Des nouvelles du groupe par une interview de David DeFeis, sur le prochain album et un DVD à venir

Metalzone: [It has been two years since] "Hymn to Victory" and "The Book of Burning" [were released]. Tell us what are you up to these days? Are you going to release a new album?

David Defeis: "Yes, there's been many things going on since those two records came out two years ago. Then we also did the reissues of the three albums, so there has been a lot of output in a short amount of time. I wanted to put the brakes on for a bit and just really concentrate on the writing and I have written at least three albums which I've been recording all that and it's been a bit crazy. Now I am narrowing all that music down to one album that will be released next. I am pretty close to completing it. I am still few weeks away from getting down to mixing stage. It’s getting closer all the time, a lot of work has been done for more than one album. And we've also been doing quite a bit of shows; we've been flying back and forth in Europe doing festivals and we are going out next month, we are playing at the Keep It True festival in Germany, we are headlining that on November 5th. We are recording that properly and we are filming that, we will have six cameras, so will have some footage from that show for later on. Because the next plan after the release of this new album…"

Metalzone: Is a DVD?

David Defeis: "Yeah. After the release of this new album, will be a live album, DVD kind of thing, it's the logical next step. We've never had a proper live album, so it's time, yeah."

Metalzone: You told me about your new album that there are going to be dark and melancholic elements. Does this mean that you’re expanding your wings to other styles genres of metal, are you going to use gothic elements?

David Defeis: "There's never any kind of conscious choice like, 'Oh I am going to put on my black metal hat on and be this, or change it and be that.' You learn things as a musician and they come out, hopefully in your own unique way. I use those terms because I don't know what else to say to describe them. They seem to sum up to the best to what the music sounds like. It's not going to sound like any CRADLE OF FILTH record of anything like that."

Metalzone: Tell me a few things about the DVD you have in mind which will follow the new release and will include your show this November in Germany.

David Defeis: "I would like to do something in a historical perspective, kind of bring people up to date. Include the three metal operas that I have presented in Germany. Behind-the-scenes, early footage that I have and footage that we’ll shoot from the show in November. A long range of history I'd like to put [on there]. And get the ideology on what the band is about, what we've been doing all these years. Kind of what the approach is."


et si voulez entendre cette interview, elle est MP3 à cette adresse :
http://www.metalzone.gr/sounds/VS.mp3

Merci pour ces news ! j'attend ca avec impatience !

Ce groupe est énorme !
Noble Savage, Marriage of heaven and hell part 2 et Invictus devraient faire partie de toute collection de metalleux qui se respecte !

Le DVD va s'appeler "Hell On Earth Part V"?

Manowar est mon groupe favori... Virgin steele s'en rapproche par certains cotés, mais est tellement différent par d'autres... Ne serait ce que pour le clavier...

Ou la boîte à rythmes.

euh ca te choque tant que ca ?

La boîte à rythme c'est trop TRUE

Au fait bienvenue hellion

merci,

c'est vrai qu'ils pourraient se fendre d'un batteur sur certains albums...

Fati va etre contente, on tient un deuxieme fan de Virgin Steele

enfin je dis ça, j'ai des albums d'eux!!

Comment ca il n'y a que 2 fans de Virgin Steele ? ya aussi ce brave Devilman yen aura bientôt un autre, ce cher Hergé qui tombera amoureux de la compile que je préparerai avec amour

Je suis également fan de VS. Comme quoi, il reste du bon en moi. Je le sens. Le conflit.
J'ai découvert récemment les début du groupe. C'est so 80's, DeFeis hulule comme une pucelle, la musique est super précieuse. J'adore.
Mais j'aime aussi la période mimétisme manowarien (avec tout de même des concepts plus intellos) + boite à rythme plus récente. Enfin, sauf Invictus. Fatima va me frapper, mais je n'ai jamais réussi à y accrocher. Et ce n'est pas faute d'essayer.

Jamais écouté Virgin Steele pour ma part et ça ne me manque pas.

C'est un peu idiot comme phrase. Quelqu'un qui n'a jamais mangé de chocolat n'en connait pas le goût. Cela ne lui manque pas non plus.
Essaye Guardians of the flame. A l'époque le groupe avait son propre style, très raffiné, à la limite de la préciosité donc, mais assez jouissif.
Enfin, HR est mieux placé (et plus éloquent) que moi pour te convaincre.

C'était pas une pique envers eux, j'ai aucun a priori. Ma remarque c'était juste de l'humour vis à vis des posts précédents.
Si un jour j'ai l'occasion d'écouter j'écouterais.
Merci de ton conseil
Par contre vous n'avez pas à me convaincre de quoi que ce soit

Guardians of the flame est comme le dit Poulpe : léché et d'une belle préciosité. Les compos tiennent la route et les tubes sont là. Mais pas de clavier omniprésent comme sur les derniers albums. Ceci dit, les derniers titres du disque sont de trop, encore un album qui aurait gagné à etre raccourci. Voila un souci chez Mr DeFeis : il trie pas assez.
Virgin Steele, c'est bien, et j'attend la suite avec impatience.

Hasard : j'ecoute The Final Sacrifice, Avantasia2... DeFeis hurle fort sympathiquement.

pling pling a cry in the niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight pling pling pling...
Toutes mes années de pucelle ça...

Ca avance peu à peu...

Long-running New York power metallers VIRGIN STEELE have posted the following message on their official web site:

"The new VIRGIN STEELE album is almost finished. Mixing commenced several weeks ago, and David [DeFeis, vocals] is nearly finished with all the tracks. He should have the mixing wrapped up within a week or two, and then he needs a few days more for mastering. All looks quite promising for an early September release. We will keep you informed.

"In related news, David and Edward [Pursino, guitar] flew over to Germany last week for a listening session for the new album, with all the key German magazines, and the reaction was extremely positive."

VIRGIN STEELE's last studio release, "Book of Burning", came out in 2002.

Long-running New York power metallers VIRGIN STEELE have posted the following message on their official web site:

"The new VIRGIN STEELE album is truly on schedule! David [DeFeis, vocals] is literally one day away from completing all mixing and mastering, and I can now honestly tell you with complete confidence that it will be out in September. The name of the album is to be... ''Visions of Eden, and it is quite epic. It is I believe the group's longest album to date, clocking in at 79 minutes and 57 seconds. We hope you will enjoy it. More information, track listing etc., will appear in the weeks ahead..."

VIRGIN STEELE have revealed the track listing for their eleventh album, "Visions of Eden - The Lilith Project - A Barbaric Romantic Movie of the Mind", due on September 8 via Sanctuary. Check out the album's cover artwork at this location.

"Visions of Eden - The Lilith Project - A Barbaric Romantic Movie of the Mind" track listing:

01. Immortal I Stand (The Birth of Adam)
02. Adorned With the Rising Cobra
03. The Inefable Name
04. Black Light on Black
05. Bonedust
06. Angel of Death
07. God Above God
08. The Hidden God
09. Childslayer
10. When Dusk Fell
11. Visions of Eden

VIRGIN STEELE's new album is said to be "quite epic," clocking in at 79 minutes and 57 seconds.

VIRGIN STEELE's last studio release, "Book of Burning", came out in 2002.

mais c'est quoi cette pochette ?