SPV/Steamhammer is re-releasing VIRGIN STEELE's Life Among The Ruins. This two CD digipak re-release comes with massive bonus tracks and a huge booklet with new liner notes and unseen photos by David DeFeis.

Release dates:

Europe: June 18th

Germany: June 15th

USA/Canada: July 17th

Life Among The Ruins was the fifth full length studio album by US heavy metal band Virgin Steele. It was originally released in 1993 and it`s the first album with bassist Rob DeMartino, who replaced Joe O'Reilly, retired from the scene.

David DeFeis comments on the re-release: "We will shortly be re-releasing our Life Among The Ruins album. This 2012 version will be in digi-pak form and contain not one...but two discs with a large amount of extra ingredients. On the first disc we include five rare and unvarnished acoustic recordings, plus a full band bonus track. On disc number two we have included 20 tracks. These tracks consist of a large amount of newly recorded material completed just this week, as well as alternate mixes of some of the album's original tracks. And in addition we have also included a never released track from somewhere around that period of time. All the material has been re-mastered, and the package will feature copious liner notes, photos and unique packaging....!"

Tracklisting - double digipak including new booklet with rare photos and new liner notes by David DeFeis:

CD1: Life Among The Ruins

'Sex Religion Machine'

'Love Is Pain'

'Jet Black''

'Invitation'

'I Dress In Black (Woman With No Shadow)'

'Crown Of Thorns'

'Cage Of Angels'

'Never Believed In Goodbye'

'Too Hot To Handle'

'Love’s Gone'

'Snakeskin Voodoo Man (Full Electric Version - Bonus Track)

'Wildfire Woman'

'Haunting The Last Hours '

'Last Rose Of Summer'

Additional Bonus Tracks:

'Snakeskin Voodoo Man' (Live Acoustic Rehearsal Version)

'Jet Black' (Live Acoustic Rehearsal Version)

'Purple Rain' (Live Acoustic Rehearsal Version)

'Wildfire Woman' (Live Acoustic Rehearsal Version)

'Eyes Without A Face' (Live Acoustic Rehearsal Version)

CD2: My Mourning Clothes

'When The Levee Breaks (New Bonus Track)

'Sympathy For The Devil (New Bonus Track)

'My Mourning Clothes (New Bonus Track)

'Mambo Sun (New Bonus Track)

'Ballrooms Of Mars (New Bonus Track)

The Vertical Soul Suite:

'Wild Thing (New Bonus Track)

'The Moonrise In Your Skin (New Bonus Track)

'Wild Thing Reprise' (New Bonus Track)

'The Magick In Your Sin' (New Bonus Track)

'Sex Religion Machine' (Never Released New York Mix)

'Jet Black' (Never Released New York Mix)

'Crown Of Thorns' (Never Released New York Mix)

'Cage Of Angels' (Never Released New York Mix)

'Never Believed In Goodbye' (Never Released New York Mix)

'Love Is Pain-Usa' (Never Released New York Mix)

'Invitation' (Never Released New York Mix)

'I Dress In Black (Woman With No Shadow)' (Never Released New York Mix)

'Too Hot To Handle' (Never Released New York Mix)

'Love’S Gone' (Never Released New York Mix)

'Flesh & Blood' (Never Released New York Mix)

For more details visit Virgin-steele.com.