Virgin Steele - Guardians of the Flame - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

An ethno-pop/psyche rarity, the Black Diamond Trio's 1979 self-titled album centers around an Israeli trio composed of Avner Zadok (guitar, vocals), Miri Mor (vocals), and Richard Peritz (guitar, vocals) backed by bass, drums, flute, and aided by the string section of Israel's Philharmonic orchestra. The flavor here is mellow psychedelia with the group singing in both Hebrew and English, with excellent musicianship from all involved. Black Diamond was the nickname of a young major in an Israeli intelligence unit who introduced Peritz to the well know Israeli songwriter Zadok, which led to this trio being formed. Original copies of this unusual LP sell for hundreds of dollars, making it exceedingly rare. At long last, this unique album has been newly remastered and finally made available again.

Hot on the heels of last summer's brand new Bombastic Epic InchTHE PASSION OF DIONYSUSInch, this summer the very first Virgin Steele album will be re-issued on August 23, 2024.David DeFeis has included an additional moniker to this re- he calls it InchThe Anniversary EditionInch, for he has completely re-mixed the album start to finish from the original multi-tracks. He states, InchI added that additional title because one, this is indeed a very special re-issue. And two this isa celebration. Every song on the album has been lovingly restored, with faith, heart & Steele. Incredibly for the most part the original multi-tracktapes held up quite well, but now and again some creative decisions had to be made, which not only did not at all hinder the record's resurrection, but in the end actually resulted in making the album stronger, and the songs even more interesting. The original fire has been kept enhanced, andsonically there is greater definition all around. You can really appreciate the explosive performances from everyone. It's like being back in the studiothe day it was recorded. In addition to the inclusion of the early demos, we were also able to include several new bonus tracks.

Heaven's Guardian - Chronos [COMPACT DISCS] date 12/15/2023