9/10

I found out about this album, and the band, by accident. I was searching for music that sounded like Motorhead and this one came up. I listened to the first two tracks and it was enough for me to buy it. I then got home and listened to it while playing MLB: 2012 on my PS3. I was amazed that every song that was playing was awesome. Half way through the album my MLB game was done and I decided to listen to the rest of the album while following the lyrics. I suddenly realized that it was a concept album. I then read the liner notes and sure enough it states that this is the first horror concept metal album. Made me love it even more!

I got the double disc album with the bonus tracks and the DVD. The DVD features a very crappy recording of a live show that runs about 35 minutes and there's also three music videos. The Family Ghost and Welcome Home suck but the one for Sleepless Nights is neat and features clips from the movies Horror Hotel and The Screaming Skull. A great buy for $15 new but I wouldn't go out of my way to get this DVD.

9/10