Life Among the Ruins is the fifth full-length studio album by USheavy 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.[5] 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.[6] This is the first album with bassist Rob DeMartino, who replaced Joe O'Reilly, retired from the scene.
^Jensen, Tommy B. (2004-07-15). . RevelationZ Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
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life, among, ruins, fifth, full, length, studio, album, heavy, metal, band, virgin, steele, released, 1993, after, almost, five, years, inactivity, song, snakeskin, voodoo, present, only, american, release, instead, released, single, 1992, europe, same, time, . 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 5 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 6 This is the first album with bassist Rob DeMartino who replaced Joe O Reilly retired from the scene Life Among the RuinsStudio album by Virgin SteeleReleased1993StudioTotal Recall Baldwin Nassau County New YorkStudio Works Island Park New York2econd City Glen Cove New YorkBearTracks Studios Suffern New YorkGenreHard rockLength59 28LabelShark RecordsProducerDavid DeFeis Ed Pursino Chris Bubacz Virgin SteeleVirgin Steele chronologyAge of Consent 1988 Life Among the Ruins 1993 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part I 1995 Alternative CD coverProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal7 10 2 Imperiumi 3 Imperiumi 4 Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2 1 Band members 2 2 Additional musicians 2 3 Production 3 ReferencesTrack listing editAll lyrics by David DeFeis music as indicated No TitleWriter s Length1 Sex Religion Machine DeFeis Ed Pursino 4 432 Love Is Pain DeFeis 3 533 Jet Black DeFeis Pursino 4 134 Invitation DeFeis 1 165 I Dress in Black Woman with No Shadow DeFeis 4 466 Crown of Thorns DeFeis Pursino 6 287 Cage of Angels instrumental DeFeis 0 548 Never Believed in Good Bye DeFeis 4 239 Too Hot to Handle DeFeis Pursino 4 3910 Love s Gone DeFeis Pursino Teddy Cook 4 2911 Snakeskin Voodoo Man American bonus track Dave Ferrara Pursino Joey Ayvazian Rob DeMartino 5 1612 Wild Fire Woman DeFeis Pursino 4 4313 Cry Forever DeFeis 4 3214 Haunting the Last Hours instrumental DeFeis 0 5415 Last Rose of Summer DeFeis 4 19 2012 CD remastered reissue bonus tracksNo TitleLength16 Snakeskin Voodoo Man live acoustic rehearsal version 4 0217 Jet Black live acoustic rehearsal version 4 1818 Purple Rain live acoustic rehearsal version 4 4919 Wildfire Woman live acoustic rehearsal version 4 35 Disk Two The My Mourning Clothes CD No TitleLength1 When the Levee Breaks Led Zeppelin cover 6 392 Sympathy for the Devil Rolling Stones cover 4 193 My Mourning Clothes 7 514 Mambo Sun 3 425 Ballrooms of Mars 3 28 The Vertical Soul SuiteNo TitleLength6 Wild Thing 1 467 The Moonrise in your Skin 0 558 Wild Thing Reprise 0 579 The Magick in your Sin 1 12 No TitleLength10 Sex Religion Machine Rare New York Mix 4 4411 Jet Black Rare New York Mix 4 1112 Crown Of Thorns Rare New York Mix 6 2913 Cage Of Angels Rare New York Mix 0 5414 Never Believed In Goodbye Rare New York Mix 4 2415 Love Is Pain Rare New York Mix 3 5316 Invitation Rare New York Mix 1 1417 I Dress In Black Woman With No Shadow Rare New York Mix 4 4418 Too Hot To Handle Rare New York Mix 4 3819 Love s Gone Rare New York Mix 4 2720 Flesh And Blood Rare Never Released Demo 4 41Personnel editBand members edit David DeFeis vocals keyboards Ed Pursino all guitars bass Rob DeMartino bass Joey Ayvazian drumsAdditional musicians edit Teddy Cook bass on tracks 2 5 8 9 10 12 Dave Ferrara lead guitar on track 11Production edit 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 15References edit Reesman Bryan Virgin Steele Life Among the Ruins review AllMusic Rovi Corporation Retrieved 2011 07 12 Popoff Martin August 1 2007 The Collector s Guide to Heavy Metal Volume 3 The Nineties Burlington Ontario Canada Collector s Guide Publishing p 489 ISBN 978 1 894959 62 9 Tero Kukkonen 2012 09 26 Levyarviot Virgin Steele Life Among The Ruins reissue Imperiumi Retrieved October 7 2012 Jussi Kallinen 2009 01 26 Levyarviot Virgin Steele Life Among The Ruins reissue Imperiumi Retrieved October 7 2012 Virgin Steele Life Among the Ruins Encyclopaedia Metallum Retrieved 2010 04 07 Jensen Tommy B 2004 07 15 Virgin Steele Life Among The Ruins RevelationZ Magazine Archived from the original on 2007 10 20 Retrieved 2010 04 09 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Life Among the Ruins amp oldid 1090882051, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
