If music were a journey into the depths of human emotion, Blunt Blade’s latest release Forgiveness would be a trek through shadowed forests, turbulent storms, and moments of fragile dawn light.
Blunt Blade is a one-man creative powerhouse who hails from southeastern Minnesota —an artist whose eclectic upbringing and broad musical talents have forged something rare: a deeply personal, genre-defying album that’s as challenging as it is captivating. Long before Forgiveness hit the mixing boards at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, Blunt Blade was already marinated in musical mastery.
Musically, Blunt Blade’s DNA is a fusion: electronic pulses, indie introspection, hard rock grit, classical sophistication, all sprinkled with danceable disco beats
Picture a kid who started singing before he could remember, learned piano at 7, guitar at 15, then bass and drums by 16, all while devouring every style of music he could get his hands on. By the time he founded his teenage cover band Chainsaw Vendetta (yes, originally named Chainsaw Vasectomy—a name that alone hints at his rebellious spirit), he was already shaping his signature style.
This album Forgiveness doesn’t settle into a single mood or genre, it’s complexity. This album takes a look at the human condition and sets it to a genre-blending, emotionally searing soundtrack. From the opening notes of Sprawling, the album distinguishes itself as cold, calculated production contrasts with warm undertones of vulnerability. The song breaks down the difference between how we look on the outside and how we feel on the inside.
The following track “Justified,” is confrontational. It’s unrelenting, and rhythmically complex. Blunt Blade takes advantage of his Baritone vocals not just as a melodic tool, but as a psychological anchor. You feel the tension in every note.
“Helpless” is a rare breather. It doesn’t resolve anything, but it allows the music to breathe. The instrumentation opens up, and there’s an almost ambient spaciousness that suggests the tentative first steps toward acceptance—or at least acknowledgment. Yet the ache remains.
“Careless Acts” cuts like a knife. There’s something raw and direct about this track and it feels like the most lyrically honest track on the record. There’s a confessional energy in both the vocal performance and the tight, uncompromising production. The song doesn’t offer absolution, it offers a mirror.
Every other track on the album is worthy of your attention, it’s something you’ll enjoy to it’s core. Forgiveness is expressive and refreshingly unpolished and with Blunt blade’s vocal being the emotional center of the album, every note sounds lived in. His vocal delivery isn’t about perfection but presence.
This album doesn’t just play with genre; it interrogates morality. It wrestles with guilt, denial, accountability, and the slippery nature of redemption. It doesn’t offer simple answers or clichéd resolutions. Instead, it invites you into this raw reality of being human.
Blunt Blade isn’t just making music. He’s crafting emotional architecture—soundtracks for the moments we’re too scared to name. Forgiveness is his masterpiece, and it deserves to be heard, felt, and reflected upon.
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