Illuminations of Vile Engorgement

People, I give you, Enmity, the heaviest band ever. Not suprisingly, I also give you, Enmity, the worst band ever. That;s right. The worst band ever. Not even Anal Cunt's 5 thousand something song EP is this hard to listen to. You know something's gone horribly wrong when a serious studio (taken, a piss-poor studio) release is more annoying and terrible than a garage recorded 7" made by a band who wanted merely to annoy you.

I bought this a while ago from the CD place on ebay, not really knowing what it was, but intrigued by the comparisons to Brodequin and Pustulated. If you're not 'in the know', Brodequin and Pustulated are ultra brutal death/grind acts with burping gurgly vocals, simple yet catchy riffs, and insanely fast drummers. Although I usually hate brutal death metal, these two bands are pretty decent, talented songwriters and are actually fun to listen to.
So how does Enmity compare? Well, it's much more brutal than the aforementioned bands, and um... y'know, that's it.

This is fucking horrible. HORRIBLE. Enmity have managed to push the boundaries, alright, but they went straight out of music and into pure shit. Every song on this waste of plastic is impossible to differentiate from the next, possibly due to the terrible, terrible production, and more likely, the complete lack of skill or talent. Guitars are impossibly downtuned and resemble the sound of chewing really crunchy cereal. I'm serious, go get a bowl of fresh frosted flakes, cram a huge handful into your mouth and chew slowly. You hear the loud 'crnch mnch' noise? That's exactly what the guitars sound like. Even Mortician isn't this terrible when it comes to writing riffs, and you don't know how hard it is for me to say that.

If there is a bass guitar here, it's either in the form of white noise, or it's mimicing the guitar. Either way, it adds nothing to the music but adds mud to the already muddy production. Next we have what appears to be the drum line(s). When I say drum line(s), I use the term very loosely, as there is no visible difference between one and the next. Every song starts out 'brutally' with just pure lackluster blasting, maybe slows down once or twice for the 'totally heavy breakdown', and the blasts away again. I also use the term blasting very lightly as well, as this guy can barely play, let alone do it impressively fast. The 'breakdowns' are not done is stereotypical NYDM style, but merely go very...very...slow and boringly. Unfortunately, the 'breakdowns' are the only semi-coherent part about the whole album. The rest of this shit stack is impossible to sit through due to the mindless blast beats and incredibly annoying vocals that NEVER let up.

The vocals are just an endless stream of anomalic pig-squeal gurgles. When I say endless, I mean, there is no breaks in between. Ever. There are no vocal lines or any effort put in whatsoever. Not only that, but it sounds like he just wasn't brutal enough to make real gurgles so he borrowed a pitchshifter, growled his grocery list into it once, then put it on constant repeat. He just keeps on squealing til I killed my family from the pent up rage of spending four dollars on this.

Go ahead if you must, and download a track or two. Heck, buy the whole album! If this review isn't enough to convince you, there is something terribly wrong. I've never heard anything this terrible before, and probably will never hear anything worse, and I'm not some metal n00b, either. I can't even say that my views are opinions on this. This is fact. Enmity has managed to create the heaviest album ever, but at the cost of ANY coherence, musical talent, and structure. You should only buy this if you want a conversation piece, and nothing more.