This is the OFFICIAL page to the best NWOBHM band of all time! Hail the gods of metal!
Virtue started way back in 1981 when brothers Matt (guitar, vocals) and Tudor (vocals) Sheldon began sharing musical ideas after school, influenced by established artists such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, but it wasn't until 1984 when they got things off the ground with a demo called "Virtue - Defenders". Although it wasn't widely circulated the brothers recruited new band members Boz Beast (guitar), Darren Prothero (Bass) and Simon Walters (Drums) and began working thier way around the local clubs; Although still too young the boys appeared at the door with their gear and demanded to play, and it worked!
Eventually in 1985 they recorded the phenomenal "We Stand to Fight" 7" Single, a powerful, epic, proto-Power Metal affair with brilliant musicmanship all around, unique vocals and brilliant guitar work (including some great duels) made this a cut above the rest of the NWOBHM crowd, especially considering they were so young. The single was so impressive it even had the mighty EMI label sniffing around, but unfortunately nothing went passed the planning stages.
Towards the end of 1986 they recorded the "Fool's Gold EP" which sadly never saw the light of day, however the demos have been tracked down and released, the material on the demo is moving into more thrashier territory with extremely complex guitar work and drumwork. The highlight of the demo is undoubtably "Seek and Destroy" (not a Metallica cover) which contains one of the best guitar showdowns I've ever heard, up there with Megadeth's Hangar 18, itis quite hard to believe this was just a 3 track demo! It's a real shame the band fell through after such strong work, as they were up there with Iron Maiden, Diamond Head, Blitzkrieg and other heavy, powerful acts that made it big. It's a classic tale of what happened to many, many excellent bands of the NWOBHM era.
Luckily Matt Sheldon purveyed with the music scene and formed The Shock with fellow guitarist Boz Beast (aka Boz Bozlee) and ex-Virtue bassist Bob Duffy; After that didn't work out Tudor and Matt now run an IT company, but with any luck the lads will get round to a fully fledged Virtue reunion...
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After over 10 years break in my editorial activity I'm coming back with new underground magazine - RITES OF ZYGADENA!!!! Debut issue is out now!!! You can read here interviews with MAGNUS (Death Metal legend from Poland), MYTHOLOGICAL COLD TOWERS (Epic and Majestic Doom Metal – Bra.), STILLBORN (Decapitating Unholy Death Metal – Pol.), INFERNAL EXECRATOR (New Wave of Thrash/ Death/ Black Metal – Sin.), THRONEUM (Old School Death Masters – Pol.). Also reports from the Metal shows, reviews, and etc. 16 pages A4 format, English written, professionally printed, black/white, glossy cover, CD-bootleg attached to each copy!!! I know that 16 pages is not much - but hey! It is fucking free! Just send me $3 (US) or $4 (rest of the world) for shipping (well hidden cash is fine) at the following address: Peter “Kreator” Shedletsky 1000 Hillcrest Street Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 USA
Fucking finally, after months of delay it..s here!
#7 attacks you with interviews with: Bastardator, Hellhound (US), Ketzer, Iron Kobra, Power from Hell, Warhammer and Nasty Savage. plus 80 reviews, live attacks and some other shit!
all put in 72 pages, Din A5 completely in English.
the postage prices have increased for single issues, but decreased for multiple ones, so i had to change the prices and i suggest to get single copies from a local distributer:
3€ Germany 5€ Europe 6€/9$ Worldwide (i know fucking expensive, but it only covers the postage, I still lose money)
send to:
Florian Grill Ganghoferstrasse 10G 83043 Bad Aibling Germany
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