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Lançado em 24 de outubro de 1995, Dead Winter Dead é o 9º álbum de estúdio do Savatage. Com faixas como “Starlight”, “This Is the Time (1990)” e “I Am” no tracklist, o disco é um álbum conceitual que narra a história a partir das perspectivas de um garoto sérvio, uma garota bósnia e um homem idoso, tendo como cenário a Guerra da Bósnia, que ainda estava em andamento na época.

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Savatage: Poets & Madmen (2001)

Comes with fake polaroid photo (relating to the story of the album).

Nuclear Blast Records

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Monday, September 20: Savatage, “Morning Sun”

R.I.P. Paul O’Neill (1956-2017)

The surprise minor success of Dead Winter Dead was enough to convince Jon Oliva and Paul O’Neill that Savatage had finally found its niche as an overblown and near-symphonic conceptual outfit given to occasional metallic flourishes.  As a result, The Wake of Magellan doubled down on the idea by packing in two distinct narrative threads over bombastic rock and even more bombastic vocals. However, as tracks like “Morning Sun” illustrated, there was a little more crunch and bite this time around, since Chris Caffery and Al Pitrelli’s guitars were both more chugging and higher up in the mix than Oliva’s keyboards, while Zachary Stevens bellowed O’Neill’s melodramatic lyrics with metallic conviction.  There was still the froofy intro with borderline Opera Man whispering, but things kicked into gear once the guitars and Jeff Plate’s drums got to work. “Morning Sun” was pretty much as heavy as Savatage was going to get at this point, and while it was a far cry from The Dungeons are Calling or even Edge of Thorns, it at least showed that the band could play good metal when so inclined.

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GUESS WHO JUST SAW TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA!!!

Omfg you guys it was INCREDIBLE!!! It was wonderful to see them again after a whole year. I enjoyed every moment, like always. They put on a killer show! Here are some pictures!

More pictures to come, but for now enjoy one of my favorite moments!!

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TSO family✨

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Jeff and Joel, watching Chris add chocolate slices, candy canes, coffee, whipped cream AND marshmallows to his hot chocolate

Joel: We’re gonna be stuck in an enclosed space with him for an extended period of time. Jeff: Yeah, it’s gonna be interesting watching him phase in and out of existence. . . The sugar crash will be fun, too.

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The World That She Sees by Trans-Siberian Orchestra from the album The Christmas Attic

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Chris: It’s almost time to switch from our regular everyday instruments to to our Christmas instruments!

Jeff: Is there a difference?

Chris: Yes, the Christmas ones light up.