Plague Mass

by Diamanda Gal谩s

Plague Mass cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 April 1991
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:12:51
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Performed live at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, this harrowing work is a visceral protest against the church's indifference to the AIDS crisis. Gal谩s utilizes multi-octave vocal extremes and ritualistic elements to create an infernal, avant-garde requiem for the dying, marking it as one of the most intense and confrontational performance documents of the late 20th century.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, lgbtq, avant-garde, death, protest, scary, antireligious

Tracklist

  1. There Are No More Tickets to the Funeral (13:13)
  2. This Is The Law of the Plague (11:45)
  3. I Wake Up and I See the Face of The Devil (6:00)
  4. Confessional (Give Me Sodomy or Give Me Death) (4:17)
  5. How Shall Our Judgement Be Carried Out Upon the Wicked? (8:37)
  6. Let Us Praise the Masters of Slow Death (5:54)
  7. Consecration (3:44)
  8. Sono L'Antichristo (3:09)
  9. Cris D'Aveugle (Blind Man's Cry) (10:02)
  10. Let My People Go (6:05)

Credits

  • Diamanda Gal谩s - primary artist
  • David Linton - drums, percussion
  • Ramon Diaz - percussion [electronic]
  • Michael McGrath - tape, electronics

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