Cost: $2.00
I'm not quite sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. While I don't think they were going for a deeply serious horror vibe, some of the themes and aesthetics of this EP seem like a mismatch with the music--predominantly power metal with some modern heavy metal mixed in. There are some slight gothic metal overtones, but definitely not as many as the vocalist's bright-goatee-and-top-hat look might suggest. At times they sound like a power metal take on Sentenced's upbeat later material. The cover of Kiss' "A World Without Heroes" is fairly good and heavied up without being overdone. "Evil Has Found a Home" is an acoustic guitar track that eventually adds demonic toy (well, that's what I imagined them to be!) voices that implore "Don't be afraid - just come closer." It seems a little King Diamond-esque in that way. Not a bad listen by any means, but nothing really great either.
