DEFIXIONES

DEFIXIONS
refers to the warnings engraved in lead which were placed on the graves of the dead in Greece, Asia Minor, and elsewhere in the Middle East. They cautioned against moving or desecrating the corpses under threat of extreme harm.
Will and Testament
refers to the last wishes of the dead who have been taken to their graves under unnatural circumstances.
Defixions, Will and Testament
speaks for individuals who have had to live as outlaws, as they were treated as outlaws; and for those who have had to create houses out of rock.
Defixions, Will and Testament
Is dedicated to the forgotten and erased of the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek genocides that occurred in Asia Minor, Pontos, and Thrace between 1914 and 1923.

Orders From The Dead
Created, Composed, and Performed by Diamanda Galas, 2003, Mute Records