A dark and heavy prog band from Italy & Slovenia whose music is inspired by old silent horror movies. 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”. Bands like Jacula can be pointed as an influence to this (at least) very different band.
Devil 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. “The Girl Who Was… Death” is an i ...read more
A dark and heavy prog band from Italy & Slovenia whose music is inspired by old silent horror movies. 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”. Bands like Jacula can be pointed as an influence to this (at least) very different band.
Devil 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. “The Girl Who Was… Death” is an interesting modern symphonic sound with a
pervading air of menace. “Eliogabalus” is like a prog-metal symphony, a grandiose, overarching structure that works like a suite. 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. Recommended to fans of Silent horror movies. « hide
