Member	Years	Roles
David DeFeis	1981–present	keyboard, lead vocals
Jack Starr	1981–1984	guitar
Joe O’Reilly	1981–1992	bass guitar
Joey Ayvazian	1981–1995	membranophone
Edward Pursino	1985–present	guitar
Rob DeMartino	1993–2001	bass guitar
Frank Gilchriest	1995–2015	membranophone
Josh Block	2000–present	bass guitar
Matt McKasty	2016–present	membranophone
Kelly Nickels	?–present

Discography

Albums

Virgin Steele

1982 · 10 tracks, 39:08
Track list
1. Danger Zone Lyrics: David DeFeis · Music: David DeFeis, Jack Starr 4:20
2. American Girl Lyrics: Jack Starr · Music: Jack Starr 2:48
3. Dead Ends Kids Lyrics: David DeFeis, Jack Starr · Music: David DeFeis, Jack Starr 3:46
4. Drive on Thru Lyrics: Jack Starr · Music: Jack Starr 3:03
5. Still in Love With You Lyrics: David DeFeis, Jack Starr · Music: Jack Starr, David DeFeis 5:49
6. Children of the Storm Lyrics: David DeFeis, Jack Starr · Music: David DeFeis, Jack Starr 5:47
7. Pictures on You Lyrics: Joey Ayvazian, David DeFeis, Joe O’Reilly, Jack Starr · Music: Joey Ayvazian, David DeFeis, Joe O’Reilly, Jack Starr 3:22
8. Pulverizer Music: Jack Starr 2:05
9. Living in Sin Lyrics: David DeFeis, Jack Starr · Music: David DeFeis, Jack Starr 3:41
10. Virgin Steele Lyrics: David DeFeis · Music: David DeFeis, Jack Starr 4:27
Guardians of the Flame

1983 · 10 tracks, 42:38
Track list
1. Don't Say Goodbye (Tonight) 4:23
2. Burn the Sun Lyrics: Jack Starr · Music: Jack Starr 4:23
3. Life of Crime Lyrics: Jack Starr · Music: Jack Starr 4:40
4. The Redeemer 7:05
5. Birth Through Fire 0:39
6. Guardians of the Flame 6:45
7. Metal City 4:12
8. Hell or High Water 3:16
9. Go All the Way 3:11
10. A Cry in the Night 4:04
Noble Savage

1985 · 10 tracks, 45:54
Track list
1. We Rule the Night 5:40
2. I'm on Fire 3:54
3. Thy Kingdom Come 3:38
4. Image of a Faun at Twilight 1:12
5. Noble Savage 7:29
6. Fight Tooth and Nail 3:32
7. The Evil in Her Eyes 4:42
8. Rock Me 3:37
9. Don't Close Your Eyes 5:10
10. The Angel of Light 7:00
Age of Consent

1988 · 10 tracks, 47:59
Track list
1. On the Wings of the Night 4:41
2. Seventeen 4:21
3. Tragedy 4:22
4. Stay on Top 3:36
5. Chains of Fire 3:35
6. The Burning of Rome 6:41
7. Let It Roar 3:46
8. Lion in Winter 8:12
9. Cry Forever 4:33
10. We Are Eternal 4:09
Life Among the Ruins

1993 · 14 tracks, 54:12
Track list
1. Sex Religion Machine 4:44
2. Love Is Pain 3:52
3. Jet Black 4:12
4. Invitation 1:16
5. I Dress in Black 4:45
6. Crown of Thorns 6:28
7. Cage of Angels 0:54
8. Never Believed in Good-Bye 4:22
9. Too Hot to Handle 4:39
10. Love’s Gone 4:28
11. Wild Fire Woman 4:43
12. Cry Forever 4:31
13. Haunting the Last Hours 0:54
14. Last Rose of Summer 4:18
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part One

1994 · 14 tracks
Track list
1. I Will Come For You
2. Weeping Of The Spirits
3. Blood And Gasoline
4. Self Crucifixion
5. Last Supper
6. Warrior's Lament
7. Trail Of Tears
8. The Raven Song
9. Forever Will I Roam
10. I Wake Up Screaming
11. House Of Dust
12. Blood Of The Saints
13. Life Among The Ruins
14. The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part Two

1995 · 13 tracks, 1:06:15
Track list
1. A Symphony Of Steele 5:21
2. Crown Of Glory 6:01
3. From Chaos To Creation 1:44
4. Twilight Of The Gods 4:02
5. Rising Unchained 5:43
6. Transfiguration 3:52
7. Prometheus The Fallen One 7:47
8. Emalaith 9:52
9. Strawgirl 5:27
10. Devil/Angel 4:17
11. Unholy Water 5:35
12. Victory Is Mine 4:20
13. The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Revisited 2:14
Invictus

1998 · 16 tracks, 1:15:41
Track list
1. The Blood of Vengeance 1:53
2. Invictus 5:35
3. Mind, Body, Spirit 7:17
4. In the Arms of the Death God 1:19
5. Through Blood and Fire 5:30
6. Sword of the Gods 7:32
7. God of Our Sorrows 1:19
8. Vow of Honour 1:02
9. Defiance 6:30
10. Dust From the Burning 4:32
11. Amaranth 0:22
12. A Whisper of Death 8:52
13. Dominion Day 6:35
14. A Shadow of Fear 6:11
15. Theme From 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' 0:22
16. Veni, Vidi, Vici 10:43
The House of Atreus: Act I

1999 · 22 tracks, 1:14:01
Track list
1. Kingdom of the Fearless (The Destruction of Troy) 7:39
2. Blaze of Victory (The Watchman's Song) 3:59
3. Through the Ring of Fire 5:24
4. Prelude in A minor (The Voyage Home) 1:13
5. Death Darkly Closed Their Eyes (The Messenger's Song) 1:25
6. In Triumph or Tragedy 1:43
7. Return of the King 4:24
8. Flames of the Black Star (The Arrows of Herakles) 6:30
9. Narcissus 1:13
10. And Hecate Smiled 2:57
11. A Song of Prophecy 2:16
12. Child of Desolation 4:48
13. G minor Invention (Descent Into Death's Twilight Kingdom) 2:58
14. Day of Wrath 1:51
15. Great Sword of Flame 4:29
16. The Gift of Tantalos 1:56
17. Iphigenia in Hades 2:01
18. The Fire God Lyrics: David DeFeis · Music: Edward Pursino, David DeFeis 4:42
19. Garden of Lamentation 1:47
20. Agony and Shame 5:16
21. Gate of Kings 3:45
22. Via Sacra 1:35
The House of Atreus: Act II

2000 · 23 tracks, 1:29:21
Track list

Disc 1
1. Wings of Vengeance 5:12
2. Hymn to the Gods of Night 0:46
3. Fire of Ecstasy 5:16
4. The Oracle of Apollo 1:34
5. The Voice as Weapon 4:41
6. Moira 2:24
7. Nemesis 3:28
8. The Wine of Violence 5:39
9. A Token of My Hatred 8:24
10. Summoning the Powers 7:59
Disc 2
1. Flames of Thy Power (From Blood They Rise) 5:38
2. Arms of Mercury 4:50
3. The By the Gods Suite: By the Gods 4:04
4. The By the Gods Suite: Areopagos 0:27
5. The By the Gods Suite: The Judgment of the Son 1:56
6. The By the Gods Suite: Hammer the Winds 1:31
7. The By the Gods Suite: Guilt or Innocence 1:08
8. The Legends Suite: The Fields of Asphodel 1:16
9. The Legends Suite: When the Legends Die 5:59
10. The Legends Suite: Anemone (Withered Hopes... Forsaken) 0:55
11. The Waters of Acheron 1:14
12. Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor (The Death of Orestes) 4:21
13. Resurrection Day (The Finale) 10:29
The Book of Burning

2001 · 16 tracks
Track list
1. Conjuration Of The Watcher
2. Don't Say Goodbye (Tonight)
3. Rain Of Fire
4. Annihilation
5. Hellfire Woman
6. Children Of The Storm Lyrics: David DeFeis, Jack Starr · Music: Jack Starr, David DeFeis
7. The Chosen Ones
8. The Succubus
9. Minuet In G Minor
10. The Redeemer
11. I Am The One
12. Hot And Wild
13. Birth Through Fire
14. Guardians Of The Flame
15. The Final Days
16. A Cry In The Night
Visions of Eden

2006 · 11 tracks, 1:19:47
Track list & credits
1. Immortal I Stand (The Birth of Adam) 6:33
2. Adorned With the Rising Cobra 9:40
3. The Ineffable Name 7:50
4. Black Light on Black 7:03
5. Bonedust 6:11
6. Angel of Death 8:37
7. God Above God 7:15
8. The Hidden God 6:53
9. Childslayer 5:25
10. When Dusk Fell 6:58
11. Visions of Eden 7:18
Production

David DeFeis

mastering, producer, engineer

Ed Warrin

engineer

Steve Young

mastering, mixer

Artwork

Gail Flug

photography

Matti Hillig

photography

Marisa Jacobi

graphic design
The Black Light Bacchanalia

2010 · 11 tracks, 1:16:22
Track list
1. By the Hammer of Zeus (And the Wrecking Ball of Thor) 8:05
2. Pagan Heart 6:19
3. The Bread of Wickedness 3:12
4. In a Dream of Fire 5:56
5. Nepenthe (I Live Tomorrow) 5:20
6. The Orpheus Taboo 7:43
7. To Crown Them With Halos (Parts 1 & 2) 11:16
8. The Black Light Bacchanalia (The Age That Is to Come) 7:19
9. The Torture's of the Damned 2:59
10. Necropolis (He Answers Them With Death) 9:08
11. Eternal Regret 9:01
Nocturnes of Hellfire & Damnation

2015 · 14 tracks, 1:18:59
Track list
1. Lucifer's Hammer 5:41
2. Queen of the Dead 4:16
3. To Darkness Eternal 0:57
4. Black Sun - Black Mass 5:08
5. Persephone 7:28
6. Devilhead 5:22
7. Demolition Queen 8:19
8. The Plague and the Fire 6:29
9. We Disappear 7:54
10. A Damned Apparition 1:33
11. Glamour 5:19
12. Delirium 7:33
13. Hymns to Damnation 6:55
14. Fallen Angels 6:05
Ghost Harvest - Vintage I - Black Wine for Mourning

2018 · 13 tracks, 1:18:18
Track list
1. Seven Dead Within 7:59
2. Green Dusk Blues 7:42
3. Psychic Slaughter 5:57
4. Bonedust (Orchestral Version) 6:31
5. Hearts on Fire 5:08
6. Child of the Morning Star 5:14
7. Murder in High-Gloss Relief 1:13
8. Feral 10:02
9. Justine 7:40
10. Princess Amy 5:18
11. Wicked Game 9:04
12. Little Wing 4:20
13. The Gods Don't Remember... 2:10
Ghost Harvest - Vintage II - Red Wine for Warning

2018 · 26 tracks, 1:19:09
Track list
1. The Evil in Her Eyes (Piano & Vocal Version) 4:24
2. Feelin' Alright 4:24
3. Sister Moon 4:07
4. Sweating Into Dawn 0:21
5. Summertime 3:58
6. Black Leaves Swirl Down My Street 0:57
7. Rip Off 4:01
8. The Gods Are Hungry Poem 2:02
9. The Poisoned Wound 2:16
10. The Birth of Beauty 6:03
11. Profession of Violence... 3:58
12. Rock Steady 5:16
13. Nutshell 5:36
14. Slow & Easy "Intro" 2:00
15. Jesus Just Left Chicago 2:45
16. Soul Kitchen 1:13
17. When the Music's Over 1:06
18. Crawling King Snake 1:13
19. When the Music's Over "Reprise" 1:11
20. Imhullu 1:19
21. After Dark 2:56
22. Wake the Dead 1:11
23. The Graveyard Dance 0:56
24. The Triple Goddess 8:01
25. Twilight of the Gods (Live Acoustic Rehearsal Version) 4:15
26. Transfiguration (Live Acoustic Rehearsal Version) 3:40
Gothic Voodoo Anthems

2018 · 19 tracks, 1:19:36
Track list
1. I Will Come for You (Orchestral Version) 7:14
2. Queen of the Dead (Orchestral Version) 3:41
3. The Orpheus Taboo (Orchestral Version) 7:27
4. Kingdom of the Fearless (The Destruction of Troy) (Orchestral Version) 7:49
5. The Black Light Bacchanalia (The Age That Is to Come) (Orchestral Version) 7:13
6. Zeus Ascendant 1:14
7. By the Hammer of Zeus (and the Wrecking Ball of Thor) (Orchestral Version) 8:06
8. Rumanian Folk Dance No. 3 "PE LOC" 0:52
9. Delirium "Excerpt" 1:14
10. Snakeskin Voodoo Man (Orchestral Version) 4:30
11. The Enchanter 4:41
12. Bone China 3:20
13. No Quarter 3:30
14. Bone China "Reprise" 0:47
15. Chloe Dancer 2:12
16. Gentle Groove 3:45
17. Darkness-Darkness 4:41
18. Death Letter Blues 3:51
19. Spoonful 3:29
The Passion of Dionysus

2023 · 10 tracks, 1:19:45
Track list
1. The Gethsemane Effect 7:08
2. You'll Never See the Sun Again 9:20
3. A Song of Possession 5:51
4. The Ritual of Descent 12:41
5. Spiritual Warfare 7:50
6. Black Earth & Blood 2:24
7. The Passion of Dionysus 8:09
8. To Bind & Kill a God 8:17
9. Unio Mystica 9:15
10. I Will Fear No Man for I Am a God 8:46