Savatage Albums Ranked From Worst to Best

My take on the discography of heavy metal legends SAVATAGE!

[@jamesbedford3774]

Criss Oliva is perhaps the most underrated guitarist of all time. An absolute legend, and responsible for my favourite solo ever. Savatage were great.

[@FaustianSpirit1997]

11) Fight For The Rock 10) Dead Winter Dead 9) Power Of The Night 8) Poets And Madmen 7) The Wake Of Magellan 6) Streets 5) Sirens + The Dungeons Are Calling (i consider them the same entity) 4) Edge Of Thorns 3) Handful Of Rain 2) Gutter Ballet 1) Hall Of The Mountain King * What can i say that hasn't been said before? I love Savatage, i love their classic american take of Heavy/Power Metal, i love their more Symphonic and Progressive adventures, i love Jon's voice and work with the keys, i love Criss' solid riffs and blistering solos, i love Paul's capacity of storytelling and production work. They're the band i wish could've reach the Heavy Metal stardom. R.I.P to both Criss and Paul, both will be dearly missed.

[@ytr3488]

You're out of your mind, Tom sawyer is your favorite rush song.... I have nothing else your honor

[@lonewolf6974]

Jon and Criss Olivia Rule!!! 🤘🤘

[@waterdive122productions6]

The day is FINALLY here. Thank you Bryce!! One of my favorite bands ever, here's how I rank Savatage's albums (including Dungeons are Calling): #12: Dead Winter Dead- 1995 #11: Fight for the Rock- 1986 #10: Sirens- 1983 #9: Poets and Madmen- 2001 #8: Streets: A Rock Opera- 1991 #7: Dungeons are Calling EP- 1984 #6: The Wake of Magellan- 1997 #5: Handful of Rain- 1994 #4: Gutter Ballet- 1989 #3: Power of the Night- 1985 #2: Edge of Thorns- 1993 #1: Hall of the Mountain King- 1987 RIP to Criss Oliva, one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Hall of the Mountain King will probably remain my number one for a while. It's a masterpiece all the way through. More metalheads need to listen to Savatage.

[@themastersword1621]

Jon Oliva is one of my favorite vocalists just because of how distinct his voice his. Melodic and majestic yet snarling and at times sinister.

[@simonepeverelli883]

I'm a Swiss old time Sava fan. Savatage are one of my favorite metal band. See them live many time, including an awesome show at Wacken in front of 100000 fans. My fav are Streets and Gutter ballet. I like very much the album with Zak on vocals. Dead Winter Dead is one of my favorite. The only "Christmas" song is Sarajevo but it's ok if you follow the story of the concept. I have to say that I'm a huge concept album fan!

[@joedolenza7944]

Was blessed once to meet Chris on Gutter Ballet tour and it was in a smaller club in Dettoit Michigan called the Token Lounge cheers my friends and he was just walking around so fucking cool talking to people and hung out with us for like fifteen minutes. Such a cool guy!

[@selfdiscardedkingofruin7291]

I've been a huge Savatage fan since the mid 80's and luckily got see them and party with them a few times. The coolest nicest dudes. Not one bad album( FFTR is even good imo lol) Top 3 for me is HOTMK, GUTTER, AND STREETS in no particular order. Oh yeah, Paul O'neill personally gave me 2 front row tickets to TSO🤘

[@killingsleep]

ROCK-IT CLUB

[@kevinbrown1893]

1. Gutter Ballet (1989) 2. Hall of The Mountain King (1987) 3. Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) 4. Sirens (1983) 5. Edge of Thorns (1993) 6. The Wake of Magellan (1997) 7. The Dungeons are Calling (1984) 8. Power of The Night (1985) 9. Poets and Madmen (2001) 10. Dead Winter Dead (1995) 11. Handful of Rain (1994) 12. Fight for The Rock (1986)

[@johnnyboy6429]

Gutter ballet #1? Dang man! Shaking things up 🤙

[@foxedrey622]

I enjoy Gutter Ballet more than Hall of the Mountain King! The musicianship, production, and song writing is awesome!

[@ctfan1486]

Love your list. I would put power of the night 4 sirens and sirens 5. I definitely agree on gutter at #1 simply because of hounds and the unholy

[@ytr3488]

​@Johnny Boy If you ask kevin he will insist tom sawyer is his favorite rush song. 😅 And the only thing brown is his nose

[@stormcorrosion176]

Lmao DWD is waaaay too far down the list

[@nelsonshuchmacherendebo7688]

Solid ranking. Power of the Night, the title track, is one of the most metal tunes ever recorded, such a banger.

[@HorrorMetalMaestroRedrusty66]

Great ranking mate, nice dive into their catalog, enjoyed it! Glad I found ya channel.

[@747jono]

Fantastic video Bryce thanks 😊

[@thedarkwizardroom]

Can't argue with the ranking Bryce. Nice! I got to see Savatage along with Megadeth open for DIO in 88. Simply amazing all the songs especially off Hall Of The Mountain King my no 1. Being a classic album I have on cd. 🎹🥁🎸🎤🎶✔

[@Therionx]

what's crazy is Right before the Great Masterpiece of Hall Of The Mountain King they were a day or two from breaking up . RIP Paul O'neill

[@blacktytrix]

Edge of thorns I think will always be my personal number 1. Everything about the album is great. And while Jon is of course one of the greats, with hall and gutter being their standout albums, I can't help but love everything Zak does. His voice is vastly different but it still fits the band tremendously. Just shows how great the band truly is.

[@warrenmooney9422]

Agreed, while I like Jon's voice better this album is the best one I've heard by Savatage. The guitar is sick and the songs are awesome too.

[@theinnersleeve-vinylenthus4600]

Great video Bryce! For some reason I never got into Savatage. I’m going to listen to your top 3 to rectify that! And then we will see where it goes from there.

[@0neInTheWorld]

I personally love 'Edge Of Thorns' the most. You should try to get the japanese version of it. It contains with 'Forever After' and 'Shotgun Innocence' two more great songs. #2 would be 'Streets - A Rock Opera'.

[@gellargod]

Love love love Savatage. First saw them on the Gutter Ballet tour, so of course that's my number one. Also saw them on the Streets tour, Edge of Thorns tour, and Handful of Rain tour. Very underated band!!!

[@JoshCarlos1998]

Just listening to Hounds alone solidified that Criss is an all time great guitarist. Dude was an absolute machine RIP🤘

[@robertghanem1424]

Budgie, Savatage, metal church, Armour saint.. big 4 of most underrated bands..

[@robertblackburn211]

Great list! My Savatage knowledge is only 2 albums deep so I can’t make my own list yet. I’m headed to the record store! Do an Armored Saint list next!

[@mikeryanmikeryan4740]

Hi Bryce. Savatage is my third favorite band behind Priest and Sabbath. Here is my rankings based off impact and influence on my life. 12. Fight for the Rock 11. Dungeons are Calling 10. Power of the Night 9. Sirens 8. Wake of Magellan 7. Streets 6. Poets and Madmen 5. Dead Winter Dead 4. Handful of Rain 3. Hall of the Mountain King 2. Gutter Ballet 1. Edge of Thorns

[@joedolenza7944]

Great show Bryce! Hall of the Mountain King is the call to battle!

[@thorpenator9148]

Met Criss on Edge of Thorns. He is your favorite guitar player. Worked on Ken Erb"s guitar recently from Shok Paris. They toured with Savatage, and great to hear stories about the mighty Savatage.

[@loganscharer7910]

Album ranking request, do the rest of the big four of Canadian thrash. Since Annihilator just came out with Metal II that would be cool to do a ranking.

[@jamesjezard4553]

Great Ranking. Savatage are simply amazing. My ranking would be 1- HOTMK 2- Sirens 3- Gutter Ballet 4- Streets 5- Power of the Night 6- Poets and Madmen 7- Edge of Thorns 8- Dead Winter Dead 9- Handful of Rain 10- wake of Magellan 11- Fight For the Rock

[@747jono]

Totally agree with the selections Bryce

[@hevihoo]

Funny how this came out the same day I bought the new vinyl re-release of HOTMK. Of course I bought the original back in the day and couple of those cd releases later on but since this one had a gatefold sleeve and new liner notes... 😁 Can't argue with your listing. Mine would be almost identical. I really like Zak's singing too but Jon is just so unique and his voice can express such a wide range of emotions that there's really no contest after all. Savatage has been one of my all time favourites since the release of HOTMK. Would have been even earlier than that but it was only then I heard the band. Just hoping that they could sort out their schedules etc. and record and release a new album. Even if it was just one last time they ever did anything. I'd buy the vinyl, and the cd and shirts and whatever they'd put out with it.

[@jaspergillgannon4991]

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

[@RockersBeerReview]

One of my favourite bands - good ranking but streets in 7th I can’t agree with - for me it’s their best album followed by gutter ballet and mountain king. Poets and madman is an album I’ve really enjoyed more and more too and would rank higher because it’s got Jon singing.

[@siddharthdeshmukh8118]

Awesome ranking! When it comes to guitar tone, Criss is in the same league among George Lynch and Randy Rhoads IMO and Jon is definitely in my top 10 Metal vocalists. Do you like Symphony X? I'd say they took that "Gutter Ballet/Streets" sound to a different level. Cheers!

[@brycetalksmetal]

I don’t listen to them much, like some stuff I’ve heard… need to go through all of their stuff

[@sinbysin666]

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

[@garyjoyce2160]

Got them all. Pretty similar rating. I’ll say this. Just my opinion, for a final album 2001 POETS and MADMEN / might be their most underrated/ under the radar albums. BRYCE/ tremendous job as usual my “ young metal head”. You 💯 know your stuff. Keep it up 👍

[@panoskarliotis382]

here is my ranking, from worst to best, without the Dungeons Are Calling EP: 11)Fight For The Rock 10)Power Of The Night 9)Sirens 8)Dead Winter Dead 7)Streets A Rock Opera 6)Poets and Madmen 5)The Wake Of Magellan 4)Handful Of Rain 3)Edge Of Thorns 2)Hall Of The Mountain King 1)Gutter Ballet

[@Intermentor]

1. Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) 2. Hall of The Mountain King (1987) 3. Gutter Ballet (1989) 4. Poets and Madmen (2001) 5. Sirens/The Dungeons Are Calling (1983, 1984) 6. Power of The Night (1985) 7. Edge of Thorns (1993) 8. Handful of Rain (1994) 9. The Wake of Magellan (1997) 10. Dead Winter Dead (1995) 11. Fight for The Rock (1986) Nice ranking by the way Bryce. In my ranking I would say top 3 here are obvious in any metal collection

[@jaimericardovargasflorian870]

R.I.P. CRISS OLIVA...GREAT VIDEO

[@stefanodolara3429]

One of my favorite bands ever! My top 3: 1) Streets 2) Hall of the Mountain King 3) Gutter Ballet

[@josephurvilla2545]

Edge of Thorns is my absolutely number one. Great sound, great solo guitar and great voice.

[@beetlebum7760]

Good ranking! I had to grin when you went through the strongest tracks of each album, because, if I'm not mistaken, you didn't even mention one of their ballads, although there are plenty of those in their catalog. Not even When The Crowds Are Gone or Believe, which are two of their greatest songs. I can just picture you listening to Streets and skipping all those piano ballads like A Little Too Far, St. Patrick's or Heal My Soul, making an annoyed face (although skipping’s not really fun on that tape of yours). I have to say Jon Oliva was at his best ballad songwriting on Streets. I'm even less a fan of Zak's vocals than you are. Depending on the mood I'm in, I can't get past his voice at all sometimes. I also think that after Streets, the productions got worse and worse (I guess they were digital from Edge Of Thorns onwards), Edge Of Thorns, Handful Of Rain and Dead Winter Dead sound really bad, which is another reason I don't go back to those albums a lot, although there are some really good songs on each of them. My top 5: Gutter Ballet Hall Of The Mountain King Streets Sirens Power Of The NIght

[@user-ig3zh1xy9z]

Awsome channel

[@mindful2864]

Savatage are just legends that are great at combining prog metal and speed metal. Here would be my ranking: 12. Dead Winter Dead 11. Streets: A Rock Opera 10. Poets and Madmen 9. Fight for the Rock 8. Sirens 7. The Wake of Magellan 6. Edge of Thorns 5. Gutter Ballet 4. Power of the Night 3. The Dungeons Are Calling 2. Handful of Rain 1. Hall of the Mountain King

[@foxedrey622]

Sirens and The Dungeons are Calling are my "guilty pleasure" listening albums! Start to finish fun!

[@joedolenza7944]

No metal singer could touch Jon at his prime!

[@thorpenator9148]

They were tuned down to Standard D on the old stuff, making it very heavy and dark, which I loved.

[@747jono]

One of favourite bands. One of those bands where you can rank and you know all are freaking awesome 👌 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@jimmyr204]

Lucky enough to see Savatage twice over the years, both times at small clubs. Gutter Ballet (with Criss Oliva!) and Poets & Madmen tours. Would like to see Trans Siberian Orchestra sometime. Criss Oliva is greatly missed. Tough to pick a favorite album with such a great catalogue.

[@jerrymetalguire2128]

My top Seven 7. Handful of rain 6. Edge of thorns 5. Power of the night 4. Sirens/Dungeons.....how it should have released 3. Hall of the mountain king 2. Streets 1. Gutter ballet

[@lifeeternal9823]

This is one of my favorite Bands there is, We are relatively similar raking. The dungeons are calling would be my number two in sirens would be my number three

[@Beaumont67]

EXCELLENT PICKS AGREED WITH THE ORDER OF YOUR PICKS !!!

[@johnosbourn4312]

They also released an album titled Return to Wacken, as well. Now, of all of their albums that you showed, I only have four of them, but the way I'd rank them goes like this: Streets, a Rock Opera, A handful of Rain, Hall of The Mountain King, and Gutter Ballet.

[@brycetalksmetal]

Return to Wacken is a compilation album. Does not count for rankings.

[@johnosbourn4312]

@@brycetalksmetal Okay but, it's in my own rankings, Bryce.

[@user-op2id4cz1i]

i would have put streets a spot or 2 ahead, but HOTMK is an absolute shredding MASTERPIECE from start to finish

[@craytonbuchanan]

12) Fight For the Rock 11) Sirens 10) Power of the Night 9) The Dungeons Are Calling 8) Dead Winter Dead 7) Handful of Rain 6) Hall of the Mountain King 5) Gutter Ballet 4) Streets 3) Poets and Madmen 2) The Wake of Magellan 1) Edge of Thorns My favorite song is Morphine Child and I covered this song back in January! (Shameless plug for my channel)

[@mitchpassero1641]

Good ranking. I'd probably just put Power of the Night down a few. But top two are untouchable.

[@duh50360]

Great band. Really good ranking. Totally agree on Hall Of The Mountain King. Incredible guitar playing on that record. Criss was such a loss to the Metal Community.

[@thunderspike1892]

My Top 12. 12: Fight For The Rock 11: Handful of Rain 10: Dead Winter Dead 9:Edge Of Thorns 8: Streets 7:Power Of The Night 6:Wake Of Magellan 5:Poets And Madmen 4:The Dungeons Are Calling 3:Sirens 2:Gutter Ballet 1:Hall Of The Mountain King Love the heavier Savatage material. You forgot to mention I Believe from Sirens. Guitar Solo after Guitar Solo. Great work by Criss Oliva

[@ezioauditore7427]

Great ranking, Oliva brothers are untouchable.

[@niccolonannucci3977]

1) Hall Of The Mountain King 2) Gutter Ballet 3) Streets- Narrated Version 4) Edge Of Thorns 5 ) The Wake Of Magellan 6) Dead Winter Dead 7) Poets And Madmen 8) Handful Of Rain 9) Power Of The Night 10) Sirens & The Dungeons Are Calling - The Complete Session 11) Fight For The Rock

[@jamesmoss3424]

I got savatage 1990 album gutter ballet on CD 💿 .😀👍🤘🎸

[@michaelpennacchio712]

Cool ,Savatage . I like both singers but Jon Oliva has such a unique voice . I hope you also listen to Jon Olivas Pain ( good stuff ) Anyway my favorites have always been 1. STREETS 2.HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING 3. GUTTER BALLET THEN THE ZAK ALBUMS.

[@brianhood4555]

Bryce!🤘💯

[@Lord_Khan]

The Warning cover in the bg…excellent taste.

[@bjblaskowitz4435]

Fight For The Rock Is Underrated

[@ctfan1486]

I'm sure Jon would punch me in my face for saying this but I think he did a great job on Day after day. Definitely not a "Savatage " song but shows how great Jon really is. Doesn't mean I want to see them perform it live either.

[@fsm2333]

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

[@hundredpercentmetal]

1. Edge of thorns 2. Streets 3. Gutter ballet 4. Poets and madmen 5. Hall of the mountain King 6. Wake of Magellan 7. Power of the night 8. Dead winter dead 9. Handful of rain 10. Sirens 11. Dungeons are calling 12. Fight for the rock

[@catsr541]

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

[@747jono]

Slowly building up the remastered vinyl releases few to get yet lol

[@chef8569]

Thank you Dead Winter Dead is my least favorite ; basically the TSO start album which I enjoy TSO but more at Christmas and not when I want to hear Savatage. Chris Caffrey also seems to be toned down a little for my taste as well. Also finally someone that ranked Streets high and gave love to Poets & Madmen !!! Thank you for that as well totally and completely agree.

[@paulocousseau3597]

Power of the night is the best ( one masterpiece)

[@MetalAsylumNJ]

They are reissuing all the albums on vinyl and they are great

[@nathangarcia1992]

Hall of the Mountain King is truly a fantastic record from beginning to end. Easily my favorite from their discography!

[@tonyslupe3828]

Great ranking. Would have flipped number 2 for 1. But...semantics.

[@andrettski8686]

I first heard Savatage in '85 with 'Power of the Night' and the Oliva brothers have left a mark on my Metal soul ever since. R.I.P. Criss. #1-Hall, #2-Gutter, #3-Power, #4-Sirens, #5-Streets, #6-Dungeons, #7-Handful of Rain. 'Devastation' maybe the greatest song to end an album with ever. Came across 'Before I Hang' a GREAT song on a Japanese import. Savatage wouldn't fit on my licence plate so I went with SAXON, tells you what I think of Savatage. Also had an ACCEPT plate on my German VW back in the mid '80's.

[@seagullpoet]

Attended a SAVATAGE show in a club in 1985. 300 of us there. Dark. Loud. Haunting.

[@andrettski8686]

@@seagullpoet Nice. I only saw them once, 'Gutter Ballet' tour( '89 or '90?) in a 1000 capacity club. They blew the lid off that building. My buddies band opened for them.

[@VandelayKavorka]

My personal favorite is Edge Of Thorns. I prefer Zak's vocals over Jon's. Don't get me wrong I love Jon's voice just prefer the style of Zak's.

[@davidgoss2707]

I just bought the re-release of hall of the mountain king on vinyl yesterday

[@ronaldsmith1484]

....... The dungeons are calling..... Is one of the best Halloween metal albums to listen to October 31st....... My top 4..... Hall of the mountain King...... The dungeons are calling.... Power of the night.... Number 4 gutter ballet...... Sirens tied for fourth

[@marcdenning2476]

1. Streets: A Rock Opera 2. Edge of Thorns 3. Gutter Ballet 4. Handful of Rain 5. Hall of the Mountain king 6. Fight for the Rock 7. Power of the Night 8. Sirens/Dungeons Are Calling 9. Dead Winter Dead 10. The Wake of Magellan 11. Poets and Madmen

[@Lord_Khan]

Believe alone makes Streets #1

[@franciskocher200]

😀👍🤘🤘

[@metalmat3651]

Hall of the Mountain King fucking rips! 11/10 album!

[@ctfan1486]

1 Gutter Ballet 2 Streets 3 Hall of the mountain king 4 Power or the night 5 Dungeons are calling 6 Sirens 7 Fight for the rock Never cared for the Zac era. There are a couple songs that i like but for me Jon is Savatage. I guess its like Van Halen/ Van Hagar.

[@TrumpetsInMy4x12]

I may be in the minority on this (and it may be a tiredly repeated opinion overall); but I don't see the need for anything beyond Hall of the Mountain King from these guys. I LOVE that album. Perfect polished songwriting with a more raw delivery.

[@TrumpetsInMy4x12]

...and as I say this; maybe I need to look at Gutter Ballet.

[@cameronsmith8328]

Definitely check out Gutter Ballet. It’s their masterpiece, IMO.

[@ezioauditore7427]

@@TrumpetsInMy4x12 Edge of Thorns is also pretty good it has some of Criss Oliva's best playing.

[@TrumpetsInMy4x12]

@@ezioauditore7427 Here's my thing. I like the original lineup. I don't like Zack Stevens, I don't like Chris Cafferty or Al Pitrelli. So my bias limits me to the Jon & Chris stuff only. This band has always had this melodramatic flair that for me only worked with the OG lineup. I could certainly be wrong but I have just never been able to shake that opinion for whatever reason.

[@metaloverkill6217]

This is the closest I've seen you covering and liking progressive metal on your channel, even if I consider Savatage to not be progressive metal. Even if I am salty about you not into bands like Rush, Dream Theater, and Symphony X, at least you love Savatage which does go into that vain of music a little bit, which is all that matters. Here's my ranking 1. Hall of the Mountain King (1987) 2. Gutter Ballet (1989) 3. Edge of Thorns (1993) 4. Handful Of Rain (1994) 5. Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) 6. Sirens/The Dungeons Are Calling (1983/1984) 7. Power of the Night (1985) 8. Fight for the Rock (1986) 9. Poets and Madmen (2001) 10. The Wake of Magellan (1997) 11. Dead Winter Dead (1995)

[@Hand0verFist]

1.SIrens/Dungeons 2. Streets 3. HOTMK 4. Gutter ballet 5. Power of the night 6. The wake of magelan 7. Poets and madmen 8. Edge of thorns 9. Dead winter dead 10. Handful of rain 11. Fight for the rock I like them all besides Fight for the rock. Never got into this album.

[@daewalker3892]

STREETS #2. That's my vote.

[@gorkaanduezamanrique2449]

1.-Gutter ballet 2.-Edge of thorns 3.-The Hall of the Mountain king 4.-Poets and Madmen 5.-Dead winter dead 6.-Handfull of rain 7.-The wake of magellan 8.-Streets 9.-sirens / dungeons 10.-power of the night 11.-Fight for the rock

[@matsnilson7727]

I actually love Dead Winter Dead but I'd probably pick Gutter Ballet as their magnum opus. Jon is a phenomenal vocalist but I also like Zak a lot. I wasn't so sure about him at first, but over time I started to appreciate his style, which is obviously quite different from Jon's. I like his current band Circle II Circle too, even if I miss hearing him go for the really high notes like he did back in Savatage. But hey, that happens to lots of singers as age (and possibly other factors) takes away some of the vocal range.

[@richardtheconquerer]

Zak actually has a different band now: Archon Angel

[@matsnilson7727]

@@richardtheconquerer Now that you mention it, I think I read something about that a while back. Probably worth checking out.

[@richardtheconquerer]

@@matsnilson7727 it took me a few listens to get into them but I like it now. Their album came out two years ago

[@matsnilson7727]

@@richardtheconquerer Nice! I will investigate 🙂

[@willd4731]

They really never made a bad album.

[@emanuel_soundtrack]

true! not like late Iron Maiden or BG

[@ytr3488]

​@@emanuel_soundtrack Everything after seventh son pretty much sucked.

[@ytr3488]

Most of the youtube subscribers are unemployed and bored and have nothing better to do with their lives

[@tc68bird]

I must be the minority... I love the records that Zak sings on... particularly where Jon helps with some lead and backup vocals. I thought the last Dead Winter Dead & Wake of Magellan records were killer... mainly because of the lead vocal tandem of Zak & John and the Pitrelli (plus underrated Caffrey) on guitar. Ranked best to worst in my opinion. 1 - Hall of the Mountain King 2 - Edge of Thorns 3 - Gutter Ballet 4 - Wake of Magellan 5 - Dead Winter Dead 6 - Handful of Rain 7 - Streets 8 - Poets & Madmen 9 - Sirens 10 - Power Of The Night 11 - Fight For The Rock

[@mikerobertson2402]

Hall Of The Mountain King would be favorite and every other release is up for debate. They are such an underrated band!! 🤘

[@user-qy1uz1iy6q]

Sea of Brice talks Metal in tranquility.

[@johnnyboy6429]

I think we all knew what the 1 and 2 spots would be

[@kurtkluge1686]

1. Hall Of The Mountain King 2. The Dungeons Are Calling 3. Gutter Ballet 4. The Wake of Magellan 5. Sirens 6. Power Of The Night 7. Streets 8. Edge of Thorns 9. Dead Winter Dead 10. Handful of Rain 11. Poets And Madmen 12. FIght For The Rock I need to listen to PAM more, and I don't like pitting some of these against each other, but dozens of epic songs.

[@billvrabel1502]

I don't care much for Sirens but love Dungeons I love Zak Stevens, not as unique as Jon, but a better singer Power of the night has such sleazy lyrics, I couldn't believe it when I actually read them haha Hall of The Mountain King is Savatage's Master of Puppets, just iconic, classic heavy metal Handful of Rain is actually a great album, in my top 5 of the band We need another Tage album, stat!

[@renatomarelli4199]

Streets and The Wake of Magellan are a cut above the rest

[@jonmichaelhalsey6471]

My two favorites are Gutter Ballet and Hall Of The Mountain King, but in all honesty Savatage never put out a bad a album.

[@noahrogers4113]

My ranking from favorite to least favorite Dead Winter Dead The Wake of Magellan Hall of the Mountain King Streets Edge of Thorns Gutter Ballet Handful of Rain Poets and Madmen Sirens Power of the Night Fight for the Rock I dont think any of the Savatage albums are bad personally

[@samhouston1979]

tbh at this point i’ve only bought/heard “Hall of the Mountain King”

[@andrettski8686]

You're really missing out on a lot of great stuff.

[@dougreeder6774]

The Oliva Brothers rule!

[@MrGreyZ]

Dude Chris didn't pass away, he was killed.

[@ButchArgus]

1. Hall of the Mountain King 2. Sirens 3. The Dungeons Are Calling 4. Power of the Night 5. Gutter Ballet 6. Poets and Madmen 7. Fight for the Rock 8. Streets 9. Edge of Thorns 10. Handful of Rain 11. Wake of Magellan 12. Dead Winter Dead Honestly don't care for the Zack Stephens era as much. Just prefer Jon's voice by far. Also prefer the band more metal than progressive/theatrical.

[@jamesthemetalhead21]

Zack Steven’s is almost as good as singer as John Oliva. I just think they are different vocal style. Streets extremely underrated. John Oliva was great. I also love edge of thorns.