--- title: "Virgin Steele" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/virgin-steele" genre: "Heavy Metal" country: "United States" formed: 1981 --- # Virgin Steele **Virgin Steele** is a heavy metal band, from United States, active 1981 to present. Virgin Steele is an American heavy metal band from New York, originally formed in 1981. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Steele ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Virgin Steele | | Genre | Heavy Metal | | Parent genre | Heavy Metal | | Origin | Long Island, United States | | Formed | 1981 | | Releases in catalog | 21 | ## Genres [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) · [Power Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/power-metal) · [US Power Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/us-power-metal) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Kelly Nickels](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kelly-nickels) | | | Current | | [David DeFeis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/david-defeis) | Keyboard, Lead vocals | 1981 to present | Current | | [Edward Pursino](https://themetalnet.com/musician/edward-pursino) | Guitar | 1985 to present | Current | | [Josh Block](https://themetalnet.com/musician/josh-block) | Bass guitar | 2000 to present | Current | | [Matt McKasty](https://themetalnet.com/musician/matt-mckasty) | Membranophone | 2016 to present | Current | | [Jack Starr](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jack-starr) | Guitar | 1981 to 1984 | Former | | [Frank Gilchriest](https://themetalnet.com/musician/frank-gilchriest) | Membranophone | 1995 to 2015 | Former | | [Joe O’Reilly](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joe-o-reilly) | Bass guitar | 1981 to 1992 | Former | | [Joey Ayvazian](https://themetalnet.com/musician/joey-ayvazian) | Membranophone | 1981 to 1995 | Former | | [Rob DeMartino](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rob-demartino) | Bass guitar | 1993 to 2001 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1982 | [Virgin Steele](https://themetalnet.com/album/c14acb5d-fcc2-3c47-8314-8c289103337d) | Album | | 1983 | [Guardians of the Flame](https://themetalnet.com/album/2a8473d5-774a-3bde-932f-4a2738f2ff68) | Album | | 1983 | [Wait for the Night](https://themetalnet.com/album/b2d3bf4c-da76-41d5-92ea-849177b2edcd) | EP | | 1985 | [Noble Savage](https://themetalnet.com/album/1f97ddda-762c-39a6-8617-63334f2df2c1) | Album | | 1988 | [Age of Consent](https://themetalnet.com/album/ff4e63cd-60aa-398c-a865-c697b8312aab) | Album | | 1993 | [Life Among the Ruins](https://themetalnet.com/album/bfd60dd7-4d46-3eeb-9ff4-cb3201623ae4) | Album | | 1994 | [The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part One](https://themetalnet.com/album/4ccbeff1-03a9-3a6b-8092-a5a2390487cd) | Album | | 1995 | [The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part Two](https://themetalnet.com/album/43c77fb9-5a77-39c5-9c5c-87d23a530118) | Album | | 1998 | [Invictus](https://themetalnet.com/album/27006221-1dcf-310c-8628-df70a872a434) | Album | | 1999 | [The House of Atreus: Act I](https://themetalnet.com/album/15374764-59e4-3f13-aaa3-1f9577369127) | Album | | 2000 | [Magick Fire Music](https://themetalnet.com/album/5d8867f7-1c40-3ade-9472-089932702f6d) | EP | | 2000 | [The House of Atreus: Act II](https://themetalnet.com/album/2f9e10fb-e7f6-3da3-9e23-b99c15d41a58) | Album | | 2001 | [The Book of Burning](https://themetalnet.com/album/9d6b7670-78e1-3c0a-b99b-ac0dc3df9fac) | Album | | 2006 | [Visions of Eden](https://themetalnet.com/album/8e4c6ad9-4a23-32fe-bddf-75117cd7df89) | Album | | 2010 | [The Black Light Bacchanalia](https://themetalnet.com/album/dd1211be-85ec-480e-9644-eb832b19c229) | Album | | 2012 | [Life Among The Ruins](https://themetalnet.com/album/bb6923bd-a82d-48e6-aa7f-718a7b46ea9d) | Album | | 2015 | [Nocturnes of Hellfire & Damnation](https://themetalnet.com/album/ac23ba6b-81e7-46f0-ae48-162eb7454b1e) | Album | | 2018 | [Ghost Harvest - Vintage I - Black Wine for Mourning](https://themetalnet.com/album/2d17de86-2277-4596-8b15-3ecc8119fd63) | Album | | 2018 | [Ghost Harvest - Vintage II - Red Wine for Warning](https://themetalnet.com/album/6cdb8dee-e5c6-461d-a678-7f8753497374) | Album | | 2018 | [Gothic Voodoo Anthems](https://themetalnet.com/album/a14a1db7-b2cb-48fe-955f-6d4a718af67f) | Album | | 2023 | [The Passion of Dionysus](https://themetalnet.com/album/3861b2cf-a9bc-455a-b613-ba1ed6a6006c) | Album | ## Related bands - [Helloween](https://themetalnet.com/band/helloween) (listened together) - [Blind Guardian](https://themetalnet.com/band/blind-guardian) (listened together) - [Gamma Ray](https://themetalnet.com/band/gamma-ray) (listened together) - [Iced Earth](https://themetalnet.com/band/iced-earth) (listened together) - [Primal Fear](https://themetalnet.com/band/primal-fear) (listened together) - [Edguy](https://themetalnet.com/band/edguy) (listened together) - [Rage](https://themetalnet.com/band/rage) (listened together) - [Queensrÿche](https://themetalnet.com/band/queensryche-deeea939) (listened together) - [Iron Savior](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-savior) (listened together) - [Ozzy Osbourne](https://themetalnet.com/band/ozzy-osbourne) (listened together) - [Deep Purple](https://themetalnet.com/band/deep-purple) (listened together) - [Arch Enemy](https://themetalnet.com/band/arch-enemy) (listened together) ## Official and external links - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Virgin_Steele/105 - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VIRGINSTEELEOFFICIAL - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-dowCJdnRoEPs-2u6-ypbQ - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/138734 - bandcamp: https://virginsteele.bandcamp.com/ - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4npN9NLDTitqe7UKQj5lxY - x: https://twitter.com/VIRGINSTEELE1 - apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/3255648 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/virgin-steele](https://themetalnet.com/band/virgin-steele). 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