There's no denying how much Jacula had an impact on Devil Doll. Passages that go from one thing to the next, from Gregorian chant, sinister violin playing, pipe organ, evil Pipe organ occupied by a vampire, and the music truly captures that imagination. This stuff is truly over the top, you can't help but imagine a cobweb-infested old mansion or castle with This is truly an acquired taste, you dig what Prog for what its worth, but at the same time, there isn't a bad release in the bunch. Due to anonymity it's hard to tell why they disappeared, but you get the feeling they mined this strange dark gothic Well, I'm glad to start diving into this group, better late than never. Posted Thursday, Janu| Review this album | Report (Review #2118945)ĭevil Doll was one of those acts I knew of forever, but never bothered with their CDs, because I wasn't sure if I'd like them or Outstandingly good as their last and best album Dies Irae, but it's another excellent record by one of the most unique, personal Intricated passages, obscure lyrics, and their typical heavy metal guitars mixed with Gregorian chants, classical music, folk,Ĭabaret, Bernard Herrmann's influenced passages and even tango.Įverything fits in Devil Doll's music and the result is just incredible!īest Tracks: Sacrilegium has only one long song, just like every Devil Doll album with the exception of Eliogabalus.Ĭonclusion: the third Devil Doll opus is maybe not so surprising as their debut The Girl who was Death and not so Doctor, who was also in charge of the production of this record full of It is another excellent composition by the mastermind Mr. With Mr.Doctor's unique style of singing. Whole career, but that means that every album has thousands of influences, styles and colors very well mixed and intertwined The style of the band was more or less the same throughout its Welcome to Sacrilegium, the fourth album of one of the best prog-rock bands of the 90's!Įvery Devil Doll is a whole and complete experience by itself. Recommended to fans of Silent horror movies! LOL I certainly didn't take a trip to heaven when I for the first time became familiar with DEVIL DOLL's many masterpieces!!! The music is not for everybody, but recommended to those who like their singers dominant. "Eliogabalus" is like a prog-metal symphony, a grandiose, overarching structure that works like a suite. "The Girl Who Was.Death" is an interesting modern symphonic sound with a pervading air of menace. Bands like JACULA can be pointed as an influence to this (at least) very different band.ĭEVIL DOLL's albums are a journey into the unknown theatres of the unexplored soul and mind, they are like a sick cabaret of unsuspecting and, at times, soul-possessing opera. DEVIL DOLL's music has been described as "an elaborate and bombastic collision of styles" and "a perverse, yet brilliant soundscape of some forbidden netherworld". Formed in Venice, Italy and Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1987 - Disbanded in 1997ĭark and heavy prog band which inspires their music on the old silent horror movies.
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