Old Music Tuesdays: Blindside “King of the Closet”

For the month of October, I thought it would be fun to share a few Halloween-themed songs that I love. My criteria for selection is pretty broad. A song is fair game whether it’s about Halloween directly or if it references something gory, scary, or a famous monster.

First up is Blindside’s King of the Closet from the year 2000. Blindside is a hardcore/post-hardcore band from Sweden. They’re one of my favorite bands, and I’ve written about their career in depth previously. Click here to read it.

I’ve embedded the video, which really runs with the horror theme. The song is about restlessness and agoraphobia, while the chorus mentions being a metaphorical vampire. The video portrays the band members as undead creatures chasing a poor farmer through a sewer after escaping from some kind of holding facility. I think it’s a lot of fun, I hope you do too.

Lyrics

I answer with a restless ok but I’m about to blow when you’re gone
I keep this to myself; a restless ok but I fear the dawn
I’ve never been afraid to hide up in the dark
It’s the first morning stream of pure light that makes me rather swim with the sharks
And it’ll make me say I’m ok even though it hurts more if I stay
And I’m ok. Yes, I’m ok. If that’ll make your questions go away

I’m a vampire, I’m afraid the light will set me on fire

I’m cold in a way I just want to stay
And I’m cold this way

Reckon I’ll close the door
Pull down the curtains stay close to the floor
Mercy is for the weak; we do not train to be merciful here
Mercy is everything I fear; we do not train to see His mercy here

Crawling again
The heart is screaming with a smile
Pride says no because of the stain
The heart pounds for love, pride says no
Because of what the heart is longing for
I’m not sure I want to be a man anymore

This choice I’ve got to make,
I’ve got to make alone
A heart of stone
This choice I’ve got to make
I’ve got to make it true
A heart broken in two

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2013

• Tomahawk (feat. Retox)
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2014

• Fit for a King & For Today
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• Soundgarden & NIN 2014

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2015

• Dr. Octagon (feat. Avalon, Gap Dream & No Parents)
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• Mastodon & Clutch (feat. Graveyard)
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• Between the Buried and Me & Animals As Leaders (feat. The Contortionist)
• Deftones & Incubus (feat. Death from Above 1979)
• 2015 Summer Rankings
• Blindside (feat. Hearts Like Lions)
• Puscifer (feat. Luchafer)

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2016

• The Black Queen (feat. Drab Majesty)
• Joe Satriani
• Coheed and Cambria (feat. Glassjaw, I the Mighty, Silver Snakes)
• Killswitch Engage (feat. Memphis May Fire, 36 Crazyfists, and Toothgrinder)
• Andrew Bird (feat. John Grant)
• Lamb of God (feat. Clutch and Corrosion of Conformity)
• At the Drive-In (feat. Le Butcherettes)
• The Dillinger Escape Plan (feat. Author & Punisher)
• Guns N’ Roses (feat. The Cult)
• Animal Collective (feat. Stuart Copeland)
• Alice in Chains (feat. The New Regime)
• Temple of the Dog (feat. Fantastic Negrito)
• Giraffe Tongue Orchestra (cancelled)
• Metallica
• 2016 Concert Rankings

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2017

• August Burns Red (feat. Protest the Hero, In Hearts Wake, ’68)
• Norma Jean (feat. He Is Legend, Capsize, Comrades)
• Red (feat. Wolves at the Gate, Message from Sylvia, Death Therapy) (coming soon)
• Mastodon (feat. Eagles of Death Metal, Russian Circles) (coming soon)
• Pixies (coming soon)
• Tool (feat. Clutch, Fantomas, Primus, Melvins, Crystal Method) (coming soon)
• Rise Against (feat. Deftones, Thrice) (coming soon)
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• Dead Cross (feat. Neil Hamburger, Ho99o9) (coming soon)
• Banks (coming soon)
• Between the Buried and Me (feat. The Contortionist, Poluphia, Toothgrinder) (coming soon)
• The Offspring (feat. Well Hung Heart) (coming soon)
• Russian Circles (feat. MGR) (coming soon)
• Our Lady Peace (feat. Smashing Hearts) (coming soon)
• Animals As Leaders (feat. Periphery and Astronoid) (coming soon)

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