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Released
  
January 2002

Artist
  
Virgin Steele

Producer
  
David DeFeis

Length
  
78:23

Release date
  
7 January 2002

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Power metal

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Label
  
T&T / Noise / Sanctuary

Hymns to Victory (2002)
  
The Book of Burning (2002)

Similar
  
Virgin Steele albums, Heavy metal albums

Hymns to Victory is a compilation album of the American heavy metal band Virgin Steele. It was released in January 2002 by Noise Records, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the band, together with the compilation The Book of Burning.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics by David DeFeis. Music by David DeFeis except tracks 8, 10, 12 by DeFeis / Edward Pursino

  1. "Flames of Thy Power (From Blood They Rise)" – 5:38
  2. "Through the Ring of Fire" – 5:25
  3. "Invictus" – 5:35
  4. "Crown of Glory (Unscarred) (In Fury mix)" – 6:40
  5. "Kingdom of the Fearless (The Destruction of Troy)" – 7:39
  6. "The Spirit of Steele (acoustic version)" – 3:24
  7. "A Symphony of Steele (Battle mix)" – 5:20
  8. "The Burning of Rome (Cry for Pompeii)" – 6:38
  9. "I Will Come for You" – 5:48
  10. "Saturday Night" – 4:09
  11. "Noble Savage (early mix)" – 7:06
  12. "Mists of Avalon" – 5:09
  13. "Emalaith" – 9:55

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13 remastered
Track 4, 7, 11 preciously unreleased alternate mix
Track 6 previously unreleased acoustic version
Tracks 10, 12 previously unreleased songs

Members

  • David DeFeis – Lead vocals, keyboards and orchestration, swords on 5, 8, bass on 1, 3, 8, all instruments on 6
  • Edward Pursino – guitars, bass on 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12
  • Frank Gilchriest – drums on 1, 2, 3
  • Joey Ayvazian – drums on 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
  • Joe O'Reilly – bass on 11
  • Steve Young – slide guitar solo on 12

    • Songs

    1Flames of Thy Power (From Blood They Rise)5:38
    2Through the Ring of Fire5:25
    3Invictus5:35

    References

    Hymns to Victory Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA