Gululi lidayamba mu 1981: ndiye David Deface (woyimba payekha komanso woyimba nyimbo), Jack Starr (woyimba gitala waluso) ndi Joey Ayvazian (woimba ng'oma) adaganiza zogwirizanitsa luso lawo. Oyimba gitala ndi ng'oma anali gulu limodzi. Inaganizanso zosintha wosewera wa bass ndi Joe O'Reilly watsopano. Chakumapeto kwa 1981, mzerewo unakhazikitsidwa kwathunthu ndipo dzina lovomerezeka la gululo linalengezedwa - "Virgin steele".
Anyamatawo amapanga mtundu woyeserera wa Albumyo mu mbiri yamasabata atatu. Anayamba kuitumiza kumakampani ojambulira ndi magazini anyimbo (pambuyo pake chimbale ichi chidakhala choyambira). Ntchito ya anyamatawo sinali pachabe, ndipo ndemanga zoyamba zabwino za ntchitoyi zidabwera ku gululo. Ma Record a Shrapnel adaperekedwa kuti awonjezere nyimbo imodzi ku US Metal, Volume II ya oimba amtunduwu.
Pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa gulu lotere, omvera ankafuna kumva nyimbo zambiri kuchokera kwa Virgin steele. Kuphatikiza apo, mitundu ina iwiri yosonkhanitsidwa ndi kutenga nawo gawo kwa anyamata idatulutsidwa. Omvera analankhula zabwino za nyimbo "Queensryche" ndi "Metallica". Zonsezi zinapangitsa gululo kuti linasaina pangano ndi kampani yaing'ono ya Chingerezi "Music for Nations".
Anyamatawo adatulutsa chimbale chodziwika bwino chokhala ndi kufalitsidwa kwabwino. Gululo linayamba kuyendera litazunguliridwa ndi magulu oimba odziwika bwino. Mwachitsanzo, iyi ndi Motorhead, Krokus, The Rods ndi ena.
Kukwera kwa Virgin Steele Collective
Virgin Steele adagwira ntchito molimbika ndikuyika ndalama muzochita zawo, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti pakhale nyimbo yathunthu "Virgin Steele" mchaka chimodzi chokha chamasewera kwa anyamata. Chifukwa chakuchulukirachulukira kwazovuta, mikangano idayamba pakulemba. Mmodzi wa iwo anatuluka gitala Jack Starr, amene anasankha kupitiriza njira yake ndi kumanga ntchito payekha.
M'malo mwake, Edward Pursino adalanda. Pambuyo pake adadziwonetsera yekha ngati woimba gitala wokhoza, komanso adalemba nyimbo pazifukwa wamba. Zinakweza mzimu wa gulu la anyamatawo. Iwo adatha kupanga imodzi mwa nyimbo zawo zabwino kwambiri zotchedwa "Noble savage".
Pambuyo pake, inali nthawi ya ulendo wautali komanso wovuta. Nthawi yomwe gululo linasintha kampani yojambulira ndi kasamalidwe. Woimba wamkulu wa gululo, David, adakwanitsa kuyesa yekha ngati sewerolo. Ndipo mu 1988, oimba adapeza nthawi ndi mphamvu kuti apange chimbale chatsopano.
Pa konsati ina, woyimba bass sanathe kuyimba chifukwa cha kudwala. Adasinthidwa ndi Deface ndi Pursino. Pambuyo pake, O'Reilly adzakhala ndi mikangano ndi manejala. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, anachotsedwa m’gululo.
projekiti yayikulu
Oimba anali ndi nthawi yovuta yolenga kuyambira zaka 88 mpaka 92, zovuta zamkati. Nyimbo zatsopano sizinapangidwe, gulu linaponda pamalo amodzi. Chilichonse chinasintha pamene bassist watsopano komanso wodalirika, Rob DeMartino, adawonjezeredwa pamzerewu.
Virgin steele anapuma mozama n’kuyamba kugwira ntchito mwakhama. Mbiri yatsopano idatulutsidwa kumapeto kwa 1993 yotchedwa "Moyo pakati pa mabwinja". M’chilimwe cha chaka chimenecho, oimbawo anapita kumakonsati ku Ulaya konse monga otsogolera pamutu monga chiyambi cha akatswiri ena.
Maulendo awa adakhala opambana kwambiri ndipo adapatsa gulu mphamvu ndi kudzoza kuti apange chimbale choganiza komanso chokwanira m'magawo awiri okhala ndi lingaliro lowala. Koma kumasulidwa kofuna kulephera, chifukwa madzulo a kutulutsidwa komaliza kwa chimbale, Rob DeMartino adasiya gululo kuti alowe nawo gulu la Rainbow. Ndipo tsopano mbali zake zanyimbo zidayenera kuchitidwa ndi oimba gitala David Deface ndi Edward Pursino.
Komabe oimba anapirira ntchitoyi. Adatulutsa gawo loyamba la Ukwati Wa Kumwamba ndi Gahena koyambirira kwa 1995. Chimbale ichi chinali chopambana mu ntchito ya "Virgin steele". Anagonjetsa mafani, mafaniwo adamukonda, ndipo kutchuka kwa gululo kunafalikira kulikonse.
Posakhalitsa wosewera wa bass adabwerera ku mzere, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti ayambe kupanga gawo lachiwiri la polojekiti yosangalatsa kale. Komabe, woyimba ng'oma Joey Ayvazian posakhalitsa anaganiza zosiya gulu, amene ankafuna kusiya ntchito ziwonetsero. Frank Gilchrist posakhalitsa anatengedwa m’malo mwake. Ngakhale ntchito pa gawo lachiwiri la chimbale "Ukwati wa Kumwamba ndi Gahena" anaimitsidwa, gulu anapitiriza kuyamikira lingaliro la kujambula izo. Choncho, mbiri yotchedwa "Invictus" inatulutsidwa.
Oyimba tsopano
Patatha chaka chimodzi, anyamatawo adapanga chimbale chokongola "Nyumba ya Atreus", yomwe idakhala gawo loyamba la opera mumayendedwe achitsulo. Chimbale chachiwiri chinapangidwanso popanda kuchedwa kwambiri mu 2000, ndipo atatulutsidwa, Virgin Steele adaganiza zosinthanso bassist. Tsopano ndi Joshua Block.
Mu 2002, zophatikizira ziwiri zidaphatikizidwa, zomwe zidapangidwa kale ndipo zidalembedwa mawu atsopano. Anawonetsanso nyimbo zomwe sizinatulutsidwe kale. Zopereka "Hymns to Victory" ndi "Buku la Burning" zidalandiridwa mwachikondi ndi mafani ndi okonda gululo.
Komanso, mu 2006 "Masomphenya a Edeni" linalembedwa, amene soloist analenga njanji zambiri zatsopano. Album lotsatira linatulutsidwa mu 2010 pansi pa dzina lakuti "Black Light Bacchanalia". Pakadali pano, ntchito yaposachedwa ndi "Nocturnes of Hellfire & Damnation", yotulutsidwa mu 2015.
