Album · 1995
Dead Winter Dead
by Savatage
Dead Winter Dead is a 1995 heavy metal album by Savatage. It runs 15 tracks across 64 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.5/5 from 2 ratings.
Heavy Metal · Rock · Progressive Metal
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- 4.5 /5
- 2 ratings
- 87 /100
- 5 critics
- 15
- Tracks
- 64 min
- Runtime
- 128 bpm
- Tempo
- A major
- Key
Ratings
2 ratings · avg 4.5
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5 publications
- Metal Hammer (GER)7/7
- Sputnikmusic4.5/5
- Rock Hard8.5/10
- AllMusic4/5
- The Collectors Guide to Heavy Metal8/10
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Dead Winter Dead album cover
The Dead Winter Dead cover was designed by Edgar Jerkins.
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Tracklist
15 tracks · 64 min
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Dead Winter Dead is the ninth studio album by Savatage, released in 1995. It is a concept album, dealing with a Serb boy and a Muslim girl who fall in love. The story of the album also focused on the Bosnian War, which was ongoing at the time.[ This album featured the return of Chris Caffery, who featured on Savatage's 1989 release Gutter Ballet. Alex Skolnick, who had played guitars on Savatage's previous album Handful of Rain, opted not to stay around for the next album in order to concentrate on his solo band. Singer Jon Oliva took drummer Jeff Plate from the Handful of Rain tour, and brought in his old friend, former member and Doctor Butcher member to join the band. Atlantic Records also felt that the band needed a second, more well-known guitarist to complete the line-up. Al Pitrelli, formerly a member of Alice Cooper's touring band, became the lead guitarist for the band.
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This record gave the band an unexpected radio hit in "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)", and the band decided they wanted to explore this kind of music in a different way. Around this time, Paul O'Neill, along with Robert Kinkel, was interested in starting up what became the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was later re-released by TSO as "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" on their first release, Christmas Eve and Other Stories. The track "Mozart and Madness" quotes directly from the opening theme of Mozart's Symphony No. 25, whilst "Memory" quotes directly from Ludwig van Beethoven's interpretation of "Ode to Joy"
In brief
- Is Dead Winter Dead good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Dead Winter Dead 4.5/5 from 2 ratings.
- When was Dead Winter Dead released?
- Dead Winter Dead was released in 1995.
- How many tracks are on Dead Winter Dead?
- Dead Winter Dead has 15 tracks, with a runtime of 64 minutes.
- What genre is Dead Winter Dead?
- Dead Winter Dead is catalogued under Heavy Metal, Rock, Progressive Metal.
- What BPM is Dead Winter Dead?
- Dead Winter Dead runs at a median tempo of 128 BPM across its tracks, most often in A major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Dead Winter Dead?
- Listeners of Dead Winter Dead also rate The Book of Souls by Iron Maiden, Firepower by Judas Priest, Rust in Peace by Megadeth.
- Who produced Dead Winter Dead?
- Dead Winter Dead was produced by Jon Oliva and Paul O’Neill. Jon Oliva produced 9 of them.
Credits
- Produced by
- Mixed by
- Ben ArrindellDave Wittman
- Engineered by
- Brian KinkeadChris CurranJoe DailyJoe JohnsonJulio Pena
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Kevin LewisMike ScielziRobert KinkelSteve CorsonTim HatfieldWill Schillger - Played by
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Robert KinkelMary Wooten- Vocals by
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