In 1993, Rob De Martino was chosen as the new bass player and Virgin Steele came back with Life Among the Ruins , an album of Whitesnake -influenced hard rock with a strong bluesy vein. The song “Last rose of Summer” is the highlight of the cd. Featuring none of the trademark epic and mythology-based elements of the band, Life Among the Ruins is probably the most atypical release in the Virgin Steele discography and disliked by many die-hard classic metal fans. Quite interesting is the fact the American version has got a different cover and a bonus-track called “Snakeskin Voodoo Man” (published as a stand-alone single too) while many video-clips, taken from this album, were included into the home-video “Tale Of The Snakeskin Voodoo Man”.
In 1993, Rob De Martino was chosen as the new bass player and Virgin
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