Life Among the Ruins - Composition

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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.[5] 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 I.[6] This is the first album with bassist Rob DeMartino, who replaced Joe O'Reilly, retired from the scene.

Life Among the Ruins

Studio album by

Virgin Steele

Released

1993

Studio

Total Recall, Baldwin, Nassau County, New York
Studio Works, Island Park, New York
2econd City, Glen Cove, New York
BearTracks Studios, Suffern, New York

Genre

Hard rock

Length

59:28

Label

Shark Records

Producer

David DeFeis, Ed Pursino, Chris Bubacz, Virgin Steele

Virgin Steele chronology

Age of Consent
(1988)

Life Among the Ruins
(1993)

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part I
(1995)

Alternative CD cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10[2]
Imperiumi	[3]
Imperiumi	[4]

Track listing

All lyrics by David DeFeis, music as indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sex Religion Machine"	(DeFeis, Ed Pursino)	4:43
2.	"Love Is Pain"	(DeFeis)	3:53
3.	"Jet Black"	(DeFeis, Pursino)	4:13
4.	"Invitation"	(DeFeis)	1:16
5.	"I Dress in Black (Woman with No Shadow)"	(DeFeis)	4:46
6.	"Crown of Thorns"	(DeFeis, Pursino)	6:28
7.	"Cage of Angels" (instrumental)	(DeFeis)	0:54
8.	"Never Believed in Good-Bye"	(DeFeis)	4:23
9.	"Too Hot to Handle"	(DeFeis, Pursino)	4:39
10.	"Love's Gone"	(DeFeis, Pursino, Teddy Cook)	4:29
11.	"Snakeskin Voodoo Man" (American bonus track)	(Dave Ferrara, Pursino, Joey Ayvazian, Rob DeMartino)	5:16
12.	"Wild Fire Woman"	(DeFeis, Pursino)	4:43
13.	"Cry Forever"	(DeFeis)	4:32
14.	"Haunting the Last Hours" (instrumental)	(DeFeis)	0:54
15.	"Last Rose of Summer"	(DeFeis)	4:19

2012 CD remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Snakeskin Voodoo Man" (live acoustic rehearsal version)	4:02
17.	"Jet Black" (live acoustic rehearsal version)	4:18
18.	"Purple Rain" (live acoustic rehearsal version)	4:49
19.	"Wildfire Woman" (live acoustic rehearsal version)	4:35

Disk Two (The "My Mourning Clothes" CD)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"When the Levee Breaks" (Led Zeppelin cover)	6:39
2.	"Sympathy for the Devil" (Rolling Stones cover)	4:19
3.	"My Mourning Clothes"	7:51
4.	"Mambo Sun"	3:42
5.	"Ballrooms of Mars"	3:28

The Vertical Soul Suite
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Wild Thing"	1:46
7.	"The Moonrise in your Skin"	0:55
8.	"Wild Thing Reprise"	0:57
9.	"The Magick in your Sin"	1:12

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Sex Religion Machine" (Rare New York Mix)	4:44
11.	"Jet Black" (Rare New York Mix)	4:11
12.	"Crown Of Thorns" (Rare New York Mix)	6:29
13.	"Cage Of Angels" (Rare New York Mix)	0:54
14.	"Never Believed In Goodbye" (Rare New York Mix)	4:24
15.	"Love Is Pain" (Rare New York Mix)	3:53
16.	"Invitation" (Rare New York Mix)	1:14
17.	"I Dress In Black (Woman With No Shadow)" (Rare New York Mix)	4:44
18.	"Too Hot To Handle" (Rare New York Mix)	4:38
19.	"Love's Gone" (Rare New York Mix)	4:27
20.	"Flesh And Blood" (Rare Never Released Demo)	4:41

Personnel

Band members

David DeFeis - vocals, keyboards
Ed Pursino - all guitars, bass
Rob DeMartino - bass
Joey Ayvazian - drums

Additional musicians

Teddy Cook - bass on tracks 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12
Dave Ferrara - lead guitar on track 11

Production

Virgin Steele - producers on tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11
DeFeis / Pursino - producers on tracks 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14
DeFeis / Chris Bubacz - producers on tracks 13, 15

References

Reesman, Bryan. "Virgin Steele Life Among the Ruins review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 489. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
Tero Kukkonen (2012-09-26). "Levyarviot: Virgin Steele - Life Among The Ruins (reissue)". Imperiumi. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
Jussi Kallinen (2009-01-26). "Levyarviot: Virgin Steele - Life Among The Ruins (reissue)". Imperiumi. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
"Virgin Steele - Life Among the Ruins". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
Jensen, Tommy B. (2004-07-15). "Virgin Steele - Life Among The Ruins". RevelationZ Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2010-04-09.

v t e Virgin Steele
Discography Albums
Studio albums	Virgin Steele Guardians of the Flame Noble Savage Age of Consent Life Among the Ruins The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part I The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part II Invictus The House of Atreus Act I The House of Atreus Act II Visions of Eden The Black Light Bacchanalia Nocturnes of Hellfire & Damnation Seven Devils Moonshine
EPs	Wait for the Night Magick Fire Music
Compilations	Hymns to Victory The Book of Burning
Band members	David DeFeis Jack Starr

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Life Among the Ruins (рус. «Жизнь среди руин») — пятый студийный альбом американской рок-группы Virgin Steele, вышедший в марте 1993 года на лейбле Shark Records. Музыка этого альбома блюзовый хард-рок и мелодичный металл, больше похожий на ранние записи Whitesnake, чем на пауэр-метал таких альбомов, как Noble Savage и The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part I[1]. Это первый альбом с басистом Робом ДеМартино, который заменил Джо О’Рейли.

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