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{{quote|''"This is a painting, not a graphic work."''|Mr. Doctor, on why only one copy of ''The Mark of the Beast'' was pressed}}
 
Not to be confused with the 1936 film directed by Tod Browning which is this band's namesake, nor the [[Devil Doll (Filmfilm)|1964 film which has its own page]] on this wiki, nor with the female-fronted American band of the same name.
 
Devil Doll is a band formed in 1987 by the enigmatic "Mr. Doctor". Their music incorporates many varied styles of music into extremely long compositions. Despite never seeking any kind of mainstream recognition or major label distribution, they have developed a cult fanbase numbering in the thousands all over the world.
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** ''The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms'' opens with "March on the Drina", a Serbian war song.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: The lyrics of the ''Sacrilege'' albums contain the line "pure purity".
* [[Doing It for Thethe Art]]: Mr. Doctor only cares about the act of creating music, not about commercial success (he refused to be paid for any Devil Doll albums, though he made sure the other musicians were) or getting any kind of recognition or popularity.
** Apparently the Doctor is independently wealthy and is free to do these kind of things.
* [[Epic Rocking]]: Every Devil Doll song released is upwards of 20 minutes long. The only two songs that don't take up an entire album were originally supposed to.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Mr. Doctor was never addressed by his real name, at least until 2007 when an interview concerning his book of UK [[Punk Rock]] singles, ''45 Revolutions'', revealed that his real name is {{spoiler|Mario Panciera}}; however, considering the air of mystery that has always surrounded the band, some fans think that this isn't his real name either.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Mr. Doctor is also known as "The Man". Presumably not ''[[The Man|that]]'' Man. Or [[Guilty Gear (Video Game)|That Man]].
* [[Hidden Track]]: One on every album except ''Eliogabalus''.
* [[Limited Special Collectors Ultimate Edition]]: Every publicly released album has at least three or four different editions, and at least two of each of these are extremely limited, including massive hand-made box sets for the band members limited to 10 or so copies.
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* [[Ominous Pipe Organ]]: Shows up in most compositions.
* [[Psycho Strings]]: Appears quite a bit, most notably in the "Incubus" of ''Dies Irae''.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Mr. Doctor's influences - from film, music, art, literature, and so on - are referenced repeatedly in the music, lyrics, and artwork of each album. He claims there are hundreds of such references - [[Genius Bonus|good]] [[Viewers Are Geniuses|luck]] finding them all!
** ''Dies Irae'' is a tribute to 'George Harvey Bone,' a character from the movie ''Hangover Square'' whose music is supplied by the composer [[Bernard Herrmann]]. Mr. Doctor's first book was a thorough analysis of Herrmann and his music.
** Snippets from various horror soundtracks are inserted in a few of the albums, usually in a manner that doesn't draw attention to them. The end of the famous Shower scene from Psycho appears in ''Sacrelegium''. ''Dies Irae'' contains a few bars from [[The Man Who Laughs]]; ''Dies Irae'''s credits explicitly list a few of the other sources that Mr. Doctor drew from.
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