The Gates of Hell have opened up, & has let forth this
hellspawned diva. She rains curse & damnation upon the earth ----- indignation,
revelation, & raw emotion, spreading forth like a poisonous mist. This diabolical
banshee releases her wrathful vengence like a black plague, afflicting the
hypocritical, & the ignorantly comfortable status-quo.
She is a trained opera singer, & chooses to use that talent to lash out at the
xian right, in all their delusional, stagnant, mediocre, ignorant, prejuciced
bliss.
She is an original. She has invoked a style all her own, & is unlike anything
manifested in the music industry. Her voice has the power to evoke the most
powerful emotions, of light & of dark, & everything in between.
She is fond of singing mocking & blasphemous renditions of xian spirituals,
revealing the true "spirit" behind those tunes. Most of her music sounds like
what could be the quintessential "possessed" music. Like what xians would
expect a "demon" to sound like. So, the overall effect, sounds like devils
from the xian Hell got together, & decided to put out albums.
Her musical art is not for the squeamish, or the faint of heart-----it would
give "good" xians nightmares.
Her vocal & oral talents are deeply appreciated, for never have I experienced
anything like her.
Beside being enormously well-endowed, she is also quite striking. Her chisled
features, pallor, & dark hair compliment the totality of her music. She would
make a wonderful domanatrix. The aesthetics of her performances definitely
contain a dark eroticism, & she looks fantastic in her black-clad outfits {lingerae,
lipstick, leather, & vinyl}.
The embiance Diamanda's music exudes, makes for a great meditation. Listen,
understand, & most importantly, FEEL.........
Diamanda Galas is best listened to in complete darkness, & preferably alone.
More than one can impede the effects, unless, in the rare instance that another
person with you, will dedicate a dark meditation seriously.
Diamanda Galas sets the madness to flow free. You can hear & feel her passions, &
if you are sensitive enough, perhaps you may even be able to see materializations
in the blackness.
She spans the spechtrum of emotion. There are times when one may feel profound
sadness & melancholy; times when one may feel extreme lust; & many-a-time,
pure aggression. At imes, she sounds like a banshee. Other times, like a demoness,
& sometimes, like a ravenous succubus. There is always an undertone of eeriness
& morbidity.
She travels deep into the darkness of her own mind. Perhaps her music will motivate
you to explore your own.
If she sounds any bit familiar, then you probably heard her performance in
Francis Ford Copolla's production of Dracula. She provided the infernal
vocalizations for Dracula's brides.
Through & through, Diamanda Galas is something quite special.
I was delighted to discover that her "Litanies of Satan" release is sung to the
blasphemous words of one of our Satanic forebears, Baudelaire, in his version
of The Black Mass. It must be heard to be believed!
"She is the weeping moon
She is Lilith
She is Kali
She is Diamanda Galas"