# Dillinja — The Angels Fell

Dillinja’s The Angels Fell (1995) is No. 8 in our Drum and Bass ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1995
- **Label:** Metalheadz
- **On one list:** Drum and Bass
- **Updated:** 2026-08-28
- **Artist:** [Dillinja](https://waxonia.com/artist/dillinja/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/dillinja--the-angels-fell/

## What we say

### No. 8 in [Drum and Bass](https://waxonia.com/genre/drum-and-bass/)

Dillinja's bass weight is the reference standard, and this is the track where the sub stops being an accompaniment and becomes the lead instrument.

## Analysis

11 sections, the first drop of 7 at 0:31, 9% of the way in.

- **Key:** C# minor
- **Dynamic range:** 10.5 dB — wide open — the quiet parts are genuinely quiet
- **Length:** 5:53

- `0:00` A · **intro** (bar -5), instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: bass
- `0:43` A · **steady** (bar 14), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: bass
- `1:16` A · **steady** (bar 29), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums, bass
- `1:37` A · **breakdown** (bar 38), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning
- `1:47` B · **peak** (bar 43), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `2:09` B · **peak** (bar 53), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `2:58` C · **peak** (bar 75), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `3:25` D · **build** (bar 87), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums
- `3:54` B · **peak** (bar 100), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `4:38` B · **peak** (bar 120), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `5:01` A · **outro** (bar 130), instrumental — the closing fall — playing: drums, bass

**Drops** at 0:31 (bar 9), 0:55 (bar 20), 1:19 (bar 30), 1:48 (bar 44), 2:11 (bar 54), 3:47 (bar 97), 5:41 (bar 148). A drop is a moment, not a stretch.

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Dillinja%20The%20Angels%20Fell) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=5vS50pPKv-U)

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