INVICTUS - ALBUM INFOS

Invictus

Released 1998 On Noise/T&T

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Track listing: The Blood Of Vengeance - Invictus - Mind, Body, Spirit - In The Arms Of The Death God - Through Blood And Fire - Sword Of The Gods - God Of Our Sorrows - Vow Of Honour - Defiance - Dust From The Burning - Amaranth - A Whisper Of Death - Dominion Day - A Shadow Of Fear - Theme from "The Marriage.." - Veni, Vidi, Vici

Crown Of Glory, 636 kb

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Review: "Invictus" is the conclusion of the trilogy opened by "Marriage I" and it turns out as the heavier Virgin Steele album. Let me first point out what I don't like: the vocals are too screamy, I find them exaggerated, like "I must prove I'm mean and vicious, grrrrrr....", and secondly, there's a really horrible song like "Mind, Body, Spirit", whose heavy part is so banal and weak it seems to come out of Manowar's horrendous "Louder Than Hell". As for the rest, we find what Virgin Steele always offered, in a more aggressive and modern way (just listen to the dynamic, almost thrashy drum parts and complex drilling riffs) and long, dramatic epic songs full of keys and atmospheres, the true adult epic metal - only this time much weaker. There are also very beautiful and poetic interludes between some of the songs. The way the deicide plot unfolds shows David knows ancient mythology, since it's build following closely what always happened in every ancient days' myth: the killing of a father-god from his successor, in this case the last godly reign before the triumph of humanity. A sufficient work, but I expect much more from Virgin Steele.

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Line up: David DeFeis (vocals, keyboard, synth bass), Edward Pursino (guitar, bass guitar), Frank Gilchriest (drums).

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