• O C T. XXVI. • Gnaw Their Tongues — “Sound the Horns, the Water is Poisoned”

From the 2007 demo Spasming and Howling, Bowels Loosening and Bladders Emptying, Vomiting Helplessly.

Absolutely FILTHY. It's the only word I can think of that can describe this Dutch one-man sonic endeavor. Ostensibly, it usually gets classified as black metal due to the vocals (not present on this instrumental track), but it goes so far beyond the boundaries of that genre that it doesn't seem adequate to encompass what GTT mastermind Mories does. Incorporating cinematic soundclips, horror film influenced synths, and orchestral dissonance into the sludgy soup of churning minimal guitar, Mories crafts a perfect audio nightmare that makes you want to take a shower after listening.

Normally, I cringe at the introduction of "symphonic" elements to metal, as it almost always seems to be some sort out-of-place sounding neoclassical cheese, rife with unconvincing Roland "orchestral stab" samples, but GTT eschews such florid romanticism in favor of subtly incorporating elements of modern orchestral music more along the lines of Krzysztof Penderecki or György Ligeti.

Also, there's no way in hell that Spasming and Howling, Bowels Loosening and Bladders Emptying, Vomiting Helplessly wasn't the best awkwardly long album title of 2007.