Wait for the Night is an EP released in 1983 by the heavy metal band Virgin Steele promoting the album Guardians of the Flame. This EP was released in Europe by Music for Nations with a different cover, a different track listing and the name A Cry in the Night. It is the last release of the band with guitarist Jack Starr.

Wait for the Night
EP by
ReleasedDecember 1983
GenreHeavy metal
Length15:43
LabelMongol Horde, Music for Nations
ProducerDavid DeFeis
Virgin Steele chronology
Guardians of the Flame
(1983)
Wait for the Night
(1983)
Noble Savage
(1986)
A Cry in the Night cover

A compilation of songs from the EP and from Guardians of the Flame was published in Canada by Maze Music with the title Burn the Sun, in 1984.

The three original songs plus the interview from the European version were included as bonus material in the Guardians of the Flame CD remaster in 2002.[1]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Don't Say Goodbye (Tonight) (remix)"4:17
2."I Am the One"3:45
3."Go Down Fighting"3:27
4."Wait for the Night"4:14
European version
No.TitleLength
1."A Cry in the Night" (remix)4:05
2."Go Down Fighting"3:27
3."I Am the One"3:45
4."Interview (by Mark Snider)"6:42

Personnel edit

Band members edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Virgin Steele - Wait for the Night". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-04-06.