Portraits Is the debut studio album from British

United Kingdom

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 metalcore band Bury Tomorrow

Bury Tomorrow

Bury Tomorrow are a five piece British metalcore band from Hampshire, England. The Band is composed of vocalist Dani Winter-Bates, guitarist Mehdi Vismara, guitarist and singer Jason Cameron, bass guitarist Davyd Winter-Bates and drummer Adam Jackson...

. The album was released first in the United Kingdom

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 on Basick Records on 12 October 2009 while it was released through Artery Recordings on March 2010 in Japan

Japan

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 and the United States

United States

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.

Adam Jackson has stated it was named Portraits for two reasons: "Firstly, the title track is based on the story of Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

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 by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

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, a cautionary tale of the beauty and frailty of life. Secondly, Portraits depicts a person or character frozen in time as they were at a given moment. This is how we see this album - it’s a reflection of our tastes, loves, hates, losses and gains. It’s a memory in musical form, the first glimpse of the picture that is Bury Tomorrow.”

Track listing

Personnel

Bury Tomorrow

• Dani Winter-Bates - Vocals, screaming
  Screaming (music)
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• Mehdi Vismara - Guitar
  Guitar
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• Jason Cameron - Guitar, singing
  Singing
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• Davyd Winter-Bates - Bass Guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Adam Jackson - drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
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Additional personnel

• Production and Mixing - Weller Mill