Now there is two sides to this story: Either this fourth Creeper is not as good as the previous three records (especially the vampire rock masterpiece that it is nominally a sequel of), or its relatively late arrival means that I haven’t had enough time to digest all its Gothic rockabilly goodness. Either way, this is not following the first “Sanguivore” and the ridiculously good “Sex, Death and the Infinite Void” into my top three.

It still manages to have big bold numbers and a desire to meld Meatloaf with the Sisters of Mercy (Patrica Hodge of the latter and archetype fairy gothmother turns up again to do voice-overs), but it all feels rather familiar. It's good, but there is a sense of treading water rather than terraforming new worlds to inhabit.

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