During the years-partly even before the hiatus-members founded various new bands such as Jon Oliva's Pain, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Circle II Circle and Doctor Butcher.
The band released four more studio albums, and went through several line-up changes before going on an extended hiatus in 2002. Following his death, Jon (along with producer Paul O'Neill) decided to continue Savatage in memory of his brother. On October 17, 1993, six months after the release of Edge of Thorns, guitarist Criss Oliva was killed in a car accident. Its next four albums-Hall of the Mountain King (1987), Gutter Ballet (1989), Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) and Edge of Thorns (1993)-were also successful but more critically acclaimed than Fight for the Rock. The band first reached substantial commercial success with its third studio album Fight for the Rock (1986), which peaked at number 158 on the Billboard 200. Savatage has released eleven studio albums, two live albums, four compilations and three EPs. Savatage is considered a significant member of the American heavy metal movement of the early-to-mid-1980s and has been cited as a key influence on many genres, such as power metal, progressive metal, speed metal, thrash metal, death metal and symphonic metal. The band was first called Avatar, but, shortly before the release of their debut album Sirens (1983), they changed their name to Savatage, as Avatar was already taken by another band.
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Savatage was an American heavy metal band founded by brothers Jon and Criss Oliv… Read Full Bio ↴ Savatage was an American heavy metal band founded by brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1979 in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
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