Hymns to Victory


Hymns to Victory is a compilation album by American heavy metal band Virgin Steele. It was released in January 2002 by Noise Records to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the band, together with the album The Book of Burning.

Track listing

All lyrics by David DeFeis. Music by David DeFeis except tracks 8, 10, 12 by DeFeis / Edward Pursino
  1. "Flames of Thy Power " – 5:38
  2. "Through the Ring of Fire" – 5:25
  3. "Invictus" – 5:35
  4. "Crown of Glory " – 6:40
  5. "Kingdom of the Fearless " – 7:39
  6. "The Spirit of Steele " – 3:24
  7. "A Symphony of Steele " – 5:20
  8. "The Burning of Rome " – 6:38
  9. "I Will Come for You" – 5:48
  10. "Saturday Night" – 4:09
  11. "Noble Savage " – 7:06
  12. "Mists of Avalon" – 5:09
  13. "Emalaith" – 9:55
Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13 remastered
Track 4, 7, 11 previously unreleased alternate mix
Track 6 previously unreleased acoustic version
Tracks 10, 12 previously unreleased songs

Members

  • David DeFeis – vocals, keyboards and orchestration, swords on 5, 8, bass on 1, 3, 8, all instruments on 6
  • Edward Pursino – guitars, bass on 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12
  • Frank Gilchriest – drums on 1, 2, 3
  • Joey Ayvazian – drums on 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
  • Joe O'Reilly – bass on 11
  • Steve Young – slide guitar solo on 12