Virgin Steele confirmed for the next ProgPower

[JayKeeley]

60 minutes set.

That is all.

 

[JayKeeley]

good thread.

 

[JayKeeley]

 

[JayKeeley]

1 is the loneliest number....

 

[Dark One]

LOL - I would've posted earlier if I could've.

Anyway, this announcement alone basically affirms my decision to go next year. I'm also psyched that Glenn announced in will be later in the year this time, it helps me spread out my festival attendence next year (HC, Wacken, PP).

 

[BenMech]

I knew about this previously, and was very very happy to hear it.

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

x9 billion.

They should be headlining though.

And yes, I will be there, for sure.

 

[dill_the_devil]

Since the Virgin Steele fans are apparently converging on this thread, can somebody perhaps yousendit a couple of their absolute best tracks so I can finally decide whether I've just missed the point with these guys or not? I own the Books Of Burning and Hymns To Victory releases, and I just can't get into them at all.

 

[General Zod]

I think any time a festival lands a band that would seem deserving of a higher spot, but signs them to a lower slot, it's a huge boost for the festival.

As JK and I discussed earlier, I think we're guilty uf overestimating Virgin Steele's U.S. drawing power. They apparently can't command more money here, and to their credit, are willing to take less. I do think this is a wise move for them, as this is the premiere U.S. festival.

Zod

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Dill -
The Burning of Rome
Invictus
The Wine of Violence
Kingdom of the Fearless
Defiance

 

[dill_the_devil]

I've got Invictus and Kingdom Of The Fearless (they're both on Hymns To Victory). Giving them another listen now.

*time passes*

Invictus was actually slowly winning me over until those girly backing vocals came in. The next passage got me back on board though. Then the keyboard solo-ish bit with the stabs of guitar threw me back over. The admitted awesomeness of the main/starting riff threw me a rope for the last minute of the track. Overall, meh.

Kingdom Of The Fearless: Arrgh, cheesy synth-phonic intro... Aah, riffs, that's more like it... halfway through the track now, and this one's actually pretty good - like the solo, too. Yeah, that was fairly badass - I won't be joining the fanclub or anything, but I'll be more willing to listen to them in future...

 

[Dark One]

Dill,

Here's a few of my absolute favorites:

Veni, Vidi, Vici:

http://download.yousendit.com/389DDEB96E679ED2

Lion in Winter:

http://download.yousendit.com/FE0FF55645E35803


I Will Come For You:

http://download.yousendit.com/038BB9DB5DBCAD9A


Life Among the Ruins:

http://download.yousendit.com/FA79392C5DF46BB2

 

[dill_the_devil]

Nice one, cheers - I'm about to head to Wolverhampton to hand in a job application to the council in a minute, so I'll download these and check them out either tonight or tomorrow.

 

[Dark One]

Hey, best of luck!

 

[dill_the_devil]

Cheers Dark One... Bastard place was closed and the mailbox was jammed shut - gonna have to bus it down there again on Monday to hand the damned thing in... grrr... gonna go visit mates in a minute, so the Virgin Steele will have to wait until tomorrow!

 

[fear-of-loathing]

gonna have to bus it down there again on Monday to hand the damned thing in

Don't they have a postal service then? you could have posted whilst in wolverhampton and it would have got there this morning surely...?

 

[Dark One]

WTF?? What an odd first post.

 

[dill_the_devil]

Don't they have a postal service then? you could have posted whilst in wolverhampton and it would have got there this morning surely...?

I don't trust the postal service particularly, and the closing date for the applications was today, so I figured better safe than sorry.

 

[JayKeeley]

I'm going to join a metal board to discuss the values of the wolverhampton postal service.

 

[Thanatopsis123]

I'm going to join a metal board to discuss the values of the wolverhampton postal service.

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