SAVATAGE

Release Year: 2010
Artist Origin: USA
Style: epic progressive power heavy metal

the title of tenth studio album [1997] correctly refers to a sea-related concept story, but it evolves around another character than a famous Portuguese explorer, maintaining as creative and intricate approach as anybody would expect from this super-talented crew - their bombastic orchestrated metal has been quite unique at the time, borrowing the structuring details from classical music, masterfully adopting the drama in hard'n heavy context, sticking a rock opera tag to it, while both Chris Caffery and Al Pitrelli make sure guitar department sounds as lush and effective as in good old times; recent digipak edition comes with a remastered sound, liner notes by Jon Oliva in the booklet, and two acoustic bonuses