Photo by: Craig Murray
Official press release:
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. …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.
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 visualizer for “Human Terror”.
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 CHRISTFUCKER 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 (CHRISTFUCKER 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-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 May 9 at Mohawk in Austin. The run crosses East Coast, Midwest with pageninetynine, Taraneh, Halloween and The Infinity Ring supporting select dates. Tickets are on sale Friday, March 6 at 10:00 AM Local here. For a full list of dates and poster, see below.
Pre-order/pre-save …Beginning of the End here.
…Beginning of the End track listing:
- “Backstabber”
- “Human Terror”
- “Heaven’s Gate”
- “Under Siege”
- “Ecstasy”
- “Death From Above”
- “God Will Never Hear Me”
- “Chamber of Misery Pt. IV” feat. Slim Guerilla
- “Total Black”
- “Object of Pain”
- “The Last Judgement”
4/17 Tilburg, NL – Roadburn Festival
5/09 Austin, TX – Mohawk *~
5/12 New Orleans, LA – Siberia *
5/14 Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall – 1884 Lounge *
5/15 Birmingham, AL – TrimTab Brewing *
5/16 Chattanooga, TN – The Boneyard *
5/17 Louisville, KY – Portal *
5/19 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway *
5/20 Cudahy, WI – X-Ray Arcade *
5/21 Minneapolis, MN – Zhora Darling ^
5/22 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle ^
5/24 Indianapolis, IN – Black Circle Brewing ^
5/26 Cleveland, OH – Mahall’s ^
5/27 Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme ^
5/28 Detroit, MI – Lager House ^
5/29 Hamilton, ON – Bridgeworks ^
5/30 Toronto, ON – Prepare the Ground – The Cave
5/31 Montreal, QC – Sotterenea ^
6/01 Medford, MA – Deep Cuts +
6/02 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge (In the Round) +
6/03 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s +
6/04 Washington, DC – DC9 +
6/05 Durham, NC – Stanczyks +
6/06 Savannah, GA – Dog Days Fest
6/07 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
