KERRANG! 11A
dark, angry and political
song needs a suitably
serious video – and as you
can see here, Thy Art Is
Murder have delivered the goods on
Make America Hate Again.
“Whilst we collectively identify as
a left-leaning band, this song was not
written to attack those who sit on the
right side of the political sphere, but as
a commentary on the tactics employed
by both campaigns in the most recent
U.S. presidential election,” guitarist Andy
Marsh explains of the inspiration behind
their new track, taken from upcoming
album Human Target. “These crusades
of social warfare would surely succeed
in one result regardless of the victor,
making people hate one another.
“The bloodlust of the political spectator,
armed with Fox, CNN and an iPhone,
was satiated with aggressive slander-filled
debate and fake radicalised propaganda
masquerading as news, where both
sides of the field rallied to provoke.
Identity politics spread like the wildfires
of California, smoking out people of all
creeds to be branded red or blue.
“Those on the regressive left may
indeed have as much to answer for as
their far right opponents for creating a
heaving divide in the space of public
discourse, and a sustaining sense of
animosity among communities around
America and abroad.
“Polarising leaders like Donald Trump
are, in part, a result of who we have
become. Disconnected.”
Well said. Now, remind us to never
get in the way of Thy Art Is Murder... K!Thy Art Is Murder’s upcoming
album Human T arget is OUT ON
July 26 via Nuclear Blast
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