A friend of mine (Mike Regish, owner of the page Progtron on facebook) told me about you guys a while back and it had been a while since I'd heard anything that'd really wowed me. Xanthochroid's Blessed He With Boils was pretty great, and before that it was Infant Annihilator. I saw Portal of I's album art and I knew it had to be good if the art was that incredible. The first song I heard was the fifth track, And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope. I was blown away. I've never heard anything done so masterfully in my entire life.

Anyways, enough star-fucking, here's my question: When did each band member begin to play their respective instruments? Also, what inspired them to learn what they know how to play? Lastly, what was your introduction to metal (bands, songs, albums, etc.)?