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Jul 2, 2024 · A new Virgin Steele album these days is something like knowingly wandering onto a literal minefield - you know there’s a high risk of peril. That’s a dramatic way to put it, but still - there’s nothing certain with one of these fucking things. I reviewed the last album in 2018 or so and pretty harshly panned it.
After the ridiculously good part one, it was expected Virgin Steele to have a break in quality, but fuck no! Virgin Steele is a damn Power Metal express and the engine is at full throttle. Choo Choo motherfucker! Part 2 is as good as part 1, the change they make is stylistic, they go bigger, more epic, less tender, and a tad more progressive.
Jul 4, 2023 · There is no clear answer. If you want to nitpick, I’d start with the production. The Passion of Dionysus has a bit of a 1990’s Roland home studio patina. And, as Druhm points out in his reviews, the keyboards have a John Tesh -like ambiance that can take you out of your metal mindset. The bass is also problematic.
Dec 16, 2013 · The fact that the album cover features an aging DeFeis trying to look epic next to a horse certainly isn't a good sign, since the last five album covers were all pretty damn good. The album does go in a different direction from the last few albums; but it's a direction that seemed pretty inevitable.
Mar 9, 2019 · However, while they don’t really cause much of a detraction here, it is worth pointing out that this marks the first album where some of the more “questionable” aspects of later Virgin Steele releases make their appearance… namely the demanding 75+ minute run-time, a slew of interlude tracks, and slightly un-intuitive “detour” song-writing structures.
Oct 5, 2024 · October 5, 2024. As I mentioned in the review of the reissue of “Guardians Of The Flame” that one was the first album of VIRGIN STEELE I ever bought. This one followed soon after, as I felt I needed to complete my collection of the day. Originally released in the year of their birth (1981), “Virgin Steele I” made rather a good impact ...
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Aug 1, 2023 · Back in early 2019 I did a fairly extensive review of the 5 CD Virgin Steele box set, SEVEN DEVILS MOONSHINE. (SPV, 2018) In that review I pointed out that the last three studio albums, GHOST HARVEST I & II and GOTHIC VOODOO ANTHEMS were not really ‘new’ Virgin Steele albums but rather a massive cleaning of the vaults with dozens and dozens of rare, tracks, cover tunes, alternate versions ...
