Released November 16, 1999 Genres Heavy metal, Power metal | Length 74:01 Release date 16 November 1999 Label T&T Records | |
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Similar Life Among the Ruins, Visions of Eden, Invictus, Noble Savage, Age of Consent |
Virgin steele the house of atreus act i 1999
The House of Atreus Act I, released in 1999, is the ninth studio album by the American heavy metal band Virgin Steele. It has the subtitle A Barbaric-Romantic Opera. This album is the first part of a metal opera inspired by the Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The music was intended to be the soundtrack for theatrical shows, with actors impersonating the characters of the tragedy. The metal opera was actually performed under the name "Klytaimnestra - The House Of Atreus" in European theatres from 1999 to 2001, with the production of the Memmingen Opera House company and Landestheater Production.
Contents
- Virgin steele the house of atreus act i 1999
- Metal hunters virgin steele the house of atreus act i act ii
- Track listing
- Band members
- Production
- Songs
- References
The song "The Fire God" first appears on the 1986 Piledriver LP Stay Ugly.
Metal hunters virgin steele the house of atreus act i act ii
Track listing
All songs by David DeFeis except tracks 5, 7, 8, 15 and 18 by DeFeis / Ed Pursino
- "Kingdom of the Fearless (The Destruction of Troy)" - 7:39
- "Blaze of Victory (The Watchman's Song)" - 3:59
- "Through the Ring of Fire" - 5:25
- "Prelude in A Minor (The Voyage Home)" - 1:14
- "Death Darkly Closed Their Eyes (The Messenger's Song)" - 1:26
- "In Triumph or Tragedy" - 1:43
- "Return of the King" - 4:24
- "Flames of the Black Star (The Arrows of Herakles)" - 6:31
- "Narcissus" - 1:13
- "And Hecate Smiled" - 2:58
- "A Song of Prophecy" - 2:16
- "Child of Desolation" - 4:49
- "G Minor Invention (Descent into Death's Twilight Kingdom)" - 2:58
- "Day of Wrath" - 1:52
- "Great Sword of Flame" - 4:29
- "The Gift of Tantalos" - 1:57
- "Iphigenia in Hades" - 2:01
- "The Fire God" - 4:43
- "Garden of Lamentation" - 1:48
- "Agony and Shame" - 5:16
- "Gate of Kings" - 3:45
- "Via Sacra" - 1:35
Band members
Production
Songs
1Kingdom of the Fearless (The Destruction of Troy)7:39
2Blaze of Victory (The Watchman's Song)4:00
3Through the Ring of Fire5:24