House of Atreus Act I - Ancient Greek Tragedy Play Script & Literature (Perfect for Theater Productions, Drama Classes & Greek Mythology Enthusiasts)

Talk about "sustained excellence". There not only isn't a bad track on any of the Virgin Steele albums since Invictus, there aren't even any average ones. Every single song (excepting only the ridiculous "Saturday Night" on Hymns to Victory, the hits package) on all of these albums -- and that's hours of music -- is simply as good as epic, symphonic, "true" or power metal get.It doesn't seem like they ever did get a high level of commerical success. It doesn't matter. We don't judge artists by their popularity nor by their worst works, we judge them by the aesthetic and spiritual quality of their greatest works. This record is one of the greatest albums in this genre you will ever hear. Virgin Steele deserves every bit of their legendary position in the history of metal, even if it's only the elites who seem to know they exist. You must add this one (and Invictus, and Part Two, and for that matter all their records with Pursino) to your collection right away -- unless you're some kind of tasteless doofus, of course, in which case you likely wouldn't have found out about this band anyway.