Damnation (Ride the Madness)

Damnation (Ride the Madness) is the 1999 studio solo album of the American deathrock veteran musician Eva O, released on the German label Massacre Records.

The album deals with Eva's past in the occult world and spiritual struggles.

Common theme is Eva's struggle against hypocrisy and her existential journey between heaven and hell, a constant subject since her days as companion of now deceased Rozz Williams.

Eva O criticizes Christian fundamentalists, stares into the eye of hell and preaches Crowleyan principles, all seeming as a kind of desperate mantra to exorcise her inner demons.

The music is dramatic in the electro gothic tradition, laden with synthesizer strings and stately male backing vocals.