Metal School - Virgin Steele 

Your husband sounds like he was a cool dude

@@Nick-qf7vt he was, he was 16 years older than me. He was born in 66 and I was born in 82. Best three years of my life. But he like me loves music from that period of time.

Great share !

@ Shandi Combs-I’m sorry you lost him.💔 I just lost my Sister on September The Eleventh-2022. She had a heart attack and died, very suddenly, so I understand what it’s like when you have lost someone you loved. Take care of yourself.

Sorry for both of your losses.

They are fantastic! Been a long time fan David rocks!

How is that even possible? Virgin Steele has been a huge band for 40 years. haha

I have a Virgin Steele patch on my battle vest

I think you'll like dangerous toys and avenger

@@ALLMETAL1970 Dangerous toys are overrated, guns n roses clones. Avenger are NWOBHM royalty!

❤️🤘🏻

A video about Thor would be great. They have a documentary and everything

Thanks for that, I was wondering why they took pretty much all their stuff off of streaming services.

about time, one of the best heavy metal giants out there

I couldn't agree more

Not even the 2 Marriage of Heaven and Hell records? If so, you gotta try at least these two. You're really missing out on great tunes!

@@MrSeeman13 I haven't heard those. I gave up buying any of their albums after Noble Savage, which was very disappointing to me because I was just about on the hook with VS with Guardians. That album was ALMOST there. But I didn't get into anything off Noble, it felt like a step backwards in songwriting quality. Please don't interpret my words as saying the band suck or anything like that. What their music was to me was "just okay". There was nothing about any of their songs that would get stuck in my head and have their album call out to me from the shelf. That's what it really came down to; I had bought 3 VS records that I only listened to once or twice (maybe 5 times for Guardians) because nothing about their songs made me want to listen to Virgin Steele over the vast library of other metal bands that lined the shelves in my hallowed halls. After 3 albums I just gave up and the band quickly faded out of my world. I did hear the 4th album a few times as one of my close friends held with them for one more album before he too gave up. So anything after Age of Consent I have not heard. I never had the draw to revisit the band later on, mainly because from my experience it's extremely rare that a band that I've already established to be "not my cup of tea" would later create an album that did strike a chord with me. If I don't care for a particular musician's writing style, there's probably nothing ever going to change that. On the rare occasions that does happen it's almost always because the band hired a new member and that person's songwriting is appealing to me. That's my long winded justification for not hearing any of the later VS records, I just figured it was more of the same. If you think the Marriage albums are that much better than their typical fare, I would certainly be willing to give them a spin if I can find them on a free streaming service. Not willing to fork out cash to get the albums without first having the opportunity to digest them. Who knows, you may be right and I would end up putting those albums up on one of my platinum pedestals. Stranger things have happened!

@@RyanSeek Kinda had a similar opinion about them before I listen these 2 records. They didn't do much for me before them, although Noble Savage was to my liking. The first time I listened to the Marriage of Heaven and Hell records I can honestly say I sent all summer with just those songs. Loved them to death. Give it a go with songs like "Blood & Gasoline" or "Victory is Mine". These are the hit songs out of these 2 records. Killer riffs and super-catchy chorus!

Invictus is very good

Same here XD. Virgin Steele was a name I knew but somehow eluded me for years

Wow, right in your neck of the woods then! haha

@@MetalSchoolChannel yeah, formerly, not now :) that's why they're so cool, ha!

veni vidi vici✊

Invictus is my all time favorite. Out of this world!!

Sword Of The Gods!!

Everyone I found online who knows Virgin Steele, ranks them as one of their favorite bands. The main problem was a lack of marketing. These guys are just as good as Savatage and Mercyful Fate, if not better.

That’s amazing! Yeah, the performers all did a great job. I was a theater major for a bit in college and it reminded me a lot of that. Putting up shows with the talent you have, plus a lot of heart and passion for the project.

@@MetalSchoolChannel Yes heart and passion is the most important thing. As an Audience, you can feel it. Thank your for this video! 🙂

I totally love that song!

Totally agree, Mr. Ruthless. Those first few albums are all over the place, and Guardians ended up growing on me but even it took some time to get into because of the production. But yeah, VS, and David specifically, seem like a really weird/interesting mix of both great and terrible ideas haha🤘🏻

Virgin Steele destroys Avantasia

@@PortugueseMACPOW I don't see how you could even compare one to the other but...ok! 💪

ouça ha voz de singer de virgin steele que vá entender a comparação david defeis canta junto a alma

Jeez … speaking of Long Island: 1) singer sounds like Dee Snider with vibrato on the earlier albums and 2) JOEY BUTTAFUOCO?! Great content as always. Maybe we could get some Icon, or maybe a quick Fifth Angel lesson?? :)

It was like that all over NY/NJ & CT ... Riot & Manowar in the very early days were virtually unrecognized in the area .... But ZEBRA somehow headlined every gig.

Thats Funny ... I remember Dave Defeis crammed into a little corner with his keyboard, there was barely any room for the band on the stage at a club I can't remember... it was like 1986 ... I've never forgotten how Bad I felt for the guy ...and to be honest the show itself was unmemorable.

agreed! especially concidering until today, never heard of these guys before...

Glad to hear new people discovering this band. For darker side of Virgin Steele, you should check out their project from the 1985 Noble Savage era they made a Speed / Thrash / Old School Black Metal album called ''Nightmare Theatre'' with the band name Exorcist, I highly recommend this, or also the other project Original Sin the album ''Sin will find you out'' which was also written by Virgin Steele, I believe the vocalist was Dave DeFeis sister, and Virgin Steele re-recorded some of the songs from both these albums on the album ''The Book of Burning'' like ''Conjuration of the watcher'' and ''The Succubus''.

Or Destiny's End.

Thanks for the suggestions! Definitely want to tackle David Chastain at some point

YES PLEASE!!!

Yeah Nightmare Theatre is a must listen, very brutal and evil.

Haven't listened to it. In what manner is it Virgin Steele pray, tell? I would appreciate a wee bit of elaboration on your part friend.

@@Vasilis_Metalhead It is Virgin Steele, Noble Savage era made in 1985, they just used fake names, they didn't want people to know it was Virgin Steele at that time, just one album and they went by Exorcist, with fake names and all that, and it's not like Virgin Steele it has like black metal type of screams, the music is like speed/thrash metal, it's considered underground old school black metal classic though.

@@Vasilis_Metalhead Dave DeFeis does the vocals, it is totally different type of vocals than on virgin steele, but the narration you can kind of tell uses similar effects as on Noble Savage, but more evil sounding.

Original Sin is the same history but replacing DeFeis by his sister on vocals.

Running Wild is way better than Manowar, they've one of the best discography in metal history.

The man just don't understand at all how to sell music in 21 century.

Thanks for the suggestions, Lou! Krokus is high on my list

But I have to disagree with the opinions of The black light bacchanalia and Nocturnes of hellfire and damnation. I love them both and The black light bacchanalia was my first Virgin Steele record so it has a special place for me. It has beauty and power. The voice has aged but I love it and I am thankful for the music.

Love that song too

Hey thanks! And here’s Helloween at least :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_CsDF2kh0mk.html

@@MetalSchoolChannel Oooh, thanks, I've forgotten I've watched (and commented on it) already - I guess I'm not too young to be senile. I’ve always considered these three to be one big band with a couple of break-ups and make-ups, I guess. ❤

@@11thAmeno totally agree. I need to check out more Iron Savior but I love Unification

@@MetalSchoolChannel Do you think you’ll be checking out Thor anytime soon (or at all), haha? Without Thor we wouldn’t have Manowar or similar bands. Please, watch the official video for “Anger” before saying “No”. 😅❤

@@11thAmeno I am definitely open to Thor. I love the Thor Against the World album and I’ve been getting a few requests for him lately too. So maybe one of these days!

Excuse me, invictus, Atreus 1&2 are their best albums

@@DasKuper not for me, not even close