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Life Among the Ruins

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Released
  
1993

Artist
  
Virgin Steele

Label
  
Shark Records

Length
  
59:28

Release date
  
1993

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Studio
  
Total Recall, Baldwin, Nassau County, New York Studio Works, Island Park, New York 2econd City, Glen Cove, New York BearTracks Studios, Suffern, New York

Producer
  
David DeFeis, Ed Pursino, Chris Bubacz, Virgin Steele

Life Among the Ruins (1993)
  
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part I (1994)

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Power metal, Hard rock

Similar
  
Virgin Steele albums, Power metal albums

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Life Among the Ruins is the fifth full-length studio album by US heavy metal band Virgin Steele. It was released in 1993, after almost five years of inactivity. The song "Snakeskin Voodoo Man" was present only in the American release and was instead released as a single in 1992 in Europe, at the same time of the VHS Tale of the Snakeskin Voodoo Man. The VHS featured videos for "Snakeskin Voodoo Man", "Love Is Pain", "Invitation-I Dress in Black" and "Cage of Angels-Never Believed in Good-Bye", interviews and backstage footage. The music of this album is bluesy hard rock and melodic metal, more similar to early Whitesnake's recordings than the epic power metal of albums like Noble Savage and the following The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part I. This is the first album with bassist Rob DeMartino, who replaced Joe O'Reilly, retired from the scene.

Contents

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Track listing

All lyrics by David DeFeis, music as indicated

  1. "Sex Religion Machine" (DeFeis, Ed Pursino) - 4:43
  2. "Love Is Pain" (DeFeis) - 3:53
  3. "Jet Black" (DeFeis, Pursino) - 4:13
  4. "Invitation" (DeFeis) - 1:16
  5. "I Dress in Black (Woman with No Shadow)" (DeFeis) - 4:46
  6. "Crown of Thorns" (DeFeis, Pursino) - 6:28
  7. "Cage of Angels" (instrumental) (DeFeis) - 0:54
  8. "Never Believed in Good-Bye" (DeFeis) - 4:23
  9. "Too Hot to Handle" (DeFeis, Pursino) - 4:39
  10. "Love's Gone" (DeFeis, Pursino, Teddy Cook) - 4:29
  11. "Snakeskin Voodoo Man" (Dave Ferrara, Pursino, Joey Ayvazian, Rob DeMartino) - 5:16 (American bonus track)
  12. "Wild Fire Woman" (DeFeis, Pursino) - 4:43
  13. "Cry Forever" (DeFeis) - 4:32
  14. "Haunting the Last Hours" (instrumental) (DeFeis) - 0:54
  15. "Last Rose of Summer" (DeFeis) - 4:19

2008 CD remastered reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Snakeskin Voodoo Man" (live acoustic rehearsal version) - 4:02
  2. "Jet Black" (live acoustic rehearsal version) - 4:18
  3. "Purple Rain" (live acoustic rehearsal version) - 4:49
  4. "Wildfire Woman" (live acoustic rehearsal version) - 4:35

Band members

  • David DeFeis - vocals, keyboards
  • Ed Pursino - all guitars, bass
  • Rob DeMartino - bass
  • Joey Ayvazian - drums

    • Additional musicians

  • Teddy Cook - bass on tracks 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12
  • Dave Ferrara - lead guitar on track 11

    • Production

  • Virgin Steele - producers on tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11
  • DeFeis / Pursino - producers on tracks 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14
  • DeFeis / Chris Bubacz - producers on tracks 13, 15

    • Songs

    1Sex Religion Machine4:45
    2Love Is Pain3:53
    3Jet Black4:13

    References

    Life Among the Ruins Wikipedia
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