Dies Irae (album)

Dies Irae
Studio album by Devil Doll
Released	February 1996
Recorded	September 1994 – September 1995 at Akademik Studios and various locations
Genre	Progressive rock, gothic rock, symphonic rock
Length	71:11 48:03 (w/o silence)
Label	Hurdy Gurdy Records
Producer	Mr. Doctor with Jurij Toni
Devil Doll chronology
The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms (1993) Dies Irae (1996)

Dies Irae is the fourth and final studio album by Devil Doll.

A concept by Mr. Doctor, is inspired by the life and music of George Harvey Bone, the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Brontë, 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.

"Part 18" ends at 2:52. About 23 minutes of silence follows and a 2:13 song leads to the end of the track. This song is sometimes referred to as "Part 19".

Track listing

1. "Part 1" - 2:50
2. "Part 2" - 2:18
3. "Part 3" - 2:49
4. "Part 4" - 3:12
5. "Part 5" - 2:00
6. "Part 6" - 1:42
7. "Part 7" - 2:01
8. "Part 8" - 1:23
9. "Part 9" - 2:38
10. "Part 10" - 4:24
11. "Part 11" - 3:09
12. "Part 12" - 5:21
13. "Part 13" - 3:09
14. "Part 14" - 1:10
15. "Part 15" - 1:18
16. "Part 16" - 2:36
17. "Part 17" - 1:23
18. "Part 18" - 28:26

• "Part 18" - 2:52
• Silence - 23:20 (2:53 - 26:13)
• "Part 19" - 2:13

Personnel

Line up

• Mr. Doctor - vocals
• Francesco Carta - piano
• Sasha Olenjuk - violin
• Roman Ratej - drums
• Bor Zuljan - guitar
• Jani Hace - bass
• Davor Klaric - keyboards
• Michel Fantini Jesurum - pipe organ

Guests

• Norina Radovan - soprano
• Drago Ivanuša - accordion
• Paolo Zizich - backing vocals
• The "Gloria Chorus" conducted by Marian Bunic

And the Slovenian philharmonic orchestra soloist:

• Igor Skerianec - cello
• Irina Kevorkova - 2nd violin leader
• Fraim Gashi - double bass