Portal of Sorrow is the eighth studio album by American black metal act Xasthur. It would be Xasthur's last album of the black metal genre, as the next album Subject to Change features a more acoustic folk sound.

Portal of Sorrow
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 26, 2010
GenreBlack metal, dark ambient
Length55:13
LabelHydra Head
Xasthur chronology
All Reflections Drained
(2009)
Portal of Sorrow
(2010)
Subject to Change
(2016)

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Portal of Sorrow"4:09
2."Broken Glass Christening"3:50
3."Shrine of Failure"4:27
4."Stream of Subconsciousness"7:51
5."Karma/Death"4:20
6."Horizon of Plastic Caskets"3:49
7."Mesmerized by Misery"2:52
8."This Abyss Holds the Mirror"7:31
9."Mourning Tomorrow"2:07
10."Miscarriage of the Soul"3:26
11."Obeyer's of Their Own Deaths"2:31
12."Released from This Earth"4:27
13."The Darkest Light"4:37
14."Hiver de Glace"1:56

Personnel

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  • Malefic – All instruments, vocals
  • Marissa Nadler - Vocals
  • Ronald Armand Andruchuk - Album artwork and layout