Devil Doll - Dies Irae [Japan Ed.] (1996)

Year: February 1996 (CD Oct 17, 2008)
Label: Belle Antique (Japan), BELLE 081429
Style: Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Symphonic Rock
Country: Venice, Italy / Ljubljana, Slovenia
Time: 72:12
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 297 Mb

A concept by Mr. Doctor, it is inspired by the life and music of George Harvey Bone, the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Bronte, Emily Dickinson and Isidore Ducasse.

The lyrics contains multiple references to the poem "The Conqueror Worm" by E. A. Poe (with the entire final stanza of the poem reproduced almost verbatim). The sample used at the beginning "Part 12" is from the film The Night of the Hunter, and is the character Pearl Harper (played by Sally Jane Bruce) singing.

In July 1993, Devil Doll entered Tivoli Studios for recording of The Day of Wrath – Dies Irae. During a mixing session, the studio caught fire. Both Jurij Toni and Mr. Doctor were able to escape, although Toni ended up hospitalised for several days. Mr. Doctor refused to re-record the album, and rumours of a split-up began circulating. 20 copies of a book containing the sheet music for The Day of Wrath – Dies Irae, as well as a tape of the unmixed recording, was released, though.

At the end of 1994, Mr. Doctor finally agreed to re-record Dies Irae. The recording started in January 1995 in Akademik Studios. Devil Doll was backed by the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, of which band member Sasha Olenjuk was the leader and first violinist. Later, Norina Radovan, a Croatian soprano, was recruited to sing a duet with Mr. Doctor on the album. The recording was released in February 1996 and is the only composition to consist of multiple tracks (Eliogabalus consists of two tracks, but these are two different compositions supposed to have been released on two different albums).

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_Doll_(Slovenian_band))

01. Dies Irae, Part 1 (02:50)

02. Dies Irae, Part 2 (02:18)

03. Dies Irae, Part 3 (02:49)

04. Dies Irae, Part 4 (03:12)

05. Dies Irae, Part 5 (02:00)

06. Dies Irae, Part 6 (01:42)

07. Dies Irae, Part 7 (02:01)

08. Dies Irae, Part 8 (01:23)

09. Dies Irae, Part 9 (02:38)

10. Dies Irae, Part 10 (04:24)

11. Dies Irae, Part 11 (03:09)

12. Dies Irae, Part 12 (05:21)

13. Dies Irae, Part 13 (03:09)

14. Dies Irae, Part 14 (01:10)

15. Dies Irae, Part 15 (01:18)

16. Dies Irae, Part 16 (02:36)

17. Dies Irae, Part 17 (01:23)

18. Dies Irae, Part 18 (28:26)

     

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