The zombies have got you trapped between the wall and the door. They smell your fear and hear your heart palpitating which only furthers their inability to stop themselves from ripping the flesh from your bones much like a group of starving piranhas. You try to make it to the door but before you do, you're ripped apart with only a pool of blood left where you once stood. Overall, I'd say that's the mindset I had after listening to T-Virus' Horror Thir13teen. While it has the zombies and monsters and all the things that makes horror music great, the band has done it in such a way that they've broken the mold that many of today's horror music bands use to create their music. T-Virus has injected their variation of horror rock with character and charisma.

Before I really get into the flesh of this, I must comment on the fact that for a debut album, the packaging is impressive-the full color photos inside the booklet and album itself, look great, not to mention the sound is top notch as well. Kudos to T-Virus and Blood and Guts Records on all of that.

Although Horror Thir13teen is full of great songs ("They Came Marching Out of Hell", "Resident Evil", "Horror Night", "Monster", "Caroline", "Born a Bastard", and "Kill Her Tonight") I must admit that I am saddened that three tracks from the band's 2003 Need to Feed demo didn't make the final cut. "Till Death Do Us Part", "Dead Girl" and "Night of the Dead", do not appear which sucks for me because I really enjoyed those tracks. All is well though because as you can see by my list of great songs, everything is made up for.

The feast of flesh begins with "They Came Marching Out of Hell" which is heavy rock song with a great dissection of what the band can offer. You've got Seppo carrying a great beat, Daniel's effortless command of his bass and a very unexpected but much a welcomed guitar solo. See, that's another reason I love this album. They have GUITAR SOLOS! Guitar solos are sorely neglected in the land of horror rock, but the lead guitar here is something I've been searching for in my horror rock fantasies. "Resident Evil" is a staple song for the band and is one of the main songs that gave me the zombie mindset and bloodshed to occur later. It's catchy and the music along with the vocals paints a picture out of blood! Great stuff! The most creative and fun song to appear is "Horror Nights". The guitar and keyboards on here left me dancing in place and jumping up and down. It's almost like the song doesn't belong on here but at the same time, it does. It's my favorite on the album and it's a song you'll be playing at your next Halloween get together!!

Damn, I've written a novel. Okay, T-Virus does an outstanding job, I think you get that. Horror Thir13teen is a prime example of what a fun horror album could be if bands would just put some effort into being creative.