Bruxism of bruxism. Clenching the teeth is generally displayed by humans and other animals as a display of anger, hostility or frustration. It is thought that in humans, clenching the teeth may be an evolutionary instinct to display teeth as weapons, thereby threatening a rival or a predator. The phrase "to grit one's teeth" is the grinding or clenching of the teeth in anger, or to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation and deal with it in a determined way. In the Bible there are several references to "gnashing of teeth" in both the Old Testament, and the New Testament, where
Shaking the Habitual The Knife have "never sounded more in tune with the materiality of sound or the sonorousness of the physical world." AllMusic's Heather Phares opined that ""Shaking the Habitual" isn't as cohesive or accessible as "Silent Shout", and after experiencing the whole thing, fans may not return to it often, but it's hard to deny that it's an often stunning work of art", dubbing the album "a testament to the Knife's skill that they make such formidable sounds so compelling for so long". "Fact" noted that "[f]ans of "Silent Shout" and "Deep Cuts" [...] will find "Shaking the Habitual"s hybrid of