With You Must Be Certain Of The Devil, Galás sounds more accessible than ever. Taking a more gothic rock and blues-oriented approach, instrumental-wise, it sounds almost unrecognizable from anything that came before it. Hell, if it wasn't for her twisted but insanely talented vocals, you probably wouldn't even think this was made by the same person who's responsible for The Litanies Of Satan and The Divine Punishment. So, how successful was her attempt at making a much more accessible ... read more
This the third and final part of her "Masque of the Red Death" trilogy, based on the southern, american gospels and, therefore, it allows an easier access to her art, to the point that we could use the forbidden word, intimacy.
Some people say this is accessible as a bad thing, it's not, it means that its different and I appreciate it for it as I do the same for her more avant-garde albums.