Virgin Steele - Age Of Consent (1988)

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have an updated copy of this album, the 1997 reissue, with a different cover and sixteen songs, with added ones, others in a different order, etc.
Virgin Steele seem to be accepted as a power metal band by some, but not others (being American probably works against them - after all, we know power metal lives in Europe), and they'd done three albums before this one (I've got the first and third), and I don't really know if this fits in the category either.

In all honesty, I like the Garden Of Eden sequence in the 1997 copy, so I miss that, but the terrific "The Burning Of Rome" is here, as well as "Seventeen" (I'm a bit unsure about the morals of that song though) and "Let It Roar", making this a good listen, if not a great one.

It was five years before Virgin Steele brought out their next album, so we'll have to see how they sound when I get that far.  And I will stick with them. From what I've heard of this band so far, I do like them.

***1/2