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PostSubject: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 24, 2007 11:48 am

Is anyone familiar with this project? I saw the cd in the used bin the other day and I considered picking it up for Halloween, but decided against it. Is it like Dee's version of Trans-Siberian Orchestra but for Halloween?

Anyone familiar with this?
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 24, 2007 11:50 am

The samples on the website are pretty weird.

http://www.vanhelsingscurse.com/CMS/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,96/
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 24, 2007 12:00 pm

I would have snagged it if I saw it in the used bins. Shoot, go back and pick it up and I'll make you a trade for it.

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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 24, 2007 12:05 pm

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I would have snagged it if I saw it in the used bins. Shoot, go back and pick it up and I'll make you a trade for it.

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If I can, I might try to stop by on Saturday and get it. From what I viewed on the website, it looks very similair to a Halloween-version of TSO.
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 24, 2007 12:24 pm

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ultmetal wrote:
I would have snagged it if I saw it in the used bins. Shoot, go back and pick it up and I'll make you a trade for it.

ult

If I can, I might try to stop by on Saturday and get it. From what I viewed on the website, it looks very similair to a Halloween-version of TSO.

A "Halloween version of TSO" pretty much hits it right on the head. It's a pretty blatant steal off of TSO if you ask me. The only major difference is that the majority of the Van Helsing's Curse album is instrumentals, whereas TSO use vocalists. Dee comes in at the beginning and end of most tracks as a "narrator" but other than that they're almost all instrumental.
Cool stuff, but it wasn't really a keeper so I traded my copy a while ago
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 24, 2007 12:27 pm

My favorite Dee project is Widowmaker.

That was some good stuff.
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 24, 2007 1:22 pm

Sounds like something I would like. I must look into that!
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 24, 2007 4:45 pm

Definitely a good used bin buy. I got my copy for $2, but I think $5 or $6 would be worth it. It's a cool little disc. Can't say I think it's a TSO rip-off, though. It's just an orchestral sort of album. Similar, but not really.

Anyway, heard Dee's two tracks from the Strangeland soundtrack before? I can't remember the song, but one of them reminded me of Solitude Aeturnus, and it made me think of how much of a killer voice he has. I wish he'd do something better with it. Dee Snider singing epic doom metal? Hell yeah!
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeMon Oct 29, 2007 11:15 am

I picked this up over the weekend. I'm digging it. It's definately a seasonal listening kind of thing, like TSO, although it's could get more spins when I'm feeling in the mood for some dark, creepy, mostly-instrumental type music.

As for the music, it sounds as if they've taken classic metal riffs and other horror movie music then expaned them into orchestral pieces. For example, the song Black Sabbath. They took the upbeat portion of that song, then added their own twist to it. Same with the Halloween Michael Myers's theme.

Dee is only in it as the narrator. He does intros and spoken word pieces to the songs, like Vincent Price in Thriller. He doesn't sing on it.

Judging from the website, this is probably cooler to see in person than to listen to it at home, but it's kinda neat nonetheless. A good find in the used bins.
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 08, 2008 7:04 am

Pulled this one out today...weird, Halloweeny stuff...I like it...

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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 08, 2008 10:02 am

I have this. Must not have impressed me because I can't remember a thing about it.

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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 08, 2008 10:05 am

I'll have to dig this one out for Halloween. I forgot I had it.
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 08, 2008 10:57 am

I want it!!!! Could never find a place to order it a couple of years ago, when I first learend about its existence.

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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeFri Oct 10, 2008 7:47 pm

got the live in philly 05 dvd & the cd..forget to watch/listen to them though. now would be a perfect (oct) time.
i believe i got both off the VHC website, to the person above who said they couldn't find out where to order it.
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeSat Oct 11, 2008 12:13 am

Ah, this is really cool sounding. I had heard of 'em, but I just figured it was one of Dee's 90s projects, so I never bothered listening o them. I didn't know it was like this! Definitely ordering this one before the month is up.

So are they still active every October? Seems like a really awesome show.
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeSat Oct 11, 2008 9:23 am

Never heard this, but I enjoyed Widowmaker alot.
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeSat Oct 11, 2008 12:10 pm

I'd like to see the DVD, but it isn't sold on their site anymore and EBay resellers are charging 20 bucks. Umm, no thanks.
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeSat Oct 11, 2008 1:12 pm

spectrefate wrote:
I'd like to see the DVD, but it isn't sold on their site anymore and EBay resellers are charging 20 bucks. Umm, no thanks.

the 'midnight syndicate' folks sold me mine--i still had their email on my computer i noticed--i'll ask them if they still do sell it, & what a good link for the DVD order is.
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeSun Oct 12, 2008 4:21 am

I'll have to dig this out and add it to my instrumental writing soundtrack.
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 15, 2008 4:39 am

they emailed me back--here's the link to buy:

http://www.midnightsyndicate.com/vhc.htm
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PostSubject: Re: Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse   Dee Snider's Van Helsing's Curse Icon_minitimeWed Oct 15, 2008 7:30 am

vanillaviking wrote:
they emailed me back--here's the link to buy:

http://www.midnightsyndicate.com/vhc.htm


Thanks, VK.
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