Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King (1987) (MOR Records Edition 2002)

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Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King (1987) (MOR Records Edition 2002)

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Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King (1987) (MOR Records Edition 2002)

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Year : 1987 (MOR Records Edition 2002)
Style : Heavy Metal , Power Metal , Progressive Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 155 mb


Bio:

Savatage (/ˈsævətaːʒ/) is an American heavy metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida.Savatage has released eleven studio albums, two live albums, four compilations and three EPs. The band experienced major American commercial success with the release of their third studio album, Fight for the Rock (1986), which peaked at number No. 158 on the Billboard 200.Their next four albums — Hall of the Mountain King (1987), Gutter Ballet (1989), Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) and Edge of Thorns (1993) — were also successful[1] but more critically acclaimed than Fight for the Rock.After Criss' death in 1993, Jon (along with producer Paul O'Neill) decided to continue Savatage in memory of his brother. The band released four more studio albums, and went through several line-up changes before going on hiatus in 2002.During the years, members founded various new bands such as Jon Oliva's Pain, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Circle II Circle and Doctor Butcher. On August 2, 2014, Savatage announced that they will reunite for Wacken Open Air 2015.

Album:

Hall of the Mountain King is the fourth studio album by the American heavy metal band Savatage, released in 1987 under the direction of producer Paul O'Neill. It is their first album produced by O'Neill, who was assigned to the band after the tour in support of Fight for the Rock. This album shows the beginning of Savatage's exploration of progressive metal, in their search for new forms of musical expression. Many fans consider this album the original turning point in their musical identity, distinguishing between the old and new Savatage. It is not a concept album, but it has a constant tone (of darkness, in this case) and is more complex than their previous albums, with two entirely instrumental tracks that go beyond simple guitar riffs and solos, namely "Prelude to Madness" and "Last Dawn". Through Paul O'Neill's connections, he brought in Ray Gillen of Badlands fame (credited as Ray Gillian) to perform a vocal duet at the end of "Strange Wings"."Prelude to Madness" is an arrangement of Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from the Peer Gynt suite. Oddly, Grieg is not credited for this song, but for the following title track - which ironically, is an original song. The intro of "Prelude to Madness" features keyboards and guitar playing "Mars, the Bringer of War" from Gustav Holst's suite, The Planets.This was the first album to feature the album cover drawn by artist Gary Smith, who was responsible for lead guitarist Criss Oliva's airbrushed guitars at the time. Hall of the Mountain King reached position No. 116 in the US Billboard 200 albums chart.This is easily the best of what Savatage has to offer. Producer Paul O'Neill makes his debut with the band, and this is the first time that Gary Smith's artwork graces the cover of a Sava album.What makes Savatage good? I'd say Jon's screechy vocals that have just enough melody in them to keep them from being ridiculous, and Criss' majestic yet extremely dark riffing. Paul O'Neill brought out the dramatic element of Jon's classical training just enough to give this album a larger than life feel. On later albums, the operatic stuff would really mess up anything sense of metal credibility, but here it works to create one massive, epic slab of dark power metal.This is one hell of a dark album. On any given Savatage album, there is a lot of gloom, but Hall of the Mountain King is the most murky of all. Not in an evil way, but more in a cold, desolate way. They type of feeling you'd get on the bottom of the ocean, watching a sunset in Antarctica, or on some distant mountain top, shrouded in clouds. This is helped the massive amount of chorus on Criss' guitars. Even the catchy, radio ready songs like "Strange Wings" and "The Price You Pay" have a healthy dose of melancholy to them.But those radio friendly hits are only the tip of the iceberg. The rest of the material here is all winning, and much darker. "Beyond the Doors of Dark" is probably the most sinister sounding of all, with that eerie intro, and off kilter shuffling main riff. I'm not too big a fan of "Prelude to Madness," but in context it works, leading up to the title track. And that's an epic tune! The midsection, with it's melodic breakdown is quite possibly the highlight of Savatage's career...there are not many riffs as haunting and pensive as that one! "White Witch" turns up the speed, showing that Savatage was indeed a thrash metal band at one point. Amazingly, this is their weakest moment on here, but it's far from actually weak.Hall of the Mountain King reminds me a lot of another nearly perfect album of power metal, aptly called Power Metal by Pantera. The production and quality of song writing on both this and Power Metal are very, very close, with this being more grandiose, and Power Metal being more straightforward. And of course, this does have kick ass solos oozing out everywhere. Criss never played a bad solo. Technically perfect and chock with feeling...goddamn, was he good!It's not a stretch to say that this is Savatage's best album. Nothing else sounds like this--it is unmistakably Savatage. This is epic without the lameness of gnomes and trolls, and operatic without the frilly shirts.

Line Up:

Jon Oliva - Vocals (1983-1993, 2000-2001), Keyboards (1986-2002, 2014-present) - See also: Jon Oliva's Pain, Oliva, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, ex-Doctor Butcher, ex-Avatar, ex-Alien, ex-Metropolis
Steve "Doc" Wacholz - Drums, Percussion (Ex-Crimson Glory)
Johnny Lee Middleton - Bass, Vocals (backing) (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
Criss Oliva - Guitars, Vocals (backing) (Ex-Alien, Avatar, Metropolis) (R.I.P. 1993)

Tracklist:

01. 24 Hrs. Ago 04:56
02. Beyond the Doors of the Dark 05:09
03. Legions 04:51
04. Strange Wings 03:46
05. Prelude to Madness 03:14 instrumental
06. Hall of the Mountain King 05:33
07. The Price You Pay 03:52
08. White Witch 03:22
09. Last Dawn 01:07 instrumental
10. Devastation 03:38
11. Stay (Acoustic) 02:48 (Bonus Track)

+ Video "Hall of the Mountain King" (Official Video)


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