2022 re-issue on blue vinyl with gatefold cover, 12 page bookletand slipmat

Going through a lot of personnel changes can make a band’soutput very erratic — in the 80s and 90s, Deep Purple and BlackSabbath went through so many personnel changes that you never knewif a new album would be decent, mediocre or quite forgettable. Butpersonnel changes haven’t prevented Savatage from beingimpressively consistent. In 1993, Savatage suffered a cruel blowwhen guitarist and founding member Criss Oliva was killed in a carcrash. But the band bounced back nicely with Handful of Rain, whichwas the first album it recorded after Criss death and found himbeing replaced by former Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick. With aline-up consisting of Skolnick, singer Zachary Stevens, bassistJohnny Lee Middleton and drummer Steve Wacholz, Savatage deliversan album that is melodic, ambitious, often operatic andconsistently absorbing. Jon Oliva, who had co-founded Savatage withbrother Criss back in 1978, is listed as a co-producer and akeyboardist, but not as an actual member. The songs are dramatic,passionate and intense, but they’re also quite melodic — in fact,melody and aggression is equally important on this excellent album.Appropriately, Savatage dedicated Handful of Rain to Criss’memory.

Track listing:
1. Taunting Cobras
2. Handful Of Rain
3. Chance
4. Stare Into The Sun
5. Castles Burning
6. Visions
7. Watching You Fall
8. Nothing’s Going On
9. Symmetry
10. Alone You Breathe (Criss’s Song)

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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