Description

Black vinyl with lyric insert and poster. Limited 400 copies

The story. In 1985, Jack Starr was on the way out of Virgin Steele, due to disagreements with the rest of the band. To let off creative steam, David DeFeis did some songwriting for Cobra Records artists like Piledriver, and also the band jammed with a new guitarist, Edward Pursino. Finally, they decided to record an album but could not release it as Virgin Steele since the name belonged to Jack Starr. They put out the “Nightmare Theatre” album under the name Exorcist. They then kicked out Jack Starr and one lawsuit later, the name Virgin Steele was Dave’s and Edward was in the band. But part of the settlement was that Exorcist would remain Exorcist and not be associated with the Virgin Steele “Noble Savage” line-up that wrote it. Interesting fact: The song “Call for the Exorcist” eventually evolved into “Fire of Ecstasy” that would, fifteen years later, appear on Virgin Steele’s album The House of Atreus – Act II. (The songs are different, but some riffs and lyrics are clearly identical.)

Track list:
1. Black Mass
2. The Invocation
3. Burnt Offerings
4. The Hex
5. Possessed
6. Call For The Exorcist
7. Death By Bewitchment
8. The Trial
9. Execution Of The Witches
10. Consuming Flames Of Redemption
11. Megwatt Mayhem
12. Riding To Hell
13. Queen Of The Dead
14. Lucifer’s Lament
15. The Banishment
16. Spin Your Head Around Backwards