I can be called the driving force behind Portal. I write all the songs and play all the instruments on the recordings except for the drums. The three drummers who contributed to these songs are forces of nature. My goal is simple-write songs I don't tire of listening to.

 The first truly heavy song I ever heard was around the age of 13. It was Black Sabbath's Into The Void. Needless to say hearing it changed my life trajectory. Good thing. Growing up in Texas could have meant a life in country music, but that was not meant to be.

As I get older my metal roots show more and I find the heavier the song the better. That being the case, I've resigned myself to going out of this world rocking hard and heavy. I am an avid reader of world history and knowing that will explain the main source of my lyrics, even though my eyes are open taking in the world around me. Any theme can be a song in my books. A pulverizing, down tuned, heavy one.