I Saw The Devil (2010) [uncut]

I'm The Girl is a 2010 album by vocalist Veronica Mortensen of Denmark. This is not a trick but a Stunt.

This is the long awaited follow-up to The Devil And The Almighty Blues' highly acclaimed self-titled debut album, and these guys have not gone astray! The album 'II' gives a peep through the pinhole at a band's honest, dark and pure expression, drawing influences from the original delta blues via the electrical revolution in the late sixties/ early seventies, to the more contemporary desert scene.

The next chapter of Danny Kiranos, p/k/a Amigo the Devil, continues with Yours Until the War Is Over - his most disarming and singular work to date. The 13-track project weaves themes of relatable self-destruction and trauma bonding with arresting authenticity. Riddled with obscure literary references - akin to Kiranos' maniac reading habit - the album proves that this whole Amigo the Devil thing isn't some true crime niche. Yours Until the War is Over is a songwriter's record.

In the southeast region of Turkey, the Altun family lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war, making their daily life a hellish struggle. As the war continues to intensify, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul. While Haydar and Isa Altun decide to stay in Turkey with their young children, Davut Altun and his family migrate north to Norway, enlisting the help of smugglers. They eventually reach their destination and find work in a supermarket, but life as refugees proves relentless. Back in Istanbul, Haydar watches over the family as his wife undergoes an operation due to pregnancy complications. Their son makes friends with a group of transvestites, helping him to understand why he has felt different all of his life. While liberating, his newfound identity is seen as a disgrace to the rest of his family, leading him to flee from the abuse it produces.

The feeling seems to be mutual as Dávid tells us: “Third time is said to be the charm. It feels so weird trying to find the best words for the third time. I could search for my first announcement from 2019 or the one for the Redux edition in 2020. So many things have and have not happened since Roadburn got cancelled for the first time. Being so blessed that I got invited again, I just hope in April we all can make it there for real.”

Be it the folk of the Appalachians, the tales of Hungarian and Transylvanian traditionals, singer-songwriter Dávid Makó, who redefined himself as THE DEVIL'S TRADE a few years ago, fuses his past of metal and his roots laying deep in the folk songs of his immediate surroundings. Very much like the Iron Peak, a mountaintop both metaphorical and literal is calling for Makó, he is calling for you to share his rituals of loves and hopes lost and found along the pilgrimage of his. It is after all, the journey itself that matters the most, and how you adapt.