Dead Winter Dead is the ninth full-length studio album by the American group Savatage , published in 1995.
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| Studio album Savatage | ||||
| Date of issue | October 24, 1995 | |||
| Genres | Progressive Metal , Power Metal , Symphonic Metal | |||
| Duration | 52:06 | |||
| Producer | Paul O'Neill / Jon Oliva | |||
| A country |  USA | |||
| Label | Atlantic / Wea | |||
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Content
About the album
“ Dead Winter Dead ” is a concept album about fictional events during the war in Yugoslavia:
- The story of a young Serb Serjan Aleshkovich
- The history of the Bosnian Muslim girl Katrina Brasic
- The story of an elderly Serb (the name is not mentioned in the work), who returned to his hometown and played the cello during the bombings
Songs
- The vocals in the songs “I Am” and “Doesn't Matter Anyway” were performed by John Oliva for the first time since 1991;
- The songs “One Child” and “Not What You See” use the imposition of different vocals;
- The video for the song “One Child” was made;
- The song “Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)” was also performed by Trans-Siberian Orchestra in the album 1996 Christmas Eve and Other Stories and a video was shot on it.
Song List
| No | Title | Duration |
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| one. | "Overture" | 1:46 |
| 2 | Sarajevo | 2:36 |
| 3 | "This is the Time" | 5:41 |
| four. | "I Am" | 4:33 |
| five. | "Starlight" | 5:39 |
| 6 | "Doesn't Matter Anyway" | 3:47 |
| 7 | "This Isn't What We Meant" | 4:13 |
| eight. | "Mozart and Madness" | 5:01 |
| 9. | "Memory" | 1:19 |
| ten. | "Dead Winter Dead" | 4:19 |
| eleven. | "One Child" | 5:14 |
| 12. | “Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)” | 3:24 |
| 13. | "Not What You See" | 5:02 |
| 2002 SPV Reissue | |||||||||
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| 14. | "All That I Bleed" (Acoustic version on the piano ) | Criss Oliva , Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill | 4:34 | ||||||
| 15. | "Sleep" (Acoustic version) | Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill | 3:46 | ||||||
| Reissue of EarMusc 2011 | |||||||||
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| No | Title | Author | Duration | ||||||
| 14. | “Miles Away / Follow Me” (Acoustic version) | Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill | 5:47 | ||||||
| 15. | "When The Crowds Are Gone" (Acoustic Version) | Criss Oliva, Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill | 6:24 | ||||||
Record Members
- Zachary Stevens - vocals
- John Oliva - keyboards , vocals (on the songs “I Am” and “Doesn't Matter Anyway” ) , backing vocals (on “Starlight” )
- Chris Caffery - electric guitar , background vocals
- Al Pitrelli - electric guitar , backing vocals
- Johnny Lee Middleton - bass guitar , background vocals
- Jeff Plate - Percussion
Links
- Dead Winter Dead on Discogs
- FAQ: Section 2 - The Albums. Part 2 (English) . savatage.com. The date of appeal is January 18, 2014.