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REVIEW: ATRIUM ANIMAE - DIES IRAE
TERRORIZER MAGAZINE
[#214 - SEPTEMBER 2011] 2011 | SEPTEMBER
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Atrium Animae: 'Dies Irae' - CD Review
by Miranda Yardley
Four years in the making, "Dies Irae" (Day of Wrath) is essentially a vocal work with minimal strings and percussion.
Here, there is no hope, only loss and despair, and the overall effect is soporific; optimistic is elusive, its glimmer a momentary white rabbit in a hole of blackness.
Such spiritual neoclassical pieces are ever changelling to evaluate; to assess in the context of contemporary popular music appears trite (Dead Can Dance?), to place in the context of , e.g., Janàcék or Tallis, seems unfair.
Notwithstanding, "Dies Irae" functions well as a cohesive whole; Alessia Cicala's vocals could teach the current plague of simphonic metal bands much, however this piece's monochromatic nature makes this beautiful music (unjustifiably) easy to consign to the background.
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