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. |