Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel is a DM Ashura composition that takes the famous "Dies irae" from Mozart's Requiem and recasts it as a gothic vocal ballad at 157 BPM, fronted by singer Ariel. The song first appeared in Pump It Up Infinity and was later folded into the mainline series via the PRIME 2 1.08 patch. Its solemn, operatic tone made it one of the more memorable vocal entries in Ashura's PIU catalogue.

The BGA is credited to Vanessa Fardoe (illustration) and Landon Lake (graphics), and its reception was lukewarm. Many players felt the character artwork fell short of the tense, brooding mood the music aims for. As a piece of trivia, Vanessa Fardoe is also known as KuroiChoucho, the same artist behind the BGA for Ragnarok.

In PHOENIX the song offers a spread of Single and Double charts. The S17 throws short bursts of run while keeping a fair share of twist; it leans heavily on the red panels and demands sharp 16th-note movement, so sloppy footwork easily leads to minor misses. The S19, added in the 2.05 patch, hides vanish holds whose tails surface looking like single notes, and its high hold density warrants caution during rank play. On the Double side, the D20 was carried straight over from Infinity and is generally seen as friendlier than the now-deleted D20: it favors holds over twists and closes on holds rather than a run, though its long opening run can punish players with weaker stamina. That earlier D20, built for the PRIME 2 port (where it sat at D21), turned out harder than expected and was removed in XX.