Virgin Steele

It was the first year of the new millennium when Iron Maiden dropped their comeback album with the re-recruited "deserter" Bruce Dickinson. It was an album of salvation, an album of relief, an album that landed at the right time in the…

"Here are ten hand-picked power metal albums that came out twenty years ago, left a real mark on the power metal scene and the metal world in general, and make for especially sweet trips down memory lane."

Hard rock never really suited them, and this time there are too many ballad sections and mid-tempo tracks on the album, so the real heart of Virgin Steele metal gets lost across the record's long running time.

Author: Rok Klemše Location: Tolmin, SloveniaConcert date: 15.07.2011Attendance: 10,000 Saturday brought the last day of the festival, and we'd made it there a bit worn out, sure, but in one piece and healthy. The final day promised some…

"The Black Light Bacchanalia" takes a bold new evolutionary step, giving us Virgin Steele's most ambitious career effort yet when it comes to varied compositions and musical experimentation.

"The band has apparently decided to play only songs written after 2000 from now on. That's pretty sad, since the stuff from the eighties is cult, not to mention the unforgettable classic "Triumph Of The Steel" (1992). DeMaio snapping every…

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Tolmin / SloveniaConcert date: 11.07.2010Attendance: 4000Ticket price: 60,00€ What's a person even supposed to say when the World Cup final and Magic Circle festival collide -…

The long six-year wait is finally over. That musical oddball, the brilliant David Defeis, is back on his "black steed" and mercilessly hacking away with his sword, which is almost as big as he is (see the cover). This time he

The ideas were clearly boiling over. The follow-up to "the first one" tops the debut in every respect. The sound is deeper, the production even more cranked up, i.e. metalized.

Back in 1982, a four-piece of killer musicians already hit the bullseye with their debut, an album that clearly has its roots in seventies hard rock.