Diamanda Galás has announced plans to reissue her 1986 album The Divine Punishment. The American avant-garde artist will deliver her third LP in CD and digital editions on June 10 via Intravenal Sound Operations.
The Divine Punishment is the first album in the artist's Masque of the Red Death trilogy, released in response to the AIDS epidemic. The LP's two movements see Galás use texts of the Old Testament to indict the use of religion to instigate witch hunts.
Composed, performed and co-produced by Galás, The Divine Punishment's reissue was remastered by Heba Kadry from the original mixes by Dave Hunt. A vinyl reissue of The Divine Punishment is slated to arrive later in 2022.
The Divine Punishment reissue is now available for pre-order.
The Divine Punishment:
1. Deliver Me From Mine Enemies [I. This is the law of the Plague, II. Deliver Me From Mine Enemies, III. We shall not accept your Quarantine, IV. Ε Ξελόυ Mε [Deliver me], V. Yιατί, Ó Θεός ?, VI. Psalm 22 (exc.)]
2. Free Among the Dead [I. Psalm 88, II. Lamentations Chapter 3 (exc.), III. Sono L'Antichristo]
The Divine Punishment is the first album in the artist's Masque of the Red Death trilogy, released in response to the AIDS epidemic. The LP's two movements see Galás use texts of the Old Testament to indict the use of religion to instigate witch hunts.
Composed, performed and co-produced by Galás, The Divine Punishment's reissue was remastered by Heba Kadry from the original mixes by Dave Hunt. A vinyl reissue of The Divine Punishment is slated to arrive later in 2022.
The Divine Punishment reissue is now available for pre-order.
The Divine Punishment:
1. Deliver Me From Mine Enemies [I. This is the law of the Plague, II. Deliver Me From Mine Enemies, III. We shall not accept your Quarantine, IV. Ε Ξελόυ Mε [Deliver me], V. Yιατί, Ó Θεός ?, VI. Psalm 22 (exc.)]
2. Free Among the Dead [I. Psalm 88, II. Lamentations Chapter 3 (exc.), III. Sono L'Antichristo]