What is "Blood Red Tape"
Blood Red Tape is a seventy-minute
progressive rock album recorded and produced over a three year
period by the band
Portal in Edmonton, Canada.
the concept
"Blood Red Tape" is a synthesis of two broad concepts into one unique perspective. The title combines the "red tape" often associated
with bureacracy and impedence to progress, with the "blood" that is all-too-often shed when the former brings harm to those involved.
On a deeper level, "Blood Red Tape" may be used to describe the bureacracy that exists within each of us, as members of the animal kingdom who are resistant to change and new ideas, and fearful of the unknown.
the sound
Blood Red Tape represents a fusion of hard-rock, contemporary electronic elements, and a plethora of orchestral and ethnic instruments from all corners of the world, bound together in forms typical of classic progressive journeys.
On the heels of Blood Red Tape's release, Portal has been compared to such varied artists as Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Porcupine Tree, Chevelle, Sevendust, Dream Theater, VAST, Riverside,
Finger Eleven, and many others.