Savatage
Savatage began in Florida under the creative force of brothers Jon and Criss Oliva and became one of American heavy metal's most theatrical and emotionally ambitious bands. Early records such as Sirens, The Dungeons Are Calling, and Power of the Night showed a raw, street-level metal band with sharp riffs and Jon Oliva's volatile voice at the center. Hall of the Mountain King gave the group a defining anthem and a darker, more dramatic shape, while Gutter Ballet and Streets: A Rock Opera pushed Savatage toward piano, narrative structure, and progressive arrangement. After Criss Oliva's death, the band continued with Edge of Thorns, Handful of Rain, Dead Winter Dead, and The Wake of Magellan, developing the grand, orchestral instincts that would also feed into Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Savatage fit metal scope without qualification: their catalog moves through traditional heavy metal, power metal, progressive metal, and rock opera. What makes them endure is the tension between muscular riffs and wounded drama, where songs can feel both arena-sized and haunted by private grief.
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Savatage Discography
12 tracks
- 1 Power Of The Night 5:15
- 2 Unusual 4:27
- 3 Warriors 4:03
- 4 Necrophilia 3:36
- 5 Washed Out 2:15
- 6 Hard For Love 3:59
- 7 Fountain Of Youth 4:30
- 8 Skull Session 3:21
- 9 Stuck On You 3:09
- 10 In The Dream 4:15
- 11 City Beneath The Surface - Live 5:03
- 12 Hounds - Live 7:24
10 tracks
- 1 Fight for the Rock 3:57
- 2 Out on the Streets 3:58
- 3 Crying for Love 3:24
- 4 Day After Day 3:38
- 5 The Edge of Midnight 4:45
- 6 Hyde 3:53
- 7 Lady in Disguise 3:18
- 8 She's Only Rock and Roll 3:23
- 9 Wishing Well 3:19
- 10 Red Light Paradise 3:58
12 tracks
- 1 Fight for the Rock 3:57
- 2 Out on the Streets 3:59
- 3 Crying for Love 3:24
- 4 Day After Day 3:40
- 5 The Edge of Midnight 4:48
- 6 Hyde 3:56
- 7 Lady in Disguise 3:20
- 8 She's Only Rock'n Roll 3:24
- 9 Wishing Well 3:21
- 10 Red Light Paradise 4:00
- 11 This is the Time - Acoustic Version 2010 5:18
- 12 This is Where You Should Be 4:54
12 tracks
- 1 24 Hrs. Ago 4:56
- 2 Beyond the Doors of the Dark 5:08
- 3 Legions 4:50
- 4 Strange Wings 3:45
- 5 Prelude to Madness 3:13
- 6 Hall of the Mountain King 5:33
- 7 The Price You Pay 3:51
- 8 White Witch 3:22
- 9 Last Dawn 1:07
- 10 Devastation 3:38
- 11 Castles Burning - Acoustic Version 2010 4:04
- 12 Somewhere in Time / Alone You Breathe - Acoustic 4:38
13 tracks
- 1 Of Rage And War 4:46
- 2 Gutter Ballet 6:20
- 3 Temptation Revelation 2:56
- 4 When the Crowds Are Gone 5:46
- 5 Silk And Steel 2:58
- 6 She's In Love 3:51
- 7 Hounds 6:28
- 8 The Unholy 4:37
- 9 Mentally Yours 5:20
- 10 Summer's Rain 4:33
- 11 Thorazine Shuffle 4:43
- 12 Alone You Breathe - Acoustic Version 4:38
- 13 Handful Of Rain - Acoustic Version 5:31
15 tracks
- 1 Edge of Thorns 5:56
- 2 He Carves His Stone 4:10
- 3 Lights Out 3:11
- 4 Skraggy's Tomb 4:23
- 5 Labyrinths 1:30
- 6 Follow Me 5:12
- 7 Exit Music 3:09
- 8 Degrees Of Sanity 4:37
- 9 Conversation Piece 4:11
- 10 All That I Bleed 4:40
- 11 Damien 3:55
- 12 Miles Away 5:06
- 13 Sleep 3:51
- 14 All That I Bleed (acoustic version) - Bonus Track 4:35
- 15 If I Go Away (acoustic version) - Bonus Track 3:50
15 tracks
- 1 Overture 1:50
- 2 Sarajevo 2:31
- 3 This Is The Time (1990) 5:40
- 4 I Am 4:32
- 5 Starlight 5:38
- 6 Doesn't Matter Anyway 3:47
- 7 This Isn't What We Meant 4:12
- 8 Mozart And Madness 5:01
- 9 Memory (Dead Winter Dead Intro) 1:19
- 10 Dead Winter Dead 4:18
- 11 One Child 5:14
- 12 Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) 3:24
- 13 Not What You See 5:02
- 14 Miles Away/Follow Me - Acoustic Version 2010 5:44
- 15 When The Crowds Are Gone - Acoustic Version 2011 6:23
13 tracks
- 1 Stay With Me Awhile 5:08
- 2 There in the Silence 4:55
- 3 Commissar 5:36
- 4 I Seek Power 6:03
- 5 Drive 3:17
- 6 Morphine Child 10:12
- 7 The Rumor 5:16
- 8 Man in the Mirror 5:56
- 9 Surrender 6:40
- 10 Awaken 3:24
- 11 Back to a Reason 6:07
- 12 Tonight He Grins Again - Acoustic Version 2011 4:45
- 13 Sleep - Acoustic 3:56
16 tracks
- 1 Sirens - Digitally Remastered 3:40
- 2 Holocaust - Digitally Remastered 4:36
- 3 I Believe - Digitally Remastered 5:27
- 4 Rage - Digitally Remastered 2:40
- 5 On the Run - Digitally Remastered 3:31
- 6 Twisted Little Sister - Digitally Remastered 3:38
- 7 Living for the Night - Digitally Remastered 3:20
- 8 Scream Murder - Digitally Remastered 3:50
- 9 Out on the Streets - Digitally Remastered 5:11
- 10 The Dungeons Are Calling - Digitally Remastered 4:53
- 11 By the Grace of the Witch - Digitally Remastered 3:14
- 12 Visions - Digitally Remastered 3:02
- 13 Midas Knight - Digitally Remastered 4:23
- 14 City Beneath the Surface - Digitally Remastered 5:51
- 15 The Whip - Digitally Remastered 3:28
- 16 In the Dream (Acoustic Version Recorded in 2010) - Bonus Track 3:34
15 tracks
- 1 The Ocean 1:34
- 2 Welcome 2:11
- 3 Turns To Me 6:01
- 4 Morning Sun 5:49
- 5 Another Way 4:35
- 6 Black Jack Guillotine 4:33
- 7 Paragons Of Innocence 5:33
- 8 Complaint In The System - Veronica Guerin 2:37
- 9 Underture 3:51
- 10 The Wake of Magellan 6:10
- 11 Anymore 5:16
- 12 The Storm 3:44
- 13 The Hourglass 8:05
- 14 Desirée (acoustic version) - Bonus Track 3:54
- 15 Stay (acoustic version) - Bonus Track 2:48
15 tracks
- 1 City Beneath the Surface - Live at The Ritz, NYC, 1990 5:41
- 2 24 Hours Ago - Live at Spectrum Coliseum, Philadelphia, 1988 4:48
- 3 Legions - Live at Spectrum Coliseum, Philadelphia, 1988 5:06
- 4 Strange Wings - Live at Spectrum Coliseum, Philadelphia, 1988 4:01
- 5 Gutter Ballet - Live at The Los Angeles Palace, L.A., 1990 6:14
- 6 When the Crowds Are Gone - Live at the Hollywood Palace, L.A., 1990 7:10
- 7 Of Rage and War - Live at L'Amour, Brooklyn, 1990 4:29
- 8 The Dungeons Are Calling - Live at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, 1988 4:48
- 9 Sirens - Live at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, 1988 3:37
- 10 Hounds - Live at L'Amour, Brooklyn, 1990 7:20
- 11 Criss Intro - Live at The Cleveland Agoara, Cleveland, 1987 1:13
- 12 Hall of the Mountain King - Live at L'Amour, Brooklyn, 1990 6:30
- 13 Post Script - Soundcheck at the Hollywood Palace, L.A., 1990 [Live] 1:43
- 14 Devastation - Live at The Cleveland Agoara, Cleveland, 1987 3:37
- 15 Stare Into the Sun - Acoustic Version 2011 [Live] 4:47
12 tracks
- 1 Taunting Cobra 3:24
- 2 Handful of Rain 5:24
- 3 Chance 7:48
- 4 Stare into the Sun 4:43
- 5 Castles Burning 4:38
- 6 Visions 1:25
- 7 Watching You Fall 5:20
- 8 Nothing's Going On 4:08
- 9 Symmetry 5:03
- 10 Alone You Breathe 7:29
- 11 Summer's Rain - Acoustic Version 2011 5:19
- 12 Believe - Acoustic 3:52
14 tracks
- 1 Taunting Cobras - Live in Japan 1994 5:02
- 2 Edge of Thorns - Live in Japan 1994 6:37
- 3 Chance - Live in Japan 1994 4:38
- 4 Nothin' Going On - Live in Japan 1994 4:30
- 5 He Carves His Stone - Live in Japan 1994 3:04
- 6 Jesus Saves - Live in Japan 1994 4:04
- 7 Watching You Fall - Live in Japan 1994 5:24
- 8 Castles Burning - Live in Japan 1994 4:44
- 9 All That I Bleed - Live in Japan 1994 5:20
- 10 Handful of Rain - Live in Japan 1994 5:20
- 11 Sirens - Live in Japan 1994 3:43
- 12 Gutter Ballet - Live in Japan 1994 6:53
- 13 Damien - Live in Japan 1994 4:02
- 14 Hall of the Mountain King - Live in Japan 1994 6:39
18 tracks
- 1 Streets 6:50
- 2 Jesus Saves 5:13
- 3 Tonight He Grins Again 3:29
- 4 Strange Reality 4:58
- 5 A Little Too Far 3:26
- 6 You're Alive 1:51
- 7 Sammy And Tex 3:08
- 8 St. Patrick's 4:18
- 9 Can You Hear Me Now 5:11
- 10 New York City Don't Mean Nothing 4:02
- 11 Ghost In The Ruins 5:33
- 12 If I Go Away 5:17
- 13 Agony And Ecstasy 3:34
- 14 Heal My Soul 2:36
- 15 Somewhere In Time 3:17
- 16 Believe 5:42
- 17 This Isn't What We Meant (acoustic version) 3:16
- 18 Morning Sun (acoustic version) 4:41
31 tracks
- 1 Streets 6:48
- 2 Narration to "Jesus Saves" 1:05
- 3 Jesus Saves 4:49
- 4 Narration to "Tonight He Grins Again" 0:18
- 5 Tonight He Grins Again 3:26
- 6 Narration to "Strange Reality" 0:35
- 7 Strange Reality 4:54
- 8 Narration to "a Little Too Far" 0:16
- 9 A Little Too Far 3:23
- 10 Narration to "You're Alive" 0:25
- 11 You're Alive 1:51
- 12 Narration to "Sammy and Tex" 0:17
- 13 Sammy and Tex 3:06
- 14 Narration to "St. Patrick's" 0:42
- 15 St. Patrick's 4:15
- 16 Narration to "Can You Hear Me Now" 0:30
- 17 Can You Hear Me Now 5:09
- 18 Narration to "New York City Don't Mean Nothing" 0:57
- 19 New York City Don't Mean Nothing 3:59
- 20 Narration to "Ghost in the Ruins" 0:21
- 21 Ghost in the Ruins 5:29
- 22 Narration to "If I Go Away" 0:15
- 23 If I Go Away 5:15
- 24 Narration to "Agony and Ecstasy" 0:22
- 25 Agony and Ecstasy 3:32
- 26 Narration to "Heal My Soul" 2:03
- 27 Heal My Soul 2:33
- 28 Narration to "Somewhere in Time" 0:37
- 29 Somewhere in Time 3:15
- 30 Believe 5:41
- 31 Larry Elbows 4:16
Return to Wacken (Celebrating the Return on the Stage of One of the World's Greatest Progressive Metal Bands)
11 tracks
- 1 Hall of the Mountain King 5:33
- 2 Gutter Ballet 6:20
- 3 Believe 5:42
- 4 Chance 7:48
- 5 Edge of Thorns 5:56
- 6 The Wake of Magellan 6:10
- 7 Dead Winter Dead 4:18
- 8 The Hourglass 8:05
- 9 Tonight He Grins Again 3:29
- 10 Prelude to Madness 3:13
- 11 When the Crowds Are Gone 5:46
19 tracks
- 1 City Beneath the Surface - Live 5:26
- 2 White Witch - Live 4:00
- 3 Of Rage and War - Live 4:32
- 4 She's in Love - Live 3:22
- 5 Mentally Yours - Live 6:12
- 6 24 Hrs. Ago - Live 4:54
- 7 Legions - Live 4:59
- 8 Strange Wings - Live 5:09
- 9 Hounds - Live 6:57
- 10 Temptation Revelation - Live 1:16
- 11 When the Crowds Are Gone - Live 5:49
- 12 The Dungeons Are Calling - Live 4:25
- 13 Holocaust - Live 2:27
- 14 Sirens - Live 3:50
- 15 Power of the Night - Live 4:27
- 16 Hall of the Mountain King - Live 6:01
- 17 Gutter Ballet - Live 8:20
- 18 Thorazine Shuffle - Live 4:46
- 19 Devastation - Live 3:49
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