- heavy metal, rock
- 54 min
- 14 tracks
- T&T Records
Life Among the Ruins is the fifth full-length studio album by American heavy metal band Virgin Steele. It was released in 1993, after almost five years of inactivity. It is the first album with bassist Rob DeMartino, who replaced Joe O'Reilly, retired from the scene.
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Grave, classical in form, spare and raw.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- 1Sex Religion Machine4:45
- 2Love Is Pain3:53
- 3Jet Black4:13
- 4Invitation1:16
- 5I Dress in Black4:46
- 6Crown of Thorns6:28
- 7Cage of Angels0:54
- 8Never Believed in Good-Bye4:23
- 9Too Hot to Handle4:40
- 10Love’s Gone4:28
- 11Wild Fire Woman4:43
- 12Cry Forever4:31
- 13Haunting the Last Hours0:54
- 14Last Rose of Summer4:19
14 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Virgin Steele
- Label
- T&T Records
- Released
- 1993
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- DE
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