Savatage - Power Of The Night (Live 1987)

[@bigbo1764]

Most underrated metal band of all time

[@vinaymulukutla358]

The way Criss plays the main riff clean at the start brings about a very cold, dark, murky and foreboding atmosphere and creates a tension you can feel right before it breaks into absolute metallic rage with one of the heaviest and most evil riffs ever created in heavy metal. Few guitarists are so unsurpassed in delivering emotion through a guitar as Criss was.

[@RScott413]

For the last two weeks I have been ripping this one just like that after revisiting the live recording on Cleveland that I SO glad they did back then. Fcking Criss Oliva was a treasure of power guitar. In 85 this was the tune that made me an instant Savatage junkie

[@RScott413]

I feel fortunate that I was able to see Criss Oliva twice. In Aug of 90 I bought Jon drinks BEFORE the show, he literally was out on the floor of the Ballard Firehouse standing and drinking with us like we knew each other, it was brutally entertaining and Jon was genuinely funny in person. Love these guys and wish that the brothers were still giving us music

[@vinaymulukutla358]

@@RScott413 I never met Criss unfortunately but I met the other guys in 2001, especially Chris Caffery and Johnny Lee Middleton who talked to me. Savatage were so down to Earth and really appreciated their fans. I hear Criss was a very down to Earth and friendly guy, no rock star ego whatsoever. His wife never recovered from his passing. Neither have we.

[@charlieadams2656]

I saw them 28 times and worked for the band 4 5 years

[@thomasgray7128]

Savatage is fuckin amazing!!! My favorite Metal band!!🤘🤘🤘🤘😎😎😎🤘🤘😁👍👍

[@DarrylHoffman]

I happen to have seen them in Anaheim, CA. Still have not found another Band in The same League as Savatage just A very Rare Talent that only comes around once in A Life Time.R.I.P Cris Olivia

[@DarrylHoffman]

This is the Music the World is Missing and all those who don't know what really Music is Sad But True.😮

[@sosdosautomaticos]

R.I.P. CRISS! ONE OF THE BEST GUITAR PLAYER EVER!

[@RScott413]

Criss Oliva would make my "Top 5 people I wish I could hang with" list. Especially after having Long IS iced teas with Jon before a show in Seattle August of 1990. Jon stood out on the FLOOR with us and drank FOUR of them BEFORE the show. LOL. He was like totally chilled and just "hey, how's it going?"

[@darrensouden4]

ONLY DISCOVERD SAVATAGE TWO MONTHS AGO, F**KING BRILL IVE GOT 3 OF THERE ALBUMS UP TO NOW.🇬🇧👍🇺🇸👍

[@DarrylHoffman]

Hey Cris your one Very Unique Speical Talent that does Still Shine On.R.I.P missed but not forgotten.

[@back4onemore]

That riff though....love Savatage and Mr. Chris Oliva !! R.i.p.

[@terryfender3943]

I don't know what happened to the camera work but the band sounds pretty tight and Criss's guitar work is spot on!

[@ricklindberg4228]

Power of the Night is my favorite Savatage album

[@Savatanica]

Trademark Criss riff.The fluidity is unmatched,his melodies are always there

[@novola1972]

I was listening back in Russia in the early 90’s and so did all my neighbors lol. Loved Power of the night blasted the hell out of my crappy russki speakers

[@DarrylHoffman]

Savatage Fan and saddened by the Music Industry for Not give Them The Red Carpet because they deserved it.

[@joerectifier]

If you don’t know…..then you don’t know. Power of The Night baby!

[@JCCG1989]

Magnificent performance.

[@theshropshiregoodlife8094]

Brilliant!

[@mamudaziz8997]

Criss 💖

[@tanner_uncut]

the intro riff is actually the outro riff of Sirens

[@fort_land5408]

Bandassa de metal que eu amo RONALDO AMERICANA SP.

[@Ivanslav1]

Shit I think I was actually at this show

[@FoxysFriends]

Where was it? I caught them a few times at Lamours and Studio one... I got to meet and bullshit with Criss after a Lamours show...I asked him for a pick, he gave me the regs he had in his pocket. He told me his guitar tech had the stainless steel looking ones because they cost a lot more..RIP ONE OF THE GREATEST

[@thorpenator9148]

Criss would be 24 here What a monster guitar player

[@thomasgray7128]

This is Savatage at their absolute best!!! Great memories of Cris and Jon!!👍👍🤘🤘🤘😁✌️✌️P.S. the video was trash but sound quality was perfect!!!

[@allfornaught0]

Does no one care to film the LEAD GUITARIST WHEN HE'S DOING HIS SOLO?????

[@vadimastprojects8770]

Yeah, that was shameful.

[@joontaekpark]

agree... I want to slap that camera man.

[@StackBundle]

Frustrating fact of almost all Savatage footage.

[@maxwattage6631]

Its about lines. "The call of the wired"

[@bucknasty69]

Vitamin "C" is pretty wicked!

[@JeffKart]

Detroit

[@ChrisSteberlPROJECTALCAZAR]

What the hell happened to the guitar solo?!?!?

[@JohnWilliams-ee5ly]

The studio

[@13strigoi69]

"Criss is going to rip into a solo, I wonder what the bassist is up to?"

[@SouthernSkeptic]

@@13strigoi69 lmao

[@bigbear3992]

🤘😍🤘

[@dorkoize]

Heavy metal.

[@thorpenator9148]

Sometime they played the in standard d...drop c, and other performances e flat/d sharp, dropped E.

[@МихаилАлексеев-ч1м]

I think, Criss wass the very fist heavy metal guitar player, who started to use hardly lower and dropped tunings. I can't remember anyone else at that time who played that eay. Almost always it was standard tuning or half tone lower tuning.

[@rdsp3057]

caralho veio! q foda

[@DonaldBrooks-jm9wv]

Manyhisthisrocks

[@slowemm]

🤘🤪🤘

[@autocon72]

WTF!!! WHY WASN'T CRISS SOLO FILMED😠🤬...this sucked!!!

[@jonowens460]

Downer...He truly Rokkk It

[@jonowens460]

It was Dead On Too...