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One of my all time favourite bands. Anything with Criss Oliva gets my vote! Criminally underrated guitar player that turned down the Megadeth job to concentrate on Savatage. What a player.

MADNESS REEEEEEEEEEIGNS!

1. Gutter Ballet (1989) 2. Hall of The Mountain King (1987) 3. Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) 4. Sirens/The Dungeons Are Calling (1983/1984) 5. Power of The Night (1985) 6. Edge of Thorns (1993) 7. Poets and Madmen (2001) 8. Dead Winter Dead (1995) 9. The Wake of Magellan (1997) 10. Handful of Rain (1994) 11. Fight for The Rock (1986)

Nice ranking! Hall of the Mountain King is one of my favorite albums ever, such a classic!

One of the forerunners of Symphonic Metal and the poets of Heavy Music. Savatage is pure gold. Just a few bands with such big catalogue have a discography so consistent. I mean, all their albums are awesome! "The Wake of Magellan" and "The Hall of the Mountain King" are their peak, imo! Great list, dude!

I literally just discovered this band Perfect timing

Hall of the Mountain King, Gutter Ballet, Edge of Thorns and Dead Winter Dead are my favorite Savatage albums. Criss Oliva is another great underrated guitarist and his brother Jon is an awesome vocalist. I also like Zac Stevens. I met Zac Stevens and Jeff Plate one time and they were cool. RIP Criss Oliva.

One of my all time favourite bands, so damn consistent

Alright, my Ranking. 12: Fight for the Rock 11: Poets and Madmen 10: Handful of Rain 9: Sirens 8: Dead Winter Dead 7: Power of the Night 6: The Wake of Magellan 5: Streets: A Rock Opera 4: The Dungeons are calling 3: Gutter Ballet 2: Edge of Thorns 1: Hall of the Mountain King

Hey, many thanks for this. I did not think much of Savatage except as some kind of guilty pleasure in the 90s but really came to appreciate them since then. Top list!

Great video as usual! I feel like you took your time to share your impressions on the records which is awesome! As for Savatage, I consider them an amazing all killer no filler band (an honor shared with King Diamond and a few others). I've been listening to Edge of Thorns a lot these past years. It has a really haunting atmosphere, it kind of foreshadowed the darkness that was to come.

I consider Handful of rain such an underated album. On my list I place it at least top 5. Great video as always! \m/

Great band. Remember buying the "Power of the night" album back in 1985. I was 20 years old and buyed the album only becouse of the albumcover that looks Metal. Its still my favorite by the band. But everyone is good.😁🤘

I know it sounds different than their other albums (and it doesn't have Chris Oliva), but "Handful of Rain" is awesome in my opinion. Top 3 in Savatage's discography, IMO.

#1-Mt. King, #2-Gutter, #3-Power of the Night, #4-Sirens, #5-Dungeons(EP or not, it belongs), #6-Streets 'Devastation' off Mt. King, 'Mentally Yours', 'Hounds' off Ballet, and 'City Beneath the Surface' off Dungeons are ALL GREAT songs

Criss' guitar playing on Edge Of Thorns is so good, it's frightening.

Another great, in depth video

Love your ranking videos! Can get enough of them.

Amazing band thanks for great video 😊

A nice one, one more time! I totally agree with the top1 spot but I would rank all the others differently, haha. Thank you man, take care! \m/

Love Savatage! Have got to see them and hang out with them many times. Been a fan since the mid-80s. Damn I'm old.

Yes! Thanks so much for ranking my 5th favorite band Savatage! I have been into them since Edge Of Thorns (first album I heard and my favorite from them) dropped in '93 on a local radio station! I honestly feel they have not put out a bad album in their whole career. And I also know and listen to the other side projects from the different members as well. Trans-Siberian Orchestra which I've seen live back in '08 were absolutely incredible! I also love Jon Oliva's Pain and Zak Stevens "Circle II Circle" Please next do 3 of my other favorite bands "Fates Warning" "Dream Theater" and "Symphony X" Keep up the great work man and keep the metal! \,,/

Good band, good video and best channel🤘

great video

The best band in the world. My favorite band...

Ah, one of my favorite bands. Glad to see we get to the same number one!

Great list! Still waiting for Death Angel ranking, I believe it might be the only band from the Bay area which you haven't done yet haha

I was late to the game with Savatage. Never heard them back in tbe 80s and really didn't check them out until about 10 years ago when I bought Hall Of The Mountain King on a whim. Incredible album and an excellent band. They've been re-releasing their albums on vinyl lately and they're fantastic reissues.

Great list! My ranking wouldn't necessarily be the same, but pretty close with Mountain King for sure being number one. Great job, I enjoyed it.

never really got into them… but honestly i never really listened to them either… but… but i‘m just streaming the sirens album… it seems that i freaking love it! cheers

Yesss Probably So many of yours followers and suscribes wait for this rank. Savatage is like old vine.. Early records have got that vibe and mood i prefer so much. Now I recomend to rank Candellmass again.. Keep strong and stay in tune like always.. ♣️🤘👂

Eugh, saw a few Savatage cassettes in a store a while ago and didn't pick them up for whatever reason! Oh well. Another good video man always like watching these

“In aDream” off of Power of the Night is one of my favorite Ballads of any band Ever. Hits me hard every time.🤘🏻

Great video. Although I completed dropped Savatage after Hall of the Mountain King at the time,I feel as if I may have wrote them off too soon. I bought Power of the Night about 6 months after it came out from the cutout bin for $1.99 so in my heart that one will always be my #1 since its my introduction to them. I remember hearing bits of stuff after Hall and thinking wtf happened here? Horns and broadway show tunes,lol. I guess its time to revisit the "chorus line" lps. Cheers

MADNESS REIGNS!!! HAHAHA! In the hall of the Mountain king! Great suff Ruthless, love Savatage.

Greate ranking!!!! my song forever " Scream Murder" from the Sirens Album 1983

Cheers. Got a soft spot for Power o.t. night. Might be, because I bought it, when it came out. Rest is very similar to my ranking. Greetings

Power of the Night ! I saw them in a small club on the Mountain tour, Trouble opened.

Great video. What is the music playing in the background during the review?

I’m very partial to Edge of Thorns! Great vocals, songwriting and melodies. Started listening to them around the time of Power and loved Dungeons as well. Fight for the Rock was a big departure at the time and kept me away for a few years.

🤘I have search this band, i don´t hear this band🤘thankx ranked🤘

Love Savatage. Hall of the Mountain King is just one of those great 80’s US Power Metal Records. Also love their debut LP, Sirens, and their criminally underrated EP The Dungeons are calling. Criss Oliva (RIP) was a total riff master on top of being an excellent lead guitarist. We lost a true icon when he tragically passed away.

1. Sirens 2. Power of the Night/Dungeons are calling 3. Hall Of The Mountain King 4. Gutter Ballet 5. The Wake Of Magellan 6. Edge Of Thorns 7. Streets: A Rock Opera 8. Fight For The Rock The later albums I’ve ran through only once so I need to revisit them. As such, I don’t feel fair in ranking them. The above albums I’ve listened to several times however and have always gone back to. Even though I recognize The Wake Of Magellan is walking away for the most part of that heavy sound, there’s a lot of solid moments in several of the songs and I have a personal bias toward any music that includes themes of the ocean and sailing, so I really enjoyed that. It definitely has a more sentimental vibe mixed in there which I really enjoy. I also love concept albums and those that tell a story in general. Savatage is one of my many bands I always go back to and it’s something like a muse to get through the challenges of life. If a band can do that, it’s a really great gem. I ranked Fight For The Rock as last since I logically see it as lesser in comparison as it’s definitely got that commercial sound. However, there’s at least 2 tracks on that album that comes off strong and redeeming in my opinion which is Red Light Paradise and Hyde. You have to realize that the more commercial albums can be beneficial such as Queensryche’s Operation: Mindcrime because it helps get people INTO the band in the first place. Musical taste is something that has to be built upon so you have to start from some point to reach a higher level of understanding for older and more “difficult” albums to break into. Plus if you’re to the point like me of being autistic with how far you go to analyze the lyrics and riffs and over symbolism and message of the music you really have to build your palate to that point. I always try to be fair with the lesser albums and avoid saying it “sucks,” etc basically. Although we can all agree that pop/mainstream music does suck. 😅

There is this song 'Before I Hang' that was only on a Japanese release which is just amazing for those who've never heard of it.

I just got an original release Hall Of The Mountain King and I have to say few albums give such a powerful and awesome experience as this. The riffs are pure genius I just wish I could sing along better with the epic vocals lol

Pretty good ranking. Close to mine. 11.) Poets and Madmen 10.) Fight For the Rock 9.) Handful of Rain 8.) Dead Winter Dead 7.) Wake of Magellan 6.) Power of the Night 5.) Sirens/Dungeons 4.) Edge of Thorns 3.) Streets 2.) Gutter Ballet 1.) Hall of the Mountain King

Oh, such a great band!

Recently bought all bought the new vinyl reissues amazing.

Great video!!! Can't disagree with Hall being one of the best metal albums of the 80's !

Love Savatage, one of the best metal bands ever. The guitar tone of HotMK drew me to them, such a special sound! Criss was one of the best, period! The Criss era albums are all amazing. But Jon is the real mastermind here, especially in combination with Paul O'Neill. Any Savatage song is instantly recognizable.

Poets & Madmen is not a concept album in the strictest sense. It was just supposed to be a regular album but I guess someone got he idea to tie in the songs with a concept story arc. If you read the liner notes that tells the story and then look at the lyrics and listen to the songs, you can tell this is just a "concept" album "in name only". Fight For The Rock is seriously under-rated and not nearly as bad as anyone (including the band) say it is. The covers are not that bad, if only in hindsight (at the time they probably definitely would have been ignored by me when I was a "metal snob" and only liked the heavy stuff). The good songs on the album are GOOD and make up for the weaker ones. TSO is not a "continuation" of Savatage, cos Savatage still carried on alongside TSO. TSO is more like a "spin-off". Jon Oliva's Pain (JOP) is more like the "continuation" of Savatage, as Criss' unfinished and demo ideas were used in these albums, especially towards the end when the final album was released simply under the name "Oliva" (2013's Raise The Curtain). Streets is technically not supposed to include the "A Rock Opera" subtitle. It was just a description that producer Paul O'Neill made on the music sheets or track list (for Atlantic's reference) , and it was assumed to be part of the title. The two versions of Jesus Saves should have been included on the "narrative" reissue, NOT replace the BETTER one with the "original demo" arrangement. I find the original released heavy version the best to open the album with (after the title track, of course), and the longer "gospel" version works excellently as a reprise to close out the album. I'll never understand why it was not done that way, cos screwing the album and the fans out of the heavy version of the song is a crime. The Dungeons Are Calling should have been the debut release, since it was an EP, but I understand it was only an EP cos it was the "leftover" songs that the label at the time refused to allow included on Sirens without making the album a "double-length". So technically, TDAC is a "Sirens Part II" release, and should be included with Sirens when Sirens is reviewed, and not excluded just cos of its EP status. Eventually, it was finally re-released as one complete album (around 2010 or 2011, as part of the EarMUISC box set that released all the albums individually - in a jumbled order ; totally stupid move, btw - and the CD title spines formed the Savatage logo in red set against a black field). Personally, I Believe (Sirens track 3 pun intended) that they should have used TDAC as the collective title, not Sirens. But I suppose it's a small consolation that both titles were used, separated by a forward-slash - make all fans happy, I guess, haha.

Power of the night and Sirens até the two Best ones for me. I like Poets and madman too.

Ghost in the ruins is a great live album. Maybe a ranking of live albums some time? 🤘

Good list; hard to argue with Mountain King as their best. I'd put Gutter and Streets in 2 and 3, but Sirens/Dungeons (I grew up with a release that put them together as 1 CD) is right up there. I frankly need to spend more time with Power Of The Night. I prefer the albums with Chris on guitar and Jon on vocals; Zack was good, but he also sounded like 20 other late 80s/early 90s metal singers. That said, I do really like Dead Winter Dead. The albums after that (Magellan and Poets) sound more like TSO and I always wondered why they even bothered releasing them as Savatage given that TSO was in full force by then.

My favourite albums: Hall of the mountain king, Gutter ballet, Dead winter dead I also hope that rumors are true, and that they will actually record new album. Altough there were no news about it since the end of 2021.

PERFECT RANKING ORDER OF A EXCELLENT BAND !!!

I think I would have put Edge of Thorns before Streets in my opinion. 🤘😎

I agree with everything you've stated. I think it's time for the Riot discography. What say you?

A friend of mine was working for WEA at the time. I asked him for a copy of Magellan (we would trade since I worked for PGD) and he asked if I wanted the whole box! 😂 Weird time to be into metal. Excellent band, excellent list.

Entombed would be cool one day! Cheers

Summon up the legions!

I like your list, except I would move "Gutter Ballet" up to number 2, and I would move "Poets and Madmen" up above "Wake of Magellan." I don't think Savatage recorded a bad album, and I enjoy the progressive, symphonic elements, hence why I put "Gutter Ballet" at number two. I also think "Poets and Madmen" is a very underrated album with some killer songs.

One of my favorite bands, Hall of the Mountain King is a desert island disc, hope they release a new album soon. RIP Criss.

From the later ones I dig Poets and Edge. Power, Sirens, and Hall are my top ones for sure

Awesome Power Metal band, my favorite albums are Sirens and Hall of the Mountain King

I'd rank HOTMK, Gutter Ballet, Edge Of Thorns then Streets. Gutter Ballet is superb. Tracks like Hounds, Thorazine Shuffle, She's In Love are all stellar. Criss Oliva is easily one of my all-time top guitar players and criminally under rated.

Sirens,The Dungeons Are Calling,Hall Of The Mountain King and Streets My Favorite albums...Chris one of the best guitar player..with Randy Rhoads and David Pritchard...🤘

1. Streets 2. Edge of Thorns 3. Sirens 4. Dungeons are Calling 5. Dead Winter Dead 6. Handful of Rain 7. Power of the Night 8. Fight for the Rock 9. Hall of the Mountain King 10. Gutter Ballet 11. Wake of Magellan 12. Poets and Madmen

I can understand why it's not your"CUP OF TEA..YEAH,A CUP OF TEA!"

My worst to first ranking list reflects that im more of a fan of the progressive metal era of Savatage than the classic metal era Sirens (sorry, but im just not a fan of very early Savatage at all) Fight for the rock Power of the Night Edge of Thorns Dead Winter Dead (i think this album is just that tiny bit better than Thorns) Gutter Ballet Streets Poets and Madmen (love the Morphine Child song) Hall of the Mountain King (this might not be progressive, but its still dam good) Handful of Rain (Chance is an amazing written song) Wake of Magellan (some of the songs on this album are just so brilliantly written with opera style counter pointing in)

the dungeons are calling..my friends..🤘

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Lyssnade av en händels på Poets and Madmen för första ggn idag. Vr överraskad av några av riffen här och där som var riktigt tunga och stack ut. Annars var plattan en 3/5 enligt mig.

Damn that’s a hard ranking! I get that savatage may not be the best metal ever but my god they had there time!

Probably my all time favorite band. I actually prefer their 90’s material better than their earlier albums. Dead winter dead, Streets and gutter ballet being my favorites. But do love all.

1. Hall OTMK, 2. Gutter ballet, 3. Streets... All the others. Would rate Power of the night quite lowinsh though. Title track is AMAZING, other than that, it really didn't grab me. Also Jon O is my favourite singer by far! His voice is like a drug to me

I was so sure I knew your least favorite was going to be 'Fight for the Rock'... and I was so WRONG. 😁 'Gutter Ballet' brought Savatage into my life as a teen, and I suspect that's why I've always loved the later and more symphonic albums. I believe 'Streets: A Rock Opera', together with Queensryche's 'Operation: Mindcrime', are the two most listened to albums in my entire music collection. To me, the earlier and more metal sounding Savatage albums (which I obviously discovered AFTER Gutter Ballet had blown me away) always felt a bit simplistic to me. Not "bad" of course, but never as interesting as the more symphonic and bombastic stuff, and that feeling just never went away. I even adore 'Dead Winter Dead'. The first ten minutes of that album ranks among the greatest album openings I've ever experienced, and I think Zak really delivers a dynamic and fantastic vocal performance here. Not many vocalists do "silky smooth" quite like Zak Stevens, and I think his harsher (and often far from perfect) delivery is great as well, like when he steps it up a couple of notches at the end of 'He Carves His Stone' on Edge of Thorns. A raw and gloriously tormented barrage of vocals that I've only come to appreciate more over the years. So, yeah... I guess I'm pretty much diametrically opposite to how most hardcore Sava fans feel about the discography. 😆

How about an Annihilator ranking list? Would love to see your opinions. :)

Great band! My ranking: 1. Hall of the Mountain King, 2. Sirens (and Dungeons are Calling), 3. Power of the Night, 4. Edge of Thorns, 5. Gutter Ballet, 6. Handful of Rain, 7. Fight for the Rock, 8. Dead Winter Dead, 9. Streets, 10. Poets and Madmen, 11. Wake of Magellan

¡¡Savatage for life!!

my favorites are Power of the Night, Hall of the Mountain King, and Dungeons are Calling. Sirens is second only because of the terrible Twisted Little Sister aka going down, down, down to the Penitentiary. My top 3 are equal. Favorite songs Unusual Sirens Beyond the Doors of the Dark Grace of the Witch Scream Murder 24 Hours Ago Midas Knight Fountain of Youth Hall of the Mountain King I Believe Hyde Gutter Ballet Hounds Edge of Thorns No Downtown Jesus, or Dead Winter Dead really do it for me, but I don't hate their Rock Opera albums, just not my preference. I used to own the complete Savatage catalog, but decided to donate them to the Pawn shop because I just never listened to them often enough

I liked Savatage when they were a power metal band on their earlier releases. I had bought The Dungeons Are Calling when I was a teen in the 80s only because of the Combat record label it was on, because a lot of the albums I was buying were bands on the Combat label kicked ass. I didn't care for their whole symphonic metal change. I heard a manager of theirs took the singer to an opera or something, and that put that seed in the singer's head to start up with that change. That manager should be pimp slapped. Sirens is awesome.

Well done R.M. I would change.....nothing!🤘🍺

Well, I'm not too familiar with all of their discography, but I've at least heard something from each of their albums anyway. So, of the stuff I know, though I truly love "Hall Of The Mountain King" to bits, that's still my runner-up; my favourite Savatage album is instead "Gutter Ballet" (also one of my favourite albums ever, metal or not). I feel "GB" is the perfect balance between their early power metal and later symphonic periods. I still think "HOTMK" is basically perfect, but "GB" is just on another level for me: it's equally fast, heavy, powerful, violent, majestic, sophisticated, captivating, haunted, profound... Also, I found "Power Of The Night" a bit disappointing as nothing from it really stood out for me and isn't a great-sounding album. As for "Sirens", I found it a bit too unripe overall (though there are some indisputable masterpieces there), also the production was somewhat unrefined, which doesn't help. I agree that "The Dungeons Are Calling" deserves mentioning, as some stuff on that is ridiculously good.

I absolutely love the more symphonic albums, and my rank would be: 1 - Dead Winter Dead 2 - The Wake of Magellan 3 - Handful of Rain 4 - Hall of the Mountain King 5 - Edge of Thorns 6 - Streets - A Rock Opera 7 - Gutter Ballet 8 - Power of the Night 9 - Sirens 10 - Poets and Madmen 11 - The Dungeons are Calling 12 - Fight for the Rock

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min number 1 favorit album med savatage är sirens och ep the dungeons are calling och hall of the mountain king 🤘😎🤘

Despite what others say, including the band, I really like Fight For The Rock. Sure, I could do without the two covers and the poor production, but I would still rather listen to that over the Zak Stevens era albums. 1.Hall Of The Mountain King 2. Sirens 3. Gutter Ballet 4. Power Of The Night 5. Streets 6. Fight or The Rock 7. Wake Of Magellan 8. Poets And Madmen 9. Dead Winter Dead 10. Handful Of Rain 11. Edge Of Thorns

My number 3 for sabotage goes to dungeons are calling EP and number two goes to Hall the mountain King and my number one pick is Streets😊 a rock opera

Check out the Savatage Vinyl Re-releases by Edel Music!!! "Hall...." is also my favorit, absolute Masterpiece!!!!

Un saludo.

And suddenly I'm craving hot tea

100/100

Such an underrated band…savatage is a genius metal band!..its so sad and very devastating for me when Cris Oliva died at a very young age…their album Edge of Thorn …one of the best metal album i have ever heard!

Great band

My top 5 albuns: 1- Edge of Thorns 2- Hall of the Mountain King 3- Gutter Ballet 4- Sirens/Dungeons are Calling 5- Power of the Night Fight for the Rock and Poets and Madmen are the worst albuns in my opinion!

I would rank Handful of Rain much higher and Edge of Thorns is probably in my top 3. Each to his own tho....I like most all the albums. I'd put Fight at 11 personally.

1.Hall of the Mountain King. 2.Gutter Ballet. 3.Power of the Night. 4.the Wake of Magellan.

"Hall of the Mountain King" is a 10/10 amazing masterpiece. One of the best metal albums of all time!