Photo by: Addrian Jafaritabar

Official press release:

On Christfucker, Portrayal of Guilt plunge headfirst into unfathomable depths, creating a work of art that’s powerfully unsettling. Guitarist/vocalist Matt King says:

“We think of it partially in the sense of scoring a horror movie. We wanted to create an atmosphere of anxiety and fear.”

We each have our own idea of what it means to live through a period filled with perpetual dread, a slowly burning world, and overwhelming darkness. In the case of Portrayal of Guilt, their tortuous afterlife comes with grief, loss, masochism, suffering, and pain.

The entirety of Christfucker is set to unrelenting, nihilistic, howling soundscapes, created by King, drummer James Beveridge, and bassist, Alex Stanfield. By way of hypnotic guitar patterns, industrial rhythms and oppressive heaviness — each track tells a story set in the darkest of settings for the listener to interpret and explore.

Listen to first single “Possession” below:

It’s their second full-length of 2021 following January’s acclaimed album, We Are Always Alone. This time around, Portrayal of Guilt have signed to Run For Cover and joined forces with prominent NYC producer Ben Greenberg (Uniform, Pharmakon, Bing & Ruth). Christfucker features guest vocals from Jenna Rose of New York darkwave outfit Anatomy (on “Sadist”) and Touché Amoré vocalist Jeremy Bolm (on “Fall From Grace”).

Christfucker is out November 5 on Run For Coverpre-order it here. Next month, Portrayal of Guilt is back on the road for the first time since the pandemic and the release of We Are Always Alone. Highlights include a full run with Uniform and dates with Sheer Mag, Code Orange and more. See below for a full list of dates and go here to purchase tickets.

Christfucker track listing:

  1. “Intro to Christfucker”
  2. “The Sixth Circle”
  3. “Sadist” feat. Jenna Rose (Anatomy)
  4. “Fall from Grace” feat. Jeremy Bolm (Touché Amoré)
  5. “Dirge”
  6. “Bed of Ash”
  7. “The Crucifixion”
  8. “Master/Slave”
  9. “…where the suffering never ends”
  10. “Possession”

Tour dates:

10/14: Baton Rouge, LA – Mid City Ballroom
10/15: Little Rock, AR – Vino’s #
10/16: Memphis, TN – B-Side #
10/17: Nashville, TN – DRKMTTR
10/18: Asheville, NC – Static Age Records
10/19 Richmond, VA – The Camel !
10/20 Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus ~
10/21 Boston, MA – Cambridge Elks Lodge ~
10/22 Berlin, CT – Berlin VFW ~
10/23 Washington, D.C. – DC9 ~
10/24 Durham, NC – The Pinhook ~
10/25 Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern
10/26 Atlanta, GA – 529 ~
10/27 Birmingham, AL – Seasick Records ~
10/28 Houston, TX – Red Dwarf ~
10/29 San Antonio, TX – Vibes Events Center *
10/30 Austin, TX – Elysium (Levitation) ~
10/31 Albuquerque, NM – Sister ~
11/01 Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar ~
11/02 Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon ~
11/03 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop ~
11/04 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios ~
11/05 Seattle, WA – The Vera Project ~
11/06 Boise, ID – Neurolux ~
11/07 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court ~
11/08 Denver, CO – HQ ~
11/09 Omaha, NE – Slowdown ^
11/10 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle ~
11/11 Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class ~
11/12 Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA ~
11/15 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Roboto Project %
11/16 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups %
11/17 St Louis, MO – The Sinkhole ^
11/18 Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street #
11/19 Dallas, TX – Double Wide #

~ = w/ Uniform, Body Void
# = w/ Chat Pile
* = w/ Code Orange, Uniform
! = w/ Sheer Mag, Soul Glo
^ = w/ Bummer
% = w/ For Your Health