« WHAT?! So the secret identity of Portal was Cynic all
along? »

Nah, it just so happens that the very American progressive rock band, Cynic, used to be called Portal way back in the mid-’90s. That was around the same period
the Australian Portal came into existence, but I bet the two didn’t even know that they had shared the same name.

So anyway, Cynic / Portal will officially be releasing 10 songs that they demoed together 17 years ago in 2 months time. The lineup from back then had
consisted of current Cynic members Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert, guitarist Jason Gobel, bassist Chris Kringel and female vocalist Aruna
Abrams.