Saw Savatage open for DIO in Cleveland Ohio around 1987 at Music Hall. Still have the drumstick that stuck to my chest after being tossed from the Savatage drummer. Fantastic show.

@davidgardiner4620

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome James D

@C0mm0nS3ns3

Жыл бұрын

Yea saw them open for Testament haha

@rageagainstthemachine7434

Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍JAMESD , SAME YEAR I SEEN : SAVATAGE , MEGADETH ( SO FAR SO GOOD SO WHAT TOUR , AND DIO ( DREAM EVIL ) AT THE ALABAMA STATE FAIR GROUND !!!🔥🔥👍👍👍🎸🎸💯💯💯🎸💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

@williamlushenko3196

8 ай бұрын

I saw Dio open up for Iron Maiden and was embarrassed at how sorry he was.

Nobody will ever match his MONSTER tone. Long Live Criss Oliva.

@glennromano8198

2 жыл бұрын

hell yeah 👍😁🤘

@mikeandmary7697

2 жыл бұрын

Amen bad ass

@ElisabethScheibe

4 ай бұрын

I can this

When Criss Olivia left us it was a tragedy for all. He reigns in the Hall of the Mountain King.

@markneeley4288

Ай бұрын

You got that right, Sava fan. Damn right. Best guitarist at what he did ! Period. Other guitarists who knew, knew that.

@sadwingsraging3044

9 күн бұрын

😭👍🏻

When someone asks me to recommend a Metal song so they can get a sense of the power and feel of the genre, I recommend this and Accept's "Balls to the Walls."

@Sumee-hq8kk

Ай бұрын

Good one...I recommend them too for one the best high pitch (reaching it) like Judas Priest and the like, love that sound when it's done that well

Fun Fact:Jon Oliva didn't want originally to include ''Prelude to Madness'',on the album.Paul O'Neil,Savatage's producer and manager,was the one who convinced him to put it on the record. Paul O'Neil passed away,today RIP.

@TheInsultInvestor

2 жыл бұрын

awww.

@tritontransport

2 жыл бұрын

Paul was a musical genius in all aspects of the art

@hundredpercentmetal

Жыл бұрын

Paul was the one who convinced them to stay together as a band and mixed prelude to madness. Otherwise criss was going to join Megadeth and Jon was going to join black Sabbath

One of the best metal songs ever composed!

@bassafterthesilence

2 жыл бұрын

With a little help of Edvard Grieg: hall of the mountain king (Peer Guynt suite)

I can almost see Edvard Grieg head-banging to this song in his coffin.

@glennhecker4422

3 жыл бұрын

Or in Heaven!

In Webster's On-Line dictionary, under the description for the word "epic", there is a link to this video.

@Mad9977

9 жыл бұрын

that's because this is amazingly EPIC =)

@ericoverholt7632

Жыл бұрын

Epic would be getting a response from someone who posted 7 years ago. Lol Many nights I danced with the devil listening to this album, and I loved every second of it. BTW, I think of Mr. Zakk Wylde when I see this album cover for some reason. Lol

I remember giving RIP Magazine holy hell because they had wall-to-wall columns about Kurt Cobain passing but couldn't take six seconds to even mention Criss Olivia's name. Gutter Ballet and Edge of Thorns will always be in my top ten albums of all time.

@toastedcrack8105

Жыл бұрын

Nirvana fucking blows SAVATAGE ALL THE WAAAAY‼️

@Sumee-hq8kk

Ай бұрын

Love Edge of Thorns, just listened to it again, it never gets old

May the neoclassical Gods bless Oliva´s bros, I will pray for they return! Savatage ruled the thing at that ages, fvckin´Rocks!

@Hitman1m1

9 жыл бұрын

Xoan García Heavy Metal Hitman face book \m/ :) \m/

Beyond bad ass!!!..if you can’t appreciate this you have no soul!

This is the piece of music that corrupted me at age 18 into listening to heavy metal, and other forms of music that weren't strictly classical or pops/Broadway. Grieg, played on electric guitar, and then something inspired by Grieg... I will forever be in Savatage's debt.

@shangri-la-la-la

2 жыл бұрын

And here I am going the other direction due to songs like this and X Japan.

@sadwingsraging3044

9 күн бұрын

​@@shangri-la-la-la byeeee!

Edvard Grieg must be proud :'D

I need 20 more albums from Savatage

Tears still come to my eyes when I listen to this album.

@michael5366

Жыл бұрын

It was a masterpiece

This band changed my life as a guitar player, and a drummer. Aunt got us through some hard-core combat situation

The Birth of Symphonic Metal right there.

@shangri-la-la-la

2 жыл бұрын

What is a metal but a refined rock? For the canvas was laid in days of future past.

@davidgardiner4620

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed M. Von Drake

@aubreystanley1124

2 жыл бұрын

Members of this band went on to form the Trans-Siberian Orchestra

@m.vondrake5534

2 жыл бұрын

@@aubreystanley1124 The entire band did except Criss Oliva who did not survive to see His dream take form. Yet there are recordings made by Criss in TSO mixed into TSO even recently.

The Bohemian Rhapsody of Heavy Metal A Metal Magnum Opus!

@NorthWoodsWalks

Ай бұрын

I respect your opinion, but I think there might be a...CHANCE...you were thinking of another song 🎵

It takes a real badass to pull off sandals

Simply off the charts!!

Savatage's best album and a must have album for any metal head collection! every track is top notch metal!

Always loved Savatage, ever since I heard edge of thorns I got hooked. Crazy that Alex scolnik played with these guys and TESTAMENT

@metaljohn8626

Жыл бұрын

Alex scholnick is widely underrated and underappreciated

@hundredpercentmetal

Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough is that while Alex is a great guitarist, he couldn't hold a candle to criss Oliva, and butchered any of criss's stuff he tried to play.

@user-ih3lc2fs9x

11 ай бұрын

Yes

bought this album in 1987 still luv it and now 27 years later I look like the album cover no joke I do haha

@Mad9977

9 жыл бұрын

such great muscles? haha =) pretty fit or his age =P

@kickinfamily

6 жыл бұрын

Bought it for the album cover and was hooked from the first track...

@yippeethreeeight

4 жыл бұрын

I have a t-shirt with this cover on it. It's one of my favorites, and it gets a lot of comments from fellow metalheads.

@JHoliday330

4 жыл бұрын

I'll never forget (re-)discovering Avatar in '87 when the local Z-Rock affiliate introduced them and the familiar riff of Devastation instantly brought back memories of Clearwater from '81 when they opened up for The Outlaws in the parking lot of a furniture store. Absolutely epic!

@kickinfamily

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, Paul. Me too... 🤣🤘🤘

3:07 Ahhhh...that amazing inro riff! Just epic! 👍🙂

@AlexPerez-sy8tp

7 ай бұрын

For real. I always think how does he do it

Edward Grieg approves

Good morning too you too, its 5:00 my time and just woke up.

Savatage. One of my favorite bands of all time. Gave birth to TSO. R IP. CHRIS!!

Amazing, i have no other words to describe

Criss has a "riding into battle" guitar tone.

@sadwingsraging3044

9 күн бұрын

🪓😬🛡

I love this song!

They just played Prelude to Madness at the recent TSO show. It was fucking great. A nice little throwback.

I saw them live!

@glennhecker4422

3 жыл бұрын

Me, too -- at a club in South Jersey, on their "Gutter Ballet" tour. Excellent show!

@gagmangraham

3 жыл бұрын

@@glennhecker4422 Same tour I saw!

@joaoruss0

3 жыл бұрын

@@gagmangraham how was it ? Just discovered this awesome band this week and sadly already found out some members passed away );

So underrated as a whole package. John was awesome in keeping band together and productive

Jon and Criss Oliva.... both Gods!

Timeless music It will always sound good Perfection

this takes me back, savatage done some amazing work,,,fucking awesome!!!

If your not a SAVATAGE fan, well your just not living!!!

I got this album senior year 1987, so awesome

I listened to this tape repeatedly for years....until there are no tapes I did....

Old time favorites that never get old, like the Kinks "Superman" & Frank Marino Mahogany Rush "Strange Dreams" and the list goes on & on ♥︎

Madness reigns...

@SilverSteve33

2 жыл бұрын

It certainly does now.

MADDDDDDDDDDDDDNEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.....IN THE HALL...OF THE MOUNTAIN KING!

I love telling Trans Siberian Orchestra fans it is a heavy metal band started by the original singer before he died... his dream to see the two come together.... thank you for having this 👍

@hundredpercentmetal

Жыл бұрын

Jon Oliva (the original singer) is still alive. Paul O'Neill (producer for savatage and writer for lots of the lyrics) was the one who died. Both Jon and Paul were the masterminds behind Tso, though it was more Paul's baby

@markneeley4288

5 күн бұрын

@@hundredpercentmetal Agreed. No Savatage. No TSO.

Still epic in 2023! 🤘🏻

@SilverSteve33

11 ай бұрын

Indeed, my friend.

8 people need slapped. My uncle Terry showed me this band when I was 15. That was 11 years ago.

@philcollinshill2951

5 жыл бұрын

My parents exposed me to this album when I was an infant. This album along with Rust In Peace are some of my earliest memories.

@neilpatrickhairless

4 жыл бұрын

Your Uncle Terry is rad

@kickinfamily

3 жыл бұрын

I bought this album when it came out because of the cover and became instantly addicted to the 'Tage... 🤘🤘

beard/hair not as white .heard this on tommy vance on radio 1 rock show 1987 while on my cb radio talking with my mates how times change

I seen them in concert at a small Venue in a suburb of Chicago in the 80's they did this whole album!! It was outstanding!! 🤘🤘

Grieg would like it =) great Band, epic Song

9 жыл бұрын

Wow great !!!!!!! Absolutley Epic!!!!!

In a land caught between time and space

Que sonido tan majestuoso, un poco acelerado como si fuese de cassette, simplemente magnífico!!

They are absolutely amazing fabulous

When they changed their name to Trans-Siberian Orchestra, they play Prelude to Madness pretty frequently.

@sc687

8 жыл бұрын

There was no name change. It just became something different.

@Triton63

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Cronis Yes, there was not a name change. Please don't confuse the two bands. Chris and Jon Olivia were the Masterminds in Savatage. Paul O'Neil was involved with them as a producer and an obvious influence in their music. But he was not in the band. Paul O'Neil was the Mastermind behind Trans-Siberian Orchestra that is truth. Rest in peace Paul O'Neil....\m/

@BUCA_BILL

6 жыл бұрын

They Play Gutter Ballet too.

Perfect metal

Wow!!! Outstanding!!!

A lot of symphony orchestras cover this song

@disnagburnazog9552

6 жыл бұрын

lel

@leonmorte7241

3 жыл бұрын

@Edward Beil 2 years late r/wooosh

Top classic!

thank you so very much, guys. some of the best metal ever!

best version ever and sound is great

Savatage is back after the , imo, bad album " fight for the rock". This is the first album with the great Paul O' Neil as producer. R.I.P Paul.

Song to warm up to

3:03 chills! long live to Savatage!

This band was the precursor to awesome metal!!!!!!!!

Love

I have the caset, but it needs a case transfer, and is due for some lubrication.

@digitaldeathsquid3448

8 жыл бұрын

+TacticleRock410 I decided to buy the album on the iTunes store... am I a filthy individual?

Obra maestra--savatage---grande criss leyenda....

Sorry about the delay...This song was currently kicking the shit out of, "Dance Monkey".

As a bass player it's a great

1000th like😁😁😁

Drive to it .... 67 nova , 72 le mans , amc concorde , 95 gmc .

Oh my lord I think I like this better than the Mountain (TSO's cover on Night Castle for those that don't know)

Even though I prefer the original, this piece is really appealing!

@SerafinDrake

7 жыл бұрын

This piece is what got me to expand my musical horizons, decades ago, from classical music to heavy metal and other forms of popular music. I was nineteen when a college friend of mine played it for me on her record player. I have since found out that a lot of metal and goth musicians have classical training; I think it might be the band Motorhead that has three members that studied at Juilliard, but I could be mistaking them for another band.

@SerafinDrake

7 жыл бұрын

(Although I found out somewhat later that the band my friend told me was Helloween wasn't - it was really Savatage)

still gives me goosebumps!

🤘🤘🤘

Me gusta

prelude to madness is one of the seeds that became the transiberian orchestra.

@markpalavosvrahotes5575

3 күн бұрын

Did you know Prelude to Madness is actually the original Hall of the Mountain King by composer Grieg?

3:07 🤘

trying to sync this with the TSO cover

in french, "savatage" means "ass kicking"...so adapted!!!

@Mad9977

9 жыл бұрын

? you mean "sauvage" that means wild, never heard of "savatage" in french a part of the Bandname.

@ShiryuCain

9 жыл бұрын

Mad9977 nah, sauvage and savatage both exists^^ "savatage" is just slang, it comes from "savate" wich is both a type of shoes and the french name of french boxing.

@digitaldeathsquid3448

8 жыл бұрын

+Charles .Clair I think it was originally supposed to be a portmanteau of the words "avatar" and "sabotage", because Savatage's original name was Avatar, but another band was already using that name

@ShiryuCain

8 жыл бұрын

x1StapleGun uh! fun to know! thank you for that info!

@TheMarkBullen1

8 жыл бұрын

+x1StapleGun More like savage and sabotage

If only Edvard Grieg would know this....

Manard Keenan does well too.

💥🔥🎸🎸🎸🎸💥🔥🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🤘👍🎼🔥

Why i cant find it in Spotify?

@AlexPerez-sy8tp

7 ай бұрын

I did

#Savatage RIP My Metal Brother #CrisOlive #HeavyMetalHitman face book

Alton Towers! Yeeeeeeahhhh!

The intro is a cover of Gustav Holst - The Planets - Mars, the Bringer of War

@KellKheraptis

8 жыл бұрын

+Florestan bourreau The intro is a cover of Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg ;)

@florestanbourreau1862

8 жыл бұрын

+Steve Pinkerton Nope, Hall of the Moutain King start at 1:20 . Go check Mars of Gustav Holst, you will recognise the intro

@KellKheraptis

8 жыл бұрын

The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. Grieg wrote "In the Hall of the Mountain King" in 1867 and DIED before Holst even began on "The Planets". If they included parts of it, cool, but the classical piece the overwhelming majority of it was inspired by was written by Edvard Grieg.

@florestanbourreau1862

8 жыл бұрын

I only talked about the introduction..

@digitaldeathsquid3448

8 жыл бұрын

+Florestan bourreau no, it's not. It's actually a cover of Grieg's "In The Hall Of The Mountain King"

Grieg was metal before there was metal

@KellKheraptis

3 жыл бұрын

So was Paganini

6:02 AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! AA! _AA! AA! AA! _*_AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA_*

The instrument skills kinda remind me of Power Glove

@heylittleniglet

4 жыл бұрын

With Dio-esque vocals omg I'm hooked😮😮😮😮

Best Christian Band in the universe

67 chevy full size pu

Savatage is fucking awesome....stoner metal!!!!!!!

@Vaginaattori

9 жыл бұрын

+James Rodgers uuum no?

@jamesrodgers1443

9 жыл бұрын

FUCKIN AENAY RITE !!!!!!!+James Rodgers

@digitaldeathsquid3448

8 жыл бұрын

+James Rodgers Stoner metal? I'd label this "power metal" if anything

@jamesrodgers1443

8 жыл бұрын

+x1StapleGun Hey man I would have to say ur right about that ' back when I 1st. heard the album Hall of the Mountain King . I used to smoke a little back then ' not that I needed to for this band tosound any more bad ass !! ' But as the late great Robin Williams said if they ever made the shit leagle . One of the warning's on the pack should say Warning this shit will make the music u like AUSESOME !! Still think Savatage is a band that dident get the recognition they were due . & Dont smoke that stuff any more . Jimmie R

@joaoruss0

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesrodgers1443 u still have the album cover as your profile pic after 7years???? Damm

As much as I love this song, the harsh reality is, Grieg wrote this song as a joke to show how bad music was....yeah, I love it, but it was kind of the, "I love rock and roll" of the early twentieth century....

i swear cradle of filth covered this. cant find the track though.

Criss Oliva just as good as Dave Mustaine, if not better!!

Irish...

Great Album Folk Metal is what Savatage is, sounds better this rip sucks