Virgin Steele are going to release their new album entitled “The Black Light Bacchanalia” via SPV/Steamhammer on October 22 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, on October 25 in the rest of Europe and on November 9 in the U.S. and Canada.

The album will be available in several formats: as limited-edition digipak, standard CD, double gatefold vinyl and as a digital download. David DeFeis has revealed that it will be a long album, close to 80 minutes, while songtitles that set to appear on the CD include “By The Hammer Of Zeus”, “Pagan Heart”, “The bread Of Wickedness”, “The Orpheus Taboo”, In A Dream Of Fire”, The Black Light Bacchanalia” and “Eternal Regret”. 

In other recent news, Virgin Steele will re-release its entire back catalogue from “Noble Savage” onwards throughout 2011 through SPV/Steamhammer, with restored covers and booklets, bonus tracks and liner notes. The band’s "Life Among The Ruins" (1992), "The Marriage Of Heaven & Hell Part I" (1994) and "The Marriage Of Heaven & Hell Part II" (1995) albums were re-released back in 2008 through the German label Dockyard1.

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