Mastema - Requiem For My Liver
 

Mastema is the name of a mythological fallen angel, who taught human beings the very sciences that they ultimately chose to abuse towards their own violent and self-destructive ends. This parable - that with knowledge and power comes responsibility is a pervasive theme in our bands work, and is indicative of our critical perspective of a modern world wrought by malevolence and greed, nuclear weapons and war. It is this cross-pollination of myth, philosophy, science, and politics that is the driving force behind our music.

But don't let the iconography or etymology fool you Mastema is a band committed to championing the virtues of secular reason. Songs like Pastor of Muppets and The Creationist unapologetically criticize the twisted psychology and pseudo-science of Scientology and Creationism. Others, such as America, Inc., condemn the greed of the military-industrial complex, while Pop Culture attacks the idiocracy of a society in which substance is sacrificed on the altar of fashionable ignorance. Yet not without a sense of humor or optimistic spirit, on the other side of the coin are our songs that celebrate the joys of life whether they be hedonistic (Anticipation, The One) or alcoholic (Requiem for my Liver) in nature.