Review by Sonny for Jute Gyte - Perdurance (2016)

I know nothing of musical theory. I have no idea what microtonalism means. I don't know what a polyrhythm or a tempo ratio is. Adam Kalmbach (aka Jute Byte) does however and offers a baffling (to me, anyway) introduction to this album discussing how these things relate to this record, on the album's Bandcamp page. Of course, all this goes right over my head. However, what I do know is that all this makes for an original and challenging black metal record that breaks away from the endless imitators and plagiarists of the modern BM scene, going against the current trend of making black metal more accessible (and, presumably, profitable). This is not an easy listen and, I suppose, you'll either love it or hate it but, as such, it should be applauded for getting under people's skin and dividing opinion in a way that extreme metal and black metal, in particular, used to.