Beautiful Nightmare also serves as Mastin's first album to include original material.
It is her only live album to include a string section on some tracks.
All tracks on the album were written by Marshall, making it her first album not to include any cover songs.
It was the first album to include the original Sodom line-up since 1985.
Being the band's first album, it is the only album not to include any singles or music videos.
It was the first album to include guitarist Tom Wisniewski.
This would be the last album to include Teddy Pendergrass before he left the group for a solo career.
Object Holder was their first album to include lyrics.
It was also the first Dead album to include the song "Mason's Children".
It was also the first album to include Mike Majewski as vocalist.