I am sitting in front of my computer listening for the 6th or 7th time to this new release from Midnight Syndicate and I'm mesmerized! Yes, they've done it again. Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka have created another horror music masterpiece!

For those not familiar with their previous work, let me say that Midnight Syndicate single handedly created a whole new genre of music. Yes, there were some really good horror movie soundtracks prior to 1997, but the only songs that were targeted directly at Halloween festivities were usually novelty hits like, The Monster Mash. But then along came Born of The Night and suddenly (after a lot of hard marketing work) the concept of Halloween and horror specific music took off.

There soon followed Realm of Shadows, Gates of Delirium, and Vampyre! Each CD created an audio picture and story, blending gothic orchestrations and effects to brings chills and nightmares to the listeners. Needless to say, haunted attractions around the world soon discovered the power behind the music of Midnight Syndicate!

In 2002, Midnight Syndicate created for Hasbro Games and Wizards of the Coast, the first official soundtrack to the role playing game, Dungeons and Dragons. It sold in record numbers!
With The 13th Hour, their musical richness and complexity reaches new heights as they set this album in a haunted Victorian mansion. The orchestration is enhanced by a subtle and sometimes not so subtle mix of appropriate sound effects. The CD creates a sound palate to die for. You can literally sit back, close your eyes and let each cut create it's own story, just like visiting a haunted mansion in your mind! It's so powerful you might wonder why no one has made of movie to go with this soundtrack!

To take this CD to new heights, they added the vocal talents of Lily Lane, David Jacobs, Greg Ballato and Mary Kate Douglas. Twenty-four of the twenty-five cuts on the CD were written by Midnight Syndicate. Hand in Hand Again, however comes from a 1920 recording by Albert Campbell and Henry Burr, which has been been suitably adopted for this very 21st century recording. It's down right spooky.

The 13th Hour is great, gruesome, Gothic fun! It is a MUST HAVE in any horror fan's music collection! And, come Halloween, you'll be glad you took my advice. Heck, here's even better advice, go buy them all....you won't be sorry!

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