Portrayal of Guilt drop ‘Object of Pain’ / ‘Death From Above’ singles + videos

Austin’s most uncompromising heavy trio is back and they’re not easing you in gently. Portrayal of Guilt have dropped a double shot of new music — Object of Pain and Death From Above — along with two new videos that wrap up their ‘…Beginning of the End’ video trilogy, directed in collaboration with Craig Murray. The album itself lands April 24 via Run For Cover Records.

These two singles follow the earlier one-two punch of Object of Pain and Human Terror, and together they paint a pretty wild picture of where the band is headed — pulling from nu-metal, alternative rock, trip hop, dark ambient, and a whole grab-bag of other influences that really shouldn’t work together but absolutely do.

A Band That Refuses to Stand Still

If you’re new to Portrayal of Guilt, here’s the quick version: they arrived swinging with their debut ‘Let Pain Be Your Guide’, a ferocious collision of nihilistic hardcore, black metal, and classic screamo. Then came ‘We Are Always Alone’ and ‘CHRISTF*CKER’ in 2021 — the real breakout moment — where they started dissolving genre boundaries entirely, folding in industrial, post-metal, sludge, and post-hardcore like it was nothing. More recent EPs pushed even further into classical territory (‘Devil Music’) and full-on EBM/goth (‘CHRISTF*CKER II’).

In short: they do what they want, and it keeps getting more interesting.

‘…Beginning of the End’ is their fourth studio album in eight years and their third with Run For Cover. It was recorded and mixed by Phillip Odom between March and June 2025, with mastering by Will Yip. It sounds like a band who has spent a decade haunting the darkest corners of heavy music and has finally decided to document everything they found there.

‘…Beginning of the End’ track list

1. Backstabber
2. Human Terror
3. Heaven’s Gate
4. Under Siege
5. Ecstasy
6. Death From Above
7. God Will Never Hear Me
8. Chamber of Misery Pt. IV (feat. Slim Guerilla)
9. Total Black
10. Object of Pain
11. The Last Judgement

Pre-Order / Pre-Save link here

On the Road — Spring North America + Roadburn 2026

Right after their set at Roadburn Festival in Tilburg on April 17, the band kicks off a full North American headline run starting May 9 with a hometown show at Mohawk in Austin. The tour snakes through the East Coast, Midwest, and beyond with support from Pg. 99, Taraneh, Halloween, and The Infinity Ring on select dates. Tickets are on sale now.

Apr 17 — Tilburg, NL — Roadburn Festival
May 09 — Austin, TX — Mohawk *~
May 12 — New Orleans, LA — Siberia *
May 14 — Memphis, TN — Minglewood Hall – 1884 Lounge *
May 15 — Birmingham, AL — TrimTab Brewing *
May 16 — Chattanooga, TN — The Boneyard *
May 17 — Louisville, KY — Portal *
May 19 — St. Louis, MO — Off Broadway *
May 20 — Cudahy, WI — X-Ray Arcade *
May 21 — Minneapolis, MN — Zhora Darling ^
May 22 — Chicago, IL — Empty Bottle ^
May 24 — Indianapolis, IN — Black Circle Brewing ^
May 26 — Cleveland, OH — Mahall’s ^
May 27 — Grand Rapids, MI — Pyramid Scheme ^
May 28 — Detroit, MI — Lager House ^
May 29 — Hamilton, ON — Bridgeworks ^
May 30 — Toronto, ON — Prepare the Ground – The Cave
May 31 — Montreal, QC — Sotterenea ^
Jun 01 — Medford, MA — Deep Cuts +
Jun 02 — New York, NY — Le Poisson Rouge (In the Round) +
Jun 03 — Philadelphia, PA — Johnny Brenda’s +
Jun 04 — Washington, DC — DC9 +
Jun 05 — Durham, NC — Stanczyks +
Jun 06 — Savannah, GA — Dog Days Fest
Jun 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

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