◇ image via WikipediaVirgin Steele
Virgin Steele is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Noise Records, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rainbow and Whitesnake. Those roots explain a lot about how Virgin Steele arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Manowar, Savatage, Grave Digger, Omen and Blind Guardian, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Freedom Call, HammerFall, Metallica and Queensrÿche, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Virgin Steele, reaching back through Noise Records and forward to Freedom Call. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Virgin Steele connections
Virgin Steele grew out of Noise Records, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Rainbow, shares an orbit with Manowar, Savatage, Grave Digger and Omen, went on to shape Freedom Call, HammerFall, Metallica and Queensrÿche. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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