What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse

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What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse
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Demo album by
ReleasedMay 2001
Recorded2001
Genre Metalcore [1]
Length21:59
Label Self-released
The Black Dahlia Murder chronology
What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse
(2001)
A Cold-Blooded Epitaph
(2002)

What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse is the first demo album by American melodic death metal band the Black Dahlia Murder, released independently in May 2001. It is the band's only record to feature Sean Gauvreau on bass. Although the Black Dahlia Murder is considered to be a melodic death metal band, the style of the demo has been described as metalcore. [1] Vocalist Trevor Strnad said in an interview that much of the material on the demo is a blatant "rip-off" of the metalcore band Prayer for Cleansing.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Its title is derived from the NES game Castlevania II: Simon's Quest , where it appears in a text box during the in-game transition from day to night. An eponymous song was later recorded for the band's 2007 album Nocturnal . The song "The Hive" was later re-recorded for the band's 2002 EP, A Cold-Blooded Epitaph where it was re-titled "Burning the Hive".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."All My Best Friends Are Bullets"1:03
2."To You, Contortionist"3:51
3."The Middle Goes Down"4:25
4."This Ain't No Fuckin' Love Song"3:44
5."(And the Chorus Sang) A Dead Refrain"4:56
6."The Hive"4:00
Total length:21:59

Personnel

The Black Dahlia Murder

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Black Dahlia Murder Bassist on New CD: 'it's Just As Brutal As Anything We've Done Before'". Blabbermouth.net. August 6, 2007.