The Devastation: Vienna’s Youngest Are Not Waiting for Permission
Demetra Cartsos is fifteen years old. She fronts a band, writes the songs, manages the bookings, runs the social media, attends regular school and music school in the same week, and still finds time to have nightmares worth writing about. The Devastation, the Vienna occult rock and metal band she founded in February 2025 at fourteen, spent their first year winning competitions, opening for established acts, and playing every serious doom stage the Austrian underground had to offer
