With Outré, Portal did not just follow up Seepia—they unraveled it further, splitting the seams and twisting the foundation into something even more grotesque and unknowable. What began as warped and unsettling death metal in their earlier work has here become a fully mutated entity. Outré doesn’t seek to refine the ideas of its predecessor—it sinks them deeper into the mire and invites the listener to follow. Rather than present distinct songs, Outré offers a single contiguous descent. There are passages that briefly feel graspable—like the start of “Black Houses” or the sudden eruption in “Omnipotent Crawling Chaos”—but they are fleeting. Every moment threatens to dissolve into feedback or collapse under its own weight. And yet, through this chaos, there is control. Horror Illogium’s guitar work may sound improvised to the untrained ear, but there is method to his madness. Beneath the swirling dissonance lies a carefully measured approach to tonality and pacing. This is not an album for casual listening. It is not for those seeking riffs, hooks, or clarity. Outré exists as a monument to death metal’s outermost fringe—a masterwork of alienation, decay, and deliberate confusion. For the brave, it is essential.