VIRGIN STEELE have released the details and artwork for their forthcoming metal opus, The Black Light Bacchanalia. The album will be released in four formats, three of which are standard CD, limited edition CD Digipak with a bonus CD, and digital download will be releasesd on November 9th in North America The fourth version is the strictly limited edition LP box set which will be released on November 23rd in North America. Each version will have its own unique artwork. Details on each format and the artwork can be found below.

Virgin Steele mastermind David Defeis said the following about The Black Light Bacchanalia:

"It is a long album... close to 80 minutes... The album (to be really brief), concerns the reversal of all things... Once conquered by invading cultures, older Pagan deities become the demons... of the new religion. The Black Light Bacchanalia is a reversal of the sacred sexual customs, and the final desecration of the 'Goddess Principle', switching from matrilineal descent to patrilineal descent, with the rise of the idea of the Mountain-Fire God... And it also has to do with ancient fears such as the fear of the sun not rising... Lyrically it is a kind of continuation of the story I told on the last album... Musically it is quite something else..."

Limited Edition Digipak:

CD 1

'By The Hammer Of Zeus (And The Wrecking Ball Of Thor)'

'Pagan Heart'

'The Bread Of Wickedness'

'In A Dream Of Fire'

'Nepenthe (I Live Tomorrow)'

'The Orpheus Taboo'

'To Crown Them With Halos (Parts 1 & 2)'

'The Black Light Bacchanalia (The Age That Is To Come)'

'The Tortures Of The Damned'

'Necropolis (He Answers Them With Death)'

'Eternal Regret'

CD 2

'When I'm Silent (The Wind Of Voices)' (Bonus Track)

'Silent Sorrow' (Bonus Track)

'From A Whisper To A Scream - (The Spoken Biography) - spoken by David DeFeis

Standard Jewel Case Edition:

'By The Hammer Of Zeus (And The Wrecking Ball Of Thor)'

'Pagan Heart'

'The Bread Of Wickedness'

'In A Dream Of Fire'

'Nepenthe (I Live Tomorrow)'

'The Orpheus Taboo'

'To Crown Them With Halos (Parts 1 & 2)'

'The Black Light Bacchanalia (The Age That Is To Come)'

'The Tortures Of The Damned'

'Necropolis (He Answers Them With Death)'

'Eternal Regret'

Strictly Limited Collector's Edition LP Box Set:

Bonus Materials

- Book in LP format with the complete history of Virgin Steele (written by David DeFeis)
- Extra large full color poster
- Sticker
- Postcard
- Jewel case version of the album

LP 1

Side 1

'By The Hammer Of Zeus (And The Wrecking Ball Of Thor)'

'Pagan Heart'

Side 2

'The Bread Of Wickedness'

'In A Dream Of Fire'

LP 2

Side 1

'Nepenthe (I Live Tomorrow)'

'The Orpheus Taboo

Side 2

'To Crown Them With Halos (Parts 1 & 2)'

'The Black Light Bacchanalia (The Age That Is To Come)'

LP 3

Side 1

'The Tortures Of The Damned'

'Necropolis (He Answers Them With Death)'

Side 2

'Eternal Regret'

'When I'm Silent' (Bonus Track)

All LPs come in printed inner sleeves.