What’s The Most Romantic Thing CJ Has Done?

Love is in the air, so we thought we’d ask CJ from Thy Art Is Murder to tell us the most romantic gesture he’s offered a lady.

The Australian death metal machine might currently be busy smashing up stages around the world, but that doesn’t mean that their singer doesn’t get the time to lay on the schmooze a little every now and then.

“I’ve done a lot of things for my girlfriend, the current one I have, and I’m sure even though the ex-girlfriends I have that don’t like me and hate me and wish that I was dead for no apparent reason, they will still say I’ve done romantic things,” laughs the frontman. “But recently the most romantic thing that I’ve done for my girlfriend was in Paris.”

“Near The Louvre there’s a bridge called the love bridge or something, that’s got loads of padlocks on the bridge. So I got a lock and wrote my name and my girlfriends name with a big love heart and put the lock on the bridge and threw one key over. And I’ve still got two keys on me now.”

“So I’m going to get my mother-in-law to make a necklace or a bracelet with the keys on it so I can get one engraved with my name and one with my partners name, so I can have a key with her name on me for the time I’m on tour. So that’s probably the most romantic thing I’ve done, cause I never see her.” We’re not gonna lie, that’s actually pretty sweet and a little heartbreaking. Fuck, why did we chop those onions earlier… Thy Art Is Murder - Death Metal 2.0

Merlin was promoted to Executive Editor of Louder in early 2022, following over ten years working at Metal Hammer. While there, he served as Online Editor and Deputy Editor, before being promoted to Editor in 2016. Before joining Metal Hammer, Merlin worked as Associate Editor at Terrorizer Magazine and has written for Classic Rock, Rock Sound, eFestivals and others. Across his career he has interviewed legends including Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Metallica, Iron Maiden (including getting a trip on Ed Force One courtesy of Bruce Dickinson), Guns N' Roses, KISS, Slipknot, System Of A Down and Meat Loaf. He has also presented and produced the Metal Hammer Podcast, presented the Metal Hammer Radio Show and is probably responsible for 90% of all nu metal-related content making it onto the site.