VIRGIN STEELE Frontman Has 'Incredibly Prolific' Winter

May 9, 2003

VIRGIN STEELE frontman David DeFeis has completed over 40 pieces of music for the much-anticipated "Lilith Project", according to the group's official web site. "He has recorded and sent over to the theatre for the upcoming performances 11 (eleven) instrumental pieces and 18 (eighteen) songs. Hopefully the majority of these compositions will actually be heard in the final outcome of the theatre's presentation!

"These works, plus all the others not used but already prepared, make enough material for perhaps the next 3 or 4 VIRGIN STEELE albums, and in addition to this music, David tells us that besides these works, he has many more songs in various stages of completion! This past winter has been incredibly prolific for him! Some titles we were allowed to hear were: 'When Gods Dream (Raging Lust In Heaven)', 'And In The Red Sea...', 'The Hidden God', 'Adorned With The Rising Cobra' (which is a massive Epic!),'In The Prison Of Your Sleep', 'The Ineffable Name', 'Angel Of Death' and 'Childslayer'.

"We believe these works to be epic, bombastic and totally full-on metal, sort of like Conan the Barbarian meets Wagner in a dark gothic cave! Several tracks contain a very eerie, dark haunting quality that would be very much at home in a Horror Movie such as 'The Omen', 'The Ninth Gate' or 'The Exorcist' ... ! All are extremely heavy, moody and melodic. It is music to accompany either the ending of the world, the birthing of a new world or both!!! The works we heard feature David playing all of the instruments, orchestrations and vocals. We sincerely hope these songs make their way onto a CD soon, as it is our belief that these are some of the finest compositions ever to emerge from him.

"When we asked David about this 'Metal-Opera', he told us: 'I don't think of it as a Metal-Opera. What it really is, ... is the soundtrack for a major motion picture that has yet to be made! And by the fucking hammer of Zeus .... I will make this film one day!!!" He calls this work ...'a barbaric-romantic movie of the mind'."

The "Lilith Project" premiere will take place on June 24 in Memmingen, with many more dates to follow. VIRGIN STEELE will be appearing live at The Summer Day In Hell Festival in Italy on June 28, and the Agglutination Festival in Italy on August 9.

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