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On the third Jon Olivaβs Pain album the band clearly moves closer to Savatage. Musically seen the band boosts with unmistakable songs, which hold all the band-typical trademarks in store.
by Jürgen Tschamler
(12.03.2008)
By the end of 2007, the Mountain King let us know that Savatage are history. A big shock for the Heavy Metal community. But since the exceptional singer has always had several projects at the same time, the news is not as dramatic as it initially seemed. Especially with Jon Oliva's Pain, he keeps the Savatage spirit more than alive. This could already be seen in the 2006-album, "Maniacal Renderings", also if that was stylistically more free than Savatage. Now they present their new album: initially sounding more threatening as a whole and darker than its predecessors, it also contains songs that Savatage couldn't have done better in their heydays. Such as the "Sirens"-like "Stories"- Gigantic! On the other side, the band is very catchy and emotional, e.g. in "Look at the world", "Firefly" and the unbelievable "The ride". The only strange track is "Master" with robot-like, distorted vocals. Upon the finely arranged, very dramatic songs, you have Jonβs unique and unmistakable voice.
