"Nick Cave meets Johnny Cash"
-The Cincinnati Enquirer

"Mournful songs (which mix the moods and textures of Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits and Nick Cave)...A striking cd"
- St. Louis Magazine

"With Their Appalachian echoes & imaginative new lyrics, Orton's songs reach straight for the audience"
-St. Louis Post Dispatch

"Jars you to the strangeness of this American landscape...Deserted fairgrounds, unlit country roads, sawdust floored barrooms, vandalized cemeteries and overstayed debutante balls...Born of inner necessity"
-Amazon.com

"Melodies that cross numerous genres ranging from country to rock to cabaret... lovely Faulkneresque stories set to music".
-cdbaby.com

"A dark & original slice of Americana"
-apple i-tunes

A mix of Blues, Folk, Country, Cabaret & vintage 60's Garage Rock, The Malediction's sound has affectionately been described as, "Country Noir" or "Gothic Americana".

According to bandleader, Kevin Orton: "It's all just Folk music really...Maybe aggressive Folk but Folk music