History Music / Savatage

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* BadassBureaucrat / BadassPacifist: "Chance" is about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_Sugihara Chiune Sugihara]], Japanese consul in Lithuania during WorldWar2. He issued ''thousands'' of travel visas allowing Jews to flee Nazi Germany for safety in Japan. The song portrays his inner turmoil between risking his life and career, doing the right thing, and whether ''negligence'' in acting is the same is as complicity.

Officially, Jon Oliva's Pain is the closest thing to a Savatage reunion there will ever be.

** ''Dead Winter Dead'' - A story about the [[TheYugoslavWars Bosnian civil war]]. A young Serbian man and a Muslim woman are dragged into picking sides as a pointless war consumes a newborn nation. Meanwhile, an old man protests the conflict by playing his cello in a ruined square during nightly bombings.

* BreakupBreakout: Jon Oliva and Al Pitrelli focused all their efforts on Trans Siberian Orchestra after Savatage disbanded and have had far more success in the former than they ever did with the latter.

Savatage was a ProgressiveMetal band from Tarpon Springs, Florida. Originally named Avatar, the band was formed by Jon Oliva and his brother Criss, the name "Savatage" was born when they were forced to change Avatar's name and they combined it with "savage". Savatage was active between 1978 and 2001, released twelve albums and survived the 1993 death of Criss, before entering an indefinite hiatus. During the hiatus, the band was broken up so that Jon Oliva could focus on other projects; Music/TransSiberianOrchestra as well as Jon Oliva's Pain.

* {{Portmantitle}}

* ''Sirens'' (1983)
* ''The Dungeons Are Calling'' (1984, EP)
* ''Power of the Night'' (1985)
* ''Fight for the Rock'' (1986)
* ''Hall of the Mountain King'' (1987)
* ''Gutter Ballet'' (1989)
* ''[[Music/StreetsARockOpera Streets: A Rock Opera]]'' (1991)
* ''Edge of Thorns'' (1993)
* ''Handful of Rain'' (1994)

* ''Poets and Madmen'' (2001)

* ExecutiveMeddling:
** ''Fight for the Rock'' could almost be called ''Executive Meddling: The Album''. The label had hired Jon to write pop-rock songs for other bands and then decided the collection should be the new Savatage release. They also insisted on a photo of the band which led to the disliked Iwo Jima cover. Finally, the album had a "sales-boosting" content warning sticker added to a squeaky-clean album.
** ''Streets'' had the subtitle "A Rock Opera" added despite the band's protests.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: There are actually two ''different'' songs by the name "Lady in Disguise", as well as "Visions" names a song on the ''Sirens'' album as well as an instrumental piece on ''Handful of Rain''
** Consider also "Believe" (''Streets'') vs. "I Believe" (''Sirens'')
** Later, Savatage apparently became affected with putting "Child" in the titles of epic ballads, resulting in "One Child" (''Dead Winter Dead'') and "Morphine Child" (''Poets and Madmen'')
*** This is brought back in Trans-Siberian Orchestra's new song "Child Unseen", which has heavy Savatage elements. The vocalist even wears a Gutter Ballet shirt.

They initially played typical Music/HeavyMetal, reminiscent of Music/JudasPriest or Music/IronMaiden, before being joined by producer Paul O'Neill in 1987. Afterwards, they switched to a more conceptual, symphonic style of music. They successfully combined elements of both formats on several albums, giving them a varied mix between metal and progressive rock. While they never became a mainstream success, they were appreciated by critics and developed a very loyal fan base.

Savatage was a ProgressiveMetal band from Tarpon Springs, Florida. Originally named Avatar, the band was formed by Jon Oliva and his brother Criss, the name "Savatage" was born when they were forced to change Avatar's name and they combined it with "savage". Savatage was active between 1978 and 2001, released twelve albums and survived the 1993 death of Criss, before entering an indefinite hiatus. During the hiatus, the band was broken up so that Jon Oliva could focus on other projects; TransSiberianOrchestra as well as Jon Oliva's Pain.

* JesusSaves: The title of a song on ''Streets'' and a CatchPhrase related to the character, D.T. Jesus.

* Music/JohnOlivasPain

* DoctorButcher
* JohnOlivasPain

* TransSiberianOrchestra

Savatage was a ProgressiveMetal band from Tarpon Springs, Florida. Originally named Avatar, the band was formed by Jon Oliva and his brother Criss, the name "Savatage" was born when they were forced to change Avatar's name and they combined it with "savage". Savatage was active between 1978 and 2001, released twelve albums and survived the 1993 death of Criss, before entering an indefinite hiatus. During the hiatus, the band was broken up so that Jon Oliva could focus on other projects; {{Trans-Siberian Orchestra}} as well as Jon Olivas Pain.

Officially, Jon Olvias' Pain is the closest thing to a Savatage reunion there will ever be.

* {{Trans-Siberian Orchestra}}

They initially played typical Music/HeavyMetal, reminiscent of Music/JudasPriest or Music/IronMaiden, before being joined by producer Paul O'Neill in 1987. Afterward they switched to a more conceptual, symphonic style of music. They successfully combined elements of both formats on several albums giving them a varied mix between metal and progressive rock. While they never became a mainstream success, they were appreciated by critics and developed a very loyal fan base.

* SignatureSong: "Hall of the Mountain King"

* ''[[StreetsARockOpera Streets: A Rock Opera]]'' (1991)

* ''DeadWinterDead'' (1995)
* ''TheWakeOfMagellan'' (1998)

* IntercourseWithYou: "The Whip" (''The Dungeons Are Calling'') and "Skull Session" (''Power of the Night'').

* Music/{{Instrumentals}}: Several, starting with "Last Dawn" and "Prelude to Madness" on ''Hall of the Mountain King''. Afterwards they commonly had one or two tracks per album.

* {{Doctor Butcher}}
* [=~John Oliva's Pain~=]

They initially played typical HeavyMetal, reminiscent of Music/JudasPriest or Music/IronMaiden, before being joined by producer Paul O'Neill in 1987. Afterward they switched to a more conceptual, symphonic style of music. They successfully combined elements of both formats on several albums giving them a varied mix between metal and progressive rock. While they never became a mainstream success, they were appreciated by critics and developed a very loyal fan base.

They initially played typical HeavyMetal, reminiscent of JudasPriest or IronMaiden, before being joined by producer Paul O'Neill in 1987. Afterward they switched to a more conceptual, symphonic style of music. They successfully combined elements of both formats on several albums giving them a varied mix between metal and progressive rock. While they never became a mainstream success, they were appreciated by critics and developed a very loyal fan base.