"Psalmus 57". Official Video.
Music by Atrium Animae
Massimiliano Picconi / Alessia Cicala © 2011 Seireenien Music, BMI
Video: Massimiliano Picconi {atrium animae}
Dies Irae is available on Projekt Records
[http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=PRO00256]
PRESS {excerpt}
"Mysterious and beguiling heavenly voices in orchestral solitude"
Mick Mercer [The longest-running Goth and Post-Punk writer in the world, UK]
"If you've got a taste for haunting atmospheres and epic soundscapes of doom, Dies Irae is one blood chilling chill-out record"
Gregory Burkart [FEARnet, USA. FEARnet is a cable channel, website and Video on Demand television service owned by Horror Entertainment LLC, a joint venture between Comcast, Lions Gate Entertainment, and Sony Pictures Entertainment.]
"It's strangely refreshing to hear the apocalypse transmitted with such haunting beauty"
Michael Toland [The Big Takeover Music Magazine, New York, USA]
"Dies Irae é a melhor coisa que aconteceu à cena sinfónica e neo-clássica em muito tempo"
Fernando Reis [LOUD! Magazine, Portugal. LOUD! Magazine is the Portuguese market leader in the metal press, in continuous existence for 10+ years]
"Sin duda alguna, Dies Irae no es solamente el álbum neoclásico por excelencia entre todos los que se han publicado en este año 2011, sino que se ha convertido en uno de los trabajos más destacados en toda la historia de la música neoclásica debido al derecho que les otorga la sublime calidad atesorada en esta auténtica joya discográfica. [...] Todo melómano que ame, cuide y mime su colección discográfica privada para su apasionado disfrute, debería tener una edición original de Dies Irae si desea seguir teniendo en sus manos a la crème de la crème de las mejores ediciones góticas publicadas en las últimas décadas. Dies Irae, con este álbum, Atrium Animae ha creado un excelso trabajo destinado a convertirse en la indiscutible referencia musical dentro de la escena neoclásica más innovadora para los próximos años"
Lux Atman [Lux Atenea Webzine, Spain]
"Un tombeau des espoirs qui a la beauté d'une cathédrale"
Jessica Boucher-Rétif [Elegy Magazine, France. Elegy is the first French magazine dedicated to the dark and alternative music and culture, created in 1998]
"Dies Irae is from a pure musical point of view still surprising. Music and vocals together are in perfect balance with each other. [...] Dies Irae is a terrific debut CD maybe revealing the latest sensation from Italy."
DP [Side-Line Magazine, Belgium]
"La produzione, assolutamente ottimale e calzante, eleva ogni traccia al rango di fulgido gioiello, baciato dal gusto compositivo, dall'innegabile talento e dall'abilità tecnica dei Nostri, praticamente perfetti nel delineare i tratti di un neoclassicismo che faticheremmo ad immaginare più attinente di così al significato di 'musica oscura'. Un pezzo d'Arte semplicemente imprescindibile per chi ama queste preziose sonorità, nonché un nuovo importante motivo d'orgoglio per la scena nazionale: applausi"
Roberto Alessandro Filippozzi [Inferno Rock Magazine + Darkroom, Italy. Inferno Rock is a magazine that covers the international metal and dark musical scene]
"Un debutto di eccezionale bellezza [...]. L'espressività e coesione del lavoro è assolutamente perfetta: ogni nota riporta ai perenni, desolati orizzonti di uno spirito travagliato da tormento, rimorso e disperata tristezza"
Mystery Flame [Rockerilla Magazine, Italy. Rockerilla is a legendary Italian rock magazine, printed, born in 1978]
"Dies Irae è un bel disco cui ci inchiniamo... senza timore!"
Nicola Tenani [Sounds Behind The Corner, Onda Rock]
"Atrium Animae have crafted quite the art form out of their work. It is more in depth listening experience, that simply treasure for pleasure"
Steven Hurst [Glasswerk.co.uk, UK]
"The album has a lot to offer and has superb vocals backed up by an orchestral way of thinking which means they don't do things by halves. Definitely one for when a morose mood takes you and you'd rather stay in from the bright lights judging smiley faces.Rating: 9/10"
Jamie Monahan [Neuwelt Music, Ireland.It is Ireland's one and only Electro, Industrial and Dark Music Webzine]
"Atrium Animae is primarily the work of two incredibly skilled individuals, who fully understand the music that they create.[...] The talent is there, the ability is there. [...] Dies Irae is a meticulous exercise in a world completely unlike our present one."
Matt Rowe [The Morton Report, MusicTAP, UK. The Morton Report is the online magazine created by A.D. Morton, a journalist, a notable writer and biographer, known for the biography of Princess Diana]