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| The House of Atreus Act I | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 16, 1999 | |||
| Studio | Media Recording, The Bellmores, New York | |||
| Genre | Power metal, heavy metal, symphonic metal, rock opera | |||
| Length | 74:01 | |||
| Label | T&T / Noise | |||
| Producer | David DeFeis | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[2] |
The House of Atreus Act I, released in 1999, is the ninth studio album by the American heavy metal band Virgin Steele. It has the subtitle A Barbaric-Romantic Opera. This album is the first part of a metal opera inspired by the Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The music was intended to be the soundtrack for theatrical shows, with actors impersonating the characters of the tragedy.[3] The metal opera was actually performed under the name "Klytaimnestra – The House Of Atreus" in European theatres from 1999 to 2001, with the production of the Memmingen Opera House company and Landestheater Production.[4]
The song "The Fire God" first appears on the 1986 Piledriver LP Stay Ugly.[5]
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Virgin Steele The House of Atreus, Act I review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 489. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Claassen, Ramon (October 22, 2000). "Klytaimnestra review". Take It webzine. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Landestheater Schwaben" (in German). Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Virgin Steele – The House of Atreus: Act I". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved October 29, 2010.