Virgin Steele - (PRESALE 8/21/26) Life Among the Ruins (2xCD STEAMHAMMER 2026) | NEW

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Life Among the Ruins
(Reissue)
Artist: Virgin Steele Format: CD Release Date: 8/21/2026
LABEL: Steamhammer
VENDOR: Mnrk Music Group LP
DISTRIBUTOR: AMPED
NUMBER OF DISCS: 2
UPC: 693723308449
GENRE: Heavy Metal
RELEASE DATE: 8/21/2026
PRODUCT ID: SMHE308442.2
WEIGHT: .25 lb
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DESCRIPTION
Expanded two CD edition of this 1993 album from the New York-based Heavy Metal band. 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. 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. This is the first album with bassist Rob DeMartino, who replaced Joe O'Reilly, retired from the scene.
Tracks
Credits
- Disc 1 -
1
Sex Religion Machine
2
Love Is Pain
3
Jet Black
4
Invitation
5
I Dress in Black (Woman with No Shadow)
6
Crown of Thorns
7
Cage of Angels [Instrumental]
8
Never Believed in Good-Bye
9
Too Hot to Handle
10
Love's Gone
11
Snakeskin Voodoo Man [Full Band Version] [Version]
12
Wildfire Woman
13
Haunting the Last Hours [Instrumental]
14
Last Rose of Summer
15
Snakeskin Voodoo Man [Live Acoustic Rehearsal Version] [Version]
16
Jet Black [Live Acoustic Rehearsal Version] [Version]
17
Purple Rain [Live Acoustic Rehearsal Version] [Version]
18
Wildfire Woman [Live Acoustic Rehearsal Version] [Version]
19
Eyes Without a Face [Live Acoustic Rehearsal Version] [Version]
- Disc 2 -
1
When the Levee Breaks
2
Sympathy for the Devil
3
My Mourning Clothes
4
Mambo Sun
5
Ballrooms of Mars
6
Wild Thing
7
The Moonrise in Your Skin
8
Wild Thing Reprise
9
The Magick of Your Sin
10
Sex Religion Machine [Rare New York Mix]
11
Jet Black [Rare New York Mix]
12
Crown of Thorns [Rare New York Mix]
13
Cage of Angels [Rare New York Mix] [Instrumental]
14
Never Believed in Good-Bye [Rare New York Mix]
15
Love Is Pain [Rare New York Mix]
16
Invitation [Rare New York Mix]
17
I Dress in Black (Woman with No Shadow) [Rare New York Mix]
18
Too Hot to Handle [Rare New York Mix]
19
Love's Gone [Rare New York Mix]
20
Flesh & Blood [Rare Never Released Demo] [Demo Version]

• Condition: NEW
• Format: CD
• Genre: METAL
• Format Type: 2XCD
• Released: 8/21/2026