Their run from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part I to The House of Atreus Act II is amazing. I mean, they had some good albums prior to that but that 6 year period from 1994 to 2000 was something altogether different.View attachment 10330
I remember finding this through a comp. CD I got with a Stratovarius album I bought when this was all new. It had Through the Ring of Fire on it and I was sold instantly and bought the whole album soon after.
Still the best Virgin Steele album to date. Some stuff they've released through the years has been of very questionable but this just rules in all departements. Crushing, glorious, epic, ferocious, but also soft, beautiful and soulful.
That reissue is gonna be sweet. Full album on tour too.
You never know. If I were you, I'd go to either side of the country to see it done. Brisbane or Canberra, Fremantle or othewise. Blackie's voice isn't as limber, but his pipes are still more hardened than Gibraltar itself, and the new band rocks.