Van Helsing's Curse
Oculus Infernum


Tracks:

1. Patience (introduction)
2. Tubular Hell
3. All Fall Down
4. Let Me Prey
5. The Child
6. The Tortured Soul
7. Revenge
8. War
9. Let the Pain Begin
10. The Curse

Line up:

Dee Snider - narration
Joe Franco - drums
Jake Richards - guitars, keyboards
Mark Wood - lead violin, string ensembles
Greg Smith - bass
Schuyler Deale - bass
Nick Cipriano - keyboards, background vocals
Jane Mangini - piano
Sophia Ramos - vocals
Cheryl Smith - backing vocals
Michael Lanning - backing vocals
Tommy Farise - backing vocals
Dana Franco - children's vocals
Brian Grosz - voice of the entity
Bob Brockman - trumpet
Kevin Osborne - trombone, baritone trombone
Paul Riggio - french horn
Barbara Hill - french horn

Record Label / Year of Release:

Koch Records 2003

Notes:

Van Helsing's Curse are a side project, orchestra of Twisted Sister lead singer, Dee Snider. Along with Snider the group featured a five-piece rock band, a six-piece choir, and six-piece string section.

Snider came up with the idea for the group after seeing a Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert, but he wanted an orchestra that featured a halloween theme. The group, named after fictional vampire hunter, Abraham Van Helsing, would release their first album in 2003 under the title Oculus Infernum, which in Latin means "eye of hell."

The concept album, narrated by Snider himself, tells the fictional story of a young boy, orphaned after an entity murders all the adults in his town. The child then wanting revenge comes upon one of the descendants of Van Helsing and teams with him to try and put an end to the entity. Beginning that same year, Six Flags Great Adventure began using Oculus Infernum as a soundtrack for their October Fright Fests.