She is so overlooked in the spooky scene. To me she is the tops, The spookiest of the spooky. When I was just 18, I had an acid kult of sorts. We had acid tests. This was one of them. One of our rights of passage in our crew was at least 3 hits of strong lsd, and 3 hrs of Diamanda(litanies of satan) while peaking. I’m not kidding. Only a few of us Didn’t pass. I passed with flying colors. This music gave me some of the most intense visuals and audio hallucinations I have ever had in my life. There is so much emotion and passion in her performances. Like a possessed witch. But knowing her back stories, sorrow. So much sorrow in her older works. With good reason. Some of her songs are about aids, rape, insanity. She is a very intelligent woman. A very attractive stone faced force of nature.

She is super avante guard. Completely in a class of her own. Super talented. The voice of a very well trained opera vocalist, trapped in a body that has knows real scorn. I always loved how she attacks modern religion, the church. Her old music is some of the strangest and most insane music I have ever opened my ears to. I’m not kidding.

Not all of her work is super weird and spooky. Most of it is dark though, so I warn you, this music is not for the squeamish. I’ve seen this music scare the shit out of people. Send them running in horror. I’ve seen it tear people apart mentally. Especially if you turn it up really loud, it becomes very insane!

Her cover of Gloomy Sunday is AMAZING!. The emotion in her voice, how she plays the piano, the story she tells at the beginning is awesome as well. I miss the days when there was real innovation and a real desire to stand out and be different and really be different in the music industry.

I used to describe our acid test like, “How much hell can you swallow with your ears?”. I’ll be honest, I’m only really a fan of her older works. The spooky stuff. Not a fan of her jazzy or blues stuff. Just not my thing. So i will focus on the old stuff I like. the video below is not work safe, contains male nudity.

I recommend The Litanies of Satan, Plague Mass, The Devine Punishment. Buy these, They are the creepiest, spookiest, darkest CDs in my collection. I think I own a lot of death rock and goth music. This is the darkest in my collection with out a shred out doubt. My favorite songs are Wild Women with Steak Knives, Double Barrel Love, Deliver Me From Mine Enemies, free among the dead, Exeloyme, and Gloomy Sunday.