Hymns to Victory is a compilation album of the American heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Virgin Steele

Virgin Steele

Virgin Steele is a heavy metal band from New York, originally formed in 1981.The band released a few career highlights albums...

. It was released in January, 2002 by Noise Records

Noise Records

Noise Records was a German record label founded by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach in 1983 as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. Noise Records specialized in thrash and melodic speed metal. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased any...

, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the band, together with the compilation The Book of Burning

The Book of Burning

The Book of Burning is a compilation album of the American heavy metal band Virgin Steele. It was released in January, 2002 by Noise Records, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the band, together with the compilation Hymns to Victory...

.

Track listing

All lyrics by David DeFeis

David DeFeis

David DeFeis is an American singer, keyboard player, songwriter and producer. He is the main composer and leader of the heavy metal band Virgin Steele.- Voice & musical style :...

. Music by David DeFeis except tracks 8, 10, 12 by DeFeis / Edward Pursino

1. "Flames of Thy Power (From Blood They Rise)" – 5:38
2. "Through the Ring of Fire" – 5:25
3. "Invictus" – 5:35
4. "Crown of Glory (Unscarred) (In Fury mix)" – 6:40
5. "Kingdom of the Fearless (The Destruction of Troy)" – 7:39
6. "The Spirit of Steele (acoustic version)" – 3:24
7. "A Symphony of Steele (Battle mix)" – 5:20
8. "The Burning of Rome (Cry for Pompeii)" – 6:38
9. "I Will Come for You" – 5:48
10. "Saturday Night" – 4:09
11. "Noble Savage (early mix)" – 7:06
12. "Mists of Avalon" – 5:09
13. "Emalaith" – 9:55

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13 remastered
Track 4, 7, 11 preciously unreleased alternate mix

Track 6 previously unreleased acoustic version
Tracks 10, 12 previously unreleased songs

Members

• David DeFeis
  David DeFeis
  David DeFeis is an American singer, keyboard player, songwriter and producer. He is the main composer and leader of the heavy metal band Virgin Steele.- Voice & musical style :...
  
   – Lead vocals, keyboards and orchestration, swords on 5, 8, bass on 1, 3, 8, all instruments on 6
• Edward Pursino – guitars, bass on 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12
• Frank Gilchriest – drums on 1, 2, 3
• Joey Ayvazian – drums on 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Joe O'Reilly – bass on 11
• Steve Young
  Steve Young (guitarist)
  Steve Young is an engineer, filmmaker, designer, publisher, guitarist, and songwriter. He has written and published several songs that were played on the MTV shows The Real World and Road Rules...
  
  – slide guitar solo on 12