Genre shifting band Portrayal of Guilt will unveil their new studio album next month.

Announced today, Devil Music is slated for an April 20 release via Run For Cover Records. This 10-track album is split into two parts: five new songs for side A and the same five songs done with an orchestral string section, acoustic bass, and brass for side B.

To celebrate the album’s announcement, the band unveiled a short film featuring the entire orchestral portion of the album in full. The visual, which can be seen here, was co-directed by Emmanuella Zachariou and Paola Ossa.

Zachariou, who previously worked with Anna of the North and Shawn Mendes, said this about working on the short film:

“When I first heard the B-Side of Devil Music, I was extremely impressed by the cinematic nature of the music. As a filmmaker and artist who started working in this industry through being an avid lover of music, especially heavier and darker sounds, it has always been a deep personal goal of mine to create more projects that not only highlight the extremely intricate nature of such compositions, but to really try to bring in a true cinematic atmosphere to help visualize them. The string elements in the tracks really helped inspire the medieval blueprint in my mind's eye, and going off of that I wanted to implement slight nods to 90s black metal promo photos, and some of my favorite directors and films. Everything in this was a deliberate, carefully curated nod to some of my favorite films, books, artists and albums. Some examples include Marketa Lazarová (1967), The Wicker Man (1973), The Devils (1971), To the Devil a Daughter (1976), The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Wim Wenders, Jean Rollin, Jesús Franco, Mortiis, down to the choice of title card text (inspired by Medieval Marginalia and even Abigor’s 1995 albums, Nachthymnen and Orkblut - The Retaliation).”

Pre-orders for Devil Music can be made here. Aside from the new album, a DVD of the short film with additional content can also be pre-ordered.

Portrayal of Guilt will be touring across Europe and Japan this spring. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets are on sale to the general public right now here.

Devil Music tracklisting:

Side A

01. One Last Taste of Heaven

02. Untitled

03. Burning Hand

04. Where Angels Come to Die

05. Devil Music

Side B

06. I (One Last Taste of Heaven)

07. II (Untitled)

08. III (Burning Hand)

09. IV (Where Angels Come to Die)