The following update has been issued via the official VIRGIN STEELE website:

David DeFeis and Virgin Steele are proud and honored to endorse Alphard Sound Technology ETP - Power Of Your Sound. Alphard is a new company out of Poland, which specializes in all phases of sound reinforcement, with a complete line of amplifiers, mixers, speakers and microphones.

The company recently surprised David with a wonderful assortment of microphones that he has now begun to utilize on the forthcoming Virgin Steele album. When asked about the Alphard microphones, David had this to say, ”I love them, they sound much better than anything else that I have been using for years! I look forward to trying out more of their products.”

When we asked David how the endorsement came about, he explained: ”I was introduced to the company by my friend Bart Gabriel. He is kind of like the King of the underground metal scene in Poland. He is a producer, writer, and he manages several bands over there, (including the very talented CRYSTAL VIPER), and he also works with a label called Karthago Records. He has always been a loyal Virgin Steel fan, and perhaps because of this he contacted me about using Alphard's products. He said that they were a new company that made amazing stuff, and that I should try it, so he asked Alphard to send me some of their latest gear which they did, and now that I have tried it, I can honestly tell you that their gear most definitely kicks ass!

I want to say thanks very much to Alphard for making such excellent gear, (and providing me with the opportunity to explore it), and I also want to say thanks to Bart Gabriel, for introducing me to the company. I most definitely look forward to trying out more of their products!

Hail, Wail & BY THE GODS!”

For additional information check out www.myspace.com/virginsteele and www.alphard.pl.