EXORCIST: Nightmare Theatre

The Sentinel · Post by **The Sentinel** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:01 pm

Spinning this one right now and I always found this a great piece of metal. Fake or not, it still thrashes 99% of everything called metal today!!! What's the deal with this band? Was it a real band or a DeFeis project? The info on the net seems confusing.

"Possessed" and "Call For The Exocist" are pure headbangers pur sang

khiijol · Post by **khiijol** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:34 pm

from what i always knew, it was fake in the way that piledriver was fake

Professor Black · Post by **Professor Black** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:48 pm

Indeed, although I'm not sure of the details.

It does make one wonder what other favorites might have been created under similar circumstances...

nar marratuk · Post by **nar marratuk** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:23 pm

Just a De Feis project I think but like you said I really like that album/ Also DeFeis related check out from NY the band ORIGINAL SIN [all female band] who's album was for a large part penned by De Feis...you can hear a couple of tracks on future VIRGIN STEELE albums. I love the debut PILEDRIVER lp!! If your'e not a metalhead you might as well be dead...

The Sentinel · Post by **The Sentinel** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:43 pm

nar marratuk wrote:Just a De Feis project I think but like you said I really like that album/ Also DeFeis related check out from NY the band ORIGINAL SIN [all female band] who's album was for a large part penned by De Feis...you can hear a couple of tracks on future VIRGIN STEELE albums. I love the debut PILEDRIVER lp!! If your'e not a metalhead you might as well be dead...

The 1st Piledriver is indeed great. Original Sin is still in my want-list

Great bands DeFeis was involved in.

sixsexsix · Post by **sixsexsix** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:26 pm

"sodomize the dead", as piledriver said. way more entertaining than excorcist

Black Axe · Post by **Black Axe** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:26 pm

The Sentinel wrote:Spinning this one right now and I always found this a great piece of metal. Fake or not, it still thrashes 99% of everything called metal today!!! What's the deal with this band? Was it a real band or a DeFeis project? The info on the net seems confusing.

"Possessed" and "Call For The Exocist" are pure headbangers pur sang

It was a real band, Virgin Steele. They probably released it in the guise of Exorcist because they wanted to do something different and it therefore doesn't sound very Virgin Steele.

metalmaster · Post by **metalmaster** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:55 am

Actually Exorcist, Original Sin and the lineup which recorded the second PileDriver album are the same band. De feis and Pursino + a couple of guys whose names escape me right now. I think the Virgin steel "Noble savage" album line up recorded the Exorcist album. At least the playing is very similar. Also the ingereer for the Exorcist album was Christ Bubackz, who worked with Metallica and other bands.

Once I wrote the story of "Exorcist", sadly it is written in spanish, but the maoin fact is that Exorcist Nightmare theater represents one of the best Speed (Black) Metal albums in my opinion. Since the day 1 I heard it, I loved to death.

MEXDefenderOfSteel · Post by **MEXDefenderOfSteel** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:54 am

Although is just a studio band, i really like the album, i think you can recognize Defeis voice but really distorted isnt that right???

this just tells me that David Defeis is,or at least was a really intelligent true metal guy making all this "bands" on his own

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:30 am

Virgin Steele in disguise!

Here's the alleged story... in 1985, Jack Starr (Burning Starr) was on the way out of Virgin Steele, due to disagreements with the rest of the band. To let off creative steam, David DeFeis did some songwriting for Cobra Records artists like Piledriver, and also the band jammed with a new guitarist, Edward Pursino. Finally, they decided to record an album but could not release it as Virgin Steele since the name belonged to Jack Starr. They put out the ``Nightmare Theatre`` album in mid-1985. They then kicked out Jack Starr and one lawsuit later, the name Virgin Steele was Dave's and Edward was in the band. But part of the settlement was that Exorcist would remain Exorcist and not be associated with the Virgin Steele ``Noble Savage`` lineup that wrote it!

The second album was written in 1987. Little is known about it, but it's probably the V.S. guys again wanting to make something that sounded different from their usual stuff.

The Sentinel · Post by **The Sentinel** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:30 pm

Avenger wrote:
Virgin Steele in disguise!

Here's the alleged story... in 1985, Jack Starr (Burning Starr) was on the way out of Virgin Steele, due to disagreements with the rest of the band. To let off creative steam, David DeFeis did some songwriting for Cobra Records artists like Piledriver, and also the band jammed with a new guitarist, Edward Pursino. Finally, they decided to record an album but could not release it as Virgin Steele since the name belonged to Jack Starr. They put out the ``Nightmare Theatre`` album in mid-1985. They then kicked out Jack Starr and one lawsuit later, the name Virgin Steele was Dave's and Edward was in the band. But part of the settlement was that Exorcist would remain Exorcist and not be associated with the Virgin Steele ``Noble Savage`` lineup that wrote it!

The second album was written in 1987. Little is known about it, but it's probably the V.S. guys again wanting to make something that sounded different from their usual stuff.

Thanks for this article

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:59 am

The Sentinel wrote:
Avenger wrote:
Virgin Steele in disguise!

Here's the alleged story... in 1985, Jack Starr (Burning Starr) was on the way out of Virgin Steele, due to disagreements with the rest of the band. To let off creative steam, David DeFeis did some songwriting for Cobra Records artists like Piledriver, and also the band jammed with a new guitarist, Edward Pursino. Finally, they decided to record an album but could not release it as Virgin Steele since the name belonged to Jack Starr. They put out the ``Nightmare Theatre`` album in mid-1985. They then kicked out Jack Starr and one lawsuit later, the name Virgin Steele was Dave's and Edward was in the band. But part of the settlement was that Exorcist would remain Exorcist and not be associated with the Virgin Steele ``Noble Savage`` lineup that wrote it!

The second album was written in 1987. Little is known about it, but it's probably the V.S. guys again wanting to make something that sounded different from their usual stuff.
Thanks for this article

No problem.

TheUnborn · Post by **TheUnborn** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:11 pm

An absolutely killer record! Should be rereleased on vinyl!

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nar marratuk · Post by **nar marratuk** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:06 am

metalmaster wrote:Actually Exorcist, Original Sin and the lineup which recorded the second PileDriver album are the same band. .

aren't the band ORIGINAL SIN a band in themselves?? although there's no mistaking the fact De Feis wrote most if not all the album but to be fair those girls executed it rather well...

metalmaster · Post by **metalmaster** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:18 am

nar marratuk wrote:
metalmaster wrote:Actually Exorcist, Original Sin and the lineup which recorded the second PileDriver album are the same band. .
aren't the band ORIGINAL SIN a band in themselves?? although there's no mistaking the fact De Feis wrote most if not all the album but to be fair those girls executed it rather well...

The only girl in the line up was the vocalist.

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