Virgin Steele - The Book of Burning (2002/Noise)
Rating - 8.0

Hellfire Woman--RealAudio

This release features eight re-recorded tracks from the band's early catalog, and eight new songs/interludes. It is the result of not being able to reissue those first couple of albums - for a variety of reasons (one of which being a supposed feud between Defeis and Jack Starr).
Both "Hellfire Woman" and "The Chosen Ones" are good crunchers, with other strong spots being "Don't Say Goodbye (Tonight)", "Rain of Fire," "Children of the Storm," "The Succubus," "I Am the One," and "Hot and Wild".
A nice acoustic version of "A Cry in the Night" closes the effort out.

TRACK LIST: Conjuration of the Watcher/Don't Say Goodbye (Tonight)/Rain of Fire/Annihilation/Hellfire Woman/Children of the Storm/The Chosen Ones/The Succubus/Minuet in G Minor/The Redeemer/I Am the One/Hot and Wild/Birth Through Fire/Guardians of the Flame/The Final Days/A Cry in the Night

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