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Savatage - Edge Of Thorns (1993) [Japan 1st press]

Posted By: Shar'EmAll

Date: 25 May 2012 10:54:23

Savatage is an American hard rock/progressive metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Edge of Thorns is their eight full-length studio album. It was the last album to contain the talents of the late guitarist Criss Oliva. It is also the first Savatage album to feature Zachary Stevens on lead vocals, following the departure of Jon Oliva from the fore of the band. Also, it was one of the more successful Savatage albums. Although Jon Oliva was no longer singing for the band he along with Criss and Paul wrote the album. Jon also played the keyboards on this album as well. Sadly, this was the last album to have Criss Oilva on it, who dies in October 1993 in a tragic automobile accident.

With the departure of Jon Oliva as lead vocalist (but not as keyboardist or writer) for Savatage, the band found a replacement in the former singer of Wicked Witch, Zachary Stevens. While Stevens did not have the emotional range that Oliva showed on Gutter Ballet and Streets, he had a less bombastic delivery that fit well with the new material that Paul O' Neill and the Oliva brothers and were writing. After moving towards progressive metal on the previous two albums, Edge of Thorns was a leaner, more understated guitar-driven record. The majority of the album consists of stripped-down metal anthems, recorded with less flashy guitar work and production than on previous records. The band continued to try out new sounds, however, using an electric sitar on "Degrees of Sanity" and recording their first acoustic ballad with "Sleep", which closes the album. Edge of Thorns also includes two short solo piano instrumentals adding a note of emotional depth most metal bands never explore. Among the highlights are the pounding "He Carves His Stone" and "Conversation Piece", with its lyrics about self-mutilation. The title track remains one of the band's finest moments, with a haunting piano phrase, a fierce guitar riff, and a strong lead vocal by Stevens. A true one-off in the Savatage canon, the tragic death of Criss Oliva following the release of Edge of Thorns ended up leading the band back to progressive metal.

– Review by Geoff Orens, allmusic com

Tracklist:

01. Edge Of Thorns
02. He Carves His Stone
03. Lights Out
04. Skraggy's Tomb
05. Labyrinths (interlude)
06. Follow Me
07. Exit Music (instrumental)
08. Degrees Of Sanity
09. Conversation Piece
10. All That I Bleed
11. Damien
12. Miles Away
13. Sleep
14. Forever After [Bonus track for Japan]
15. Shotgun Innocence [Bonus track for Japan]

Produced by Paul O'Neil. Co-Produced by Jon & Criss Oliva
Engineered by Jim Morris & Tom Morris
Recorded at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, FL.
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC.

- Zachary Stevens – lead vocals
- Criss Oliva – guitars
- Johnny Lee Middleton – bass guitar
- Jon Oliva – piano, keyboards (studio only), drums on tracks "2 & 8"
- Steve Wacholz – drums (electronic drums, studio only)

Original non-remastered Japanese 1st pressed CD.
Manafactured in Japan by MMG Inc., in May 1993.
All thanks goes to ikebana!

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EAC extraction logfile from 28. January 2010, 5:39

Savatage / Edge Of Thorns

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