After its initial release on CD in 1994, Flamma Flamma climbed numerous international charts and quickly developed from an insider tip to a major bestseller and has been compared with Orff's Carmina Burana. The gothic world - both romantic gothic and trash gothic - also embraced the work during long 'Flamma Flamma theme weekends' in castles across Europe.

Nicholas Lens began his trilogy The Accacha Chronicles (Flamma Flamma / Terra Terra / Amor Aeternus) with the first part, Flamma Flamma, as a search for harmony between the contradictory elements in nature and human nature. The fusion of non-European musical cultures with Western classical music has been described and appreciated as highly unique. Finally, unlike almost every other requiem, Flamma Flamma not only deals with grief and pain, but also presents death as a natural part of the cosmic life process.