The wicked child known as Portrait was spat out from the mouth of Hell in 2006. That was when the regular gatherings of five men in the small town of Kristianstad, Sweden, would begin to result in genuine, dark heavy metal of a kind not heard in ages. The band went on to record its first demo tape "Welcome to my Funeral", which would take the underground by storm.

After the equally successful 7"EP "Into the Nothingness" (New Iron Age, 2007) and a number of gigs in Northern Europe already growing big, Portrait closed a one-album deal with the German independent labels Iron Kodex and High Roller Records. The band's self titled debut record would be a high selling release, and receive equal praise from magazines like Terrorizer, Rock Hard and Sweden Rock as from the underground press.

Not long after the release of this album, the band, not fully content with some members' performances, saw the need to regroup. Talented singer Per Karlsson made his celebrated live debut with Portrait on a show in Copenhagen, and the quintet could march onward. Stronger than ever before, they went on an 11 date European tour, followed by appearances on festivals like Sweden Rock, Keep it True, Hole in the Sky, Hell's Pleasure, Headbangers Open Air and Up the Hammers.

In the autumn of 2009, the composing of a follow-up to the critically acclaimed debut album had started. The band firstly entered Berno Studio (Malmö, Sweden) to record the odd two songs for the 7"EP "The Murder of All Things Righteous", released through High-Roller Records in March, 2010.
After joining the roster of Metal Blade Records, Portrait would finally enter Necromorbus Studio (Stockholm, Sweden) to record their sophomore album, "Crimen Laesae Majestatis Divinae".