On the album, Portrayal of Guilt's goal is to create a visceral listening experience. On either version of these songs, whether it be the a-side's more familiar heaviness or the orchestral b-side takes, the band is determined to drag the listener with them through what feels like a reckoning. Lyrics on songs like the opener 'One Last Taste of Heaven' feel burdened with a sense of finality - 'I've carried this body for miles... I lay the angel on the wooden pyre / before taking one last Tate of heaven' feels as heavy as the blackened guitar riff refraining throughout the song.
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