bloody knives are a band after my own heart.
There’s never been a group more suited to soundtracking the cold-blooded crime I will one day commit.
Not since ‘To Fix The Gash In Your Head‘ has a group succeeded in capturing the serenity that accompanies a perfectly planned and executed retribution.
In fact, Preston Maddox‘s languid vocals only serve to enhance the careless loathing a typical bloody knives track spits out.
Similar to how Oliver Ackermann’s vocals on ‘To Fix the Gash…’ are less furious and more disconcertingly calm when he declares ‘I’ll just wait for you to turn around/and kick your head in‘.
And not unlike Archive‘s disaffected chant ‘there’s a place in hell with your name on the seat/with a spike through the chair just to make it complete‘.
So does Maddox ever so serenely dare you to ‘tell me I’m wrong‘ on Burn it all Down
Or politely inform you that there’s ‘blood in your mouth‘ on blood.
Or sweetly croon that he’s ‘waiting for you to die‘ on DEATH.
The fulfilment that comes with the manufacture and execution of pre-meditated violence is a recurrent theme throughout the bloody knives discography.
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bloody knives do not make music for the hot-headed – those who might not hesitate to throw themselves headfirst into a shouting match or a street fight.
They do make music for the sort of person who, on seeing you looking a bit high strung, offers you comfort and a coupon for a relaxing spa session and then bakes you alive in the sauna.
Because isn’t the glee on ‘Buried Alive’ not just the smug contentment that comes with suffocating someone to death while simultaneously disposing of their body?
You only attain this clean efficiency with time and reflection. Not through impulsive action.
There’s a lesson to be learned from all of this.
Guard your fury.
Plan its release.
Let its consequences stretch across weeks, months or years.
And let your parting note read:
‘This will be your last mistake‘
