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
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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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