Mentioned this a few years ago, but revisiting as I had spun this the other day and it is awesome! :rockon:
If you are not familiar with this album, here is the breakdown from Dee's site:


> Dee came up with the idea for the group after seeing a Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert, but he wanted a rock orchestra that featured a halloween/horror 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 Dee 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.


It really is like TSO does Halloween! Narration by Dee then, some amazing metal/symphonic style tunes in between. HIGHLY recommended Hallows-Eve tunage!

Here is a listening option on YT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6UuZFQiZhQ&list=PL9lVMi32D845Fq5JsD6yrGi8nwajojbU1

There is, amazingly, some floating around eBay at decent prices: Get a copy while you can! (search for Van Helsings Curse cd).


Cite: https://deesnider.com/music/van-helsings-curse/