=1778878668","url":"https:\/\/shopmusicandriots.com\/products\/portrayal-of-guilt-beginning-of-the-end-total-black-vinyl","provider":"Music And Riots ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}