Gylt In 1000 Agonies, I Exist EP
The title had me thinking this was going to be some black metal garbage, but this is a nasty lil’ record and nothing I say should convince you otherwise. If you like your hardcore metallic and crusty, this is for you. If you like your riffs nasty and your vocals disgusting, this one’s for you! There’s no filler here; every riff, drum fill, and scream is delivered with intention. They never rest on a riff too long before rocketing full-blast into the next one. “Intimidated” moves between two or three tempos in just over 60 seconds, and does it without giving you time to catch a breath. It ends with gut-wrenching vocals going head-to-head with a ripping guitar solo before you’re thrown headfirst into “Pentiment,” with the opening vocal line “I hate youuuuu” sounding like it’s delivered from the bowels of hell. The vocals really make this one for me. It’s one thing to have a ripping band, but to have a vocalist match the energy and pedigree displayed by the band is something else. The vocals hold their own among the brutality of the music; visceral and guttural but delivered with clarity and authenticity. I hear a lot of bands trying to pull this kind of thing off while failing miserably, but that’s not the case here. Good shit.
