Sirens (Savatage album)
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| Studio album by Savatage | ||||
| Released | April 11, 1983 (US) November 1, 1983 (UK) |
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| Recorded | January 1983 at Morrisound Studios, Tampa Florida, United States | |||
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Heavy metal Speed metal Power metal |
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| Length | 35:51 | |||
| Label | Par Records (US) Music for Nations (UK) |
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| Producer | Danny Johnson | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
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| Metal Forces | (9/10) |
| Martin Popoff |  |
Sirens is the debut album by American heavy metal band Savatage, released in 1983. The music on this album is heavier than in later Savatage albums, where the band developed their own style of progressive metal.
According to front man Jon Oliva, Sirens and the long EP "The Dungeons Are Calling" were recorded and mixed all in one day. With most of the songs prepared no more than a week before the recording session, the band could only afford one day in the studio. The two albums together were to make Savatage's debut but since vinyl records limited the total running time, they were divided. In 2011 they were remastered and released together on the label "Earmusic."
The cover of the English version published by Music for Nations and of Combat Records edition of 1985 is the same of the children's book The Borribles Go for Broke. It was also used by Metal Blade Records for the first edition on CD and other subsequent versions.
Interesting to note is that in the liner notes for the album, they gave themselves roles instead of listing their instruments.
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