Visions of Eden

Visions of Eden
Studio album by Virgin Steele
Released September 8, 2006
Genre Power metal
Length 79:30
Label T&T / Sanctuary
Producer David DeFeis
Virgin Steele chronology
The Book of Burning
(2002)		 Visions of Eden
(2006)		 The Black Light Bacchanalia
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Imperiumi[1]

Visions of Eden is the eleventh album by American heavy metal band Virgin Steele, released on September 8, 2006 via Sanctuary Records. The album is subtitled The Lilith Project - A Barbaric Romantic Movie of the Mind.[2] It is a concept album based on Gnostic beliefs, which critically revisits the traditional Christian mythology about the creation of the Earth and the Biblical accounts of Adam and Eve.

The story revolves around Lilith, the first wife of Adam and a symbol of female strength and independence. Representing the female side of the true, higher god, she suffers under the lusting, jealous Demiurge who represents the Christian god, and as an emancipated woman who could not get along with the dominant Adam stands in stark contrast to Eve. Adam's second wife is portrayed as a docile, subservient partner created by the demiurge at the request of Adam, who could not cope with an independent woman on equal footing with him.

Regarding Visions of Eden, David DeFeis declared: "What it really is, is the soundtrack for a major motion picture that has yet to be made! And by the hammer of Zeus, I will make this film one day. I call this work a Barbaric Romantic movie of the mind.".[3]

The concept was, also, adapted for theater's actors live performances (as previously done by DeFeis for The House of Atreus Act I and The House of Atreus Act II) and performed on stage in Germany theaters by Landestheater Production.[4]

Track listing

All songs by David DeFeis

  1. "Immortal I Stand (The Birth of Adam)" – 6:33
  2. "Adorned with the Rising Cobra" – 9:40
  3. "The Ineffable Name" – 7:48
  4. "Black Light on Black" – 7:03
  5. "Bonedust" – 6:10
  6. "Angel of Death" – 8:37
  7. "God Above God" – 7:13
  8. "The Hidden God" – 6:51
  9. "Childslayer" – 5:22
  10. "When Dusk Fell" – 6:57
  11. "Visions of Eden" – 7:16

Personnel

Band members

References

  1. ↑ Eero Kaukomies (2006-12-21). "Levyarviot: Virgin Steele - Visions of Eden". Imperiumi. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Virgin Steele - Visions of Eden". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
  3. ↑ "virgin-steele-conan-meets-wagner". stage.bravewords.com.
  4. ↑ "Landestheater Schwaben". Landestheater-schwaben.de. Retrieved 2014-07-23.


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