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I first heard one Galas song (I think it was "Double-Barrel Prayer" from You Must Be Certain of The Devil) years ago on some radio show that aired gothic music (ha ha). Needless to say it was totally unexpected and I was so unprepared. Eventually I got that album, but never listened to her other stuff. Just recently I got myself The Litanies of Satan, The Saint of The Pit and The Sporting Life.

The Litanies of Satan is her first album from '82. On allmusic.com it is said that it's her strongest and the most passionate work, but also the hardest to listen to. It's certainly some of the craziest stuff I've ever listened to. It feels like literally the music from hell, very assaulting and intense, but it also has such magnetic power that you just can't turn it off. Powerful stuff.

I've seen one of her interviews. She's a very intelligent and passionate lady. She talked about her inspirations and mentioned Baudelaire (well his poem is the basis for her first album) and Pasolini and that sincere, raw and unpolished emotion in their work, which is also present in hers.

I like this quote from her: "My voice was given to me as an instrument of inspiration for my friends, and a tool of torture and destruction to my enemies. An instrument of truth."- Diamanda Galas

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