A direct and powerful attack: "Living in Blood" by Sons of Venus

Sons of Venus

...is a band that consists of guitarist John Sully, drummer Ruslan Baimurzin and bassist Igor Reznik. Sully, who grew up in New York, used to produce music and sound for Ideal Glass, a former cultural oasis in the heart of the East Village, where he orchestrated eclectic late-night jams that frequently stretched into the wee hours. 

He encountered Baimurzin, who originated from Kazakhstan, at one of these gatherings. They immediately bonded on a musical and personal basis and joined forces with Reznik to form a band. The trio had a natural chemistry that enabled them to improvise almost polished songs on the spot. Inspired by cinema, theater, psychology, and sociology, and tackling themes like truth, death and redemption, they experimented with various musical genres such as prog, punk, elektro, blues and funk.

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Living in Blood

The song opens with the sound of a massive liquid mass, swirling and surging, which slowly fades into a low bass pulse that echoes in the background, creating a dark atmosphere. A lone guitar plays a single-note melody that contrasts with the bass. 

The vocalist joins the guitar with a chant-like delivery, repeating the words “Blood, it’s what you want, blood, it’s what I have” as a sinister verse. A distant chorus bursts out with a loud shout, “Lying, Dying, Crying!” The song is a direct and powerful attack on the military industrial complex and its bloodlust. 

Living in Blood transports the listener to a bleak and dangerous world, created by geopolitical adversaries who play with global power without care.

Photo credit: Ilya Popenko