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Originally Posted by Gilliatt  @ Fiberfar, I bought Virgin Steel's House of Atreus Act 1 a couple years ago and was very disappointed. Sounded like a copy of Manowar, and I always prefer the original to the copy. Is this album representative of the band's career? |
If you listen to the first Virgin Steele albums (
Virgin Steele and
Guardians of the Flame), you'll hear that the sound get increasingly more heavy from the first to second (and you won't even think that's David DeFeis on vocals. His performance has changed MUCH). After the first guitarist left, the band went for a more Epic sound rather than the heavy one.
I only have 5 Virgin Steele albums, and
House of Atreus act 1 isn't the best of them. Some of the songs are very good, and other not so good. I'd say Invictus is a better and far heavier album than HoA act 1, although the theme is somewhat the same.
So I'd say it's hard to find an album being representative of the band's career, since I don't have all of them (I'm working to get a hold of
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell part 1 & 2). Try getting hold of songs like Invictus, Sword of the Gods, Defiance and "Veni, Vidi, Vici" from the
Invictus album. I think you'll be pleased.
Finally:
Manowar and Virgin Steele's sound is close to eachother, but IMO where Virgin Steele goes for the even more epic sound than Manowar (is that even possible), Manowar goes for a more heavy sound.