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| 3.0 good | GamamJ | March 20th 20 |
A solid very NWOBHM influenced debut. Standouts for mw include the punk infused Rage, and Scream Murder, the best track on the record with a face ripping solo showing hints of what was to come from Criss Oliva (RIP) on later records.
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| 3.5 great | Robbit | July 4th 17 |
Savatage's debut album SIRENS was a refreshingly dark & heavy album for an American metal band. Recorded and mixed in a single
day session at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, the album as a whole has too much of a sonic sameness from beginning to end, as
well as being a bit bass heavy and cavernous sounding.
Musically, this is aggressively played power metal with doom metal overtones, yet played a bit more briskly. Most of the
songs are propelled by aspiring shredder Criss Oliva who crams plenty of flashy fills into every nook and cranny. His
technique definitely contained elements of Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads' styles.
The first half of the album is actually quite solid. "Sirens", "Holocaust" and "I Believe" are all great metal songs. "Rage"
is probably one of the more turbo charged tracks just barely edging into speed metal territory. Sadly, the somewhat muddy
sound mix does this track no real favors. It's the second half of SIRENS that isn't quite up to the same standard. Tracks
like "On The Run" and "Twisted Little Sister" are fairly straight forward and likable enough, but the songs are less
interesting as the album progresses. The ballad "Out In The Streets" is fine for what it is, but does seem out of place on
this record. [They would later re-record this song for 1986's FIGHT FOR THE ROCK, but it still failed to catch fire as a
single.]
SIRENS is still a great old school metal album as it was released, but one can't help but imagine how much better it could have
been with some of the DUNGEONS tracks they'd recorded at the same session.
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| 3.0 good | Fernando Alves STAFF | August 1st 11 |
Classic stuff with some good moments like the title track and Holocaust but their best work came after.
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| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | October 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | MrIceTea | February 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | mrManxxx | November 15th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | eirinn | March 17th 21 |
| 3.5 great | jmal00 | March 11th 21 |
| 3.2 good | Trey STAFF | February 26th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | CalinD | December 27th 20 |
| 2.5 average | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | June 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tib | May 19th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | April 9th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ElioG | January 7th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ziopsis | December 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | sjeleliv | September 5th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | gk1979 | January 28th 19 |
| 2.5 average | batmura | January 23rd 19 |
| 2.0 poor | igi78 | November 16th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Casavir | February 1st 18 |
| 3.0 good | adios | October 8th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Svetli | May 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | vonseux | February 9th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Lanas | July 24th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Mitch | July 16th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Ianman | June 27th 16 |
| 3.5 great | deslad | January 17th 16 |
| 3.5 great | musixxx | December 22nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | JIMMI | September 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Samppa | October 4th 14 |
| 3.5 great | manosg EMERITUS | November 30th 13 |
| 3.5 great | pains | June 4th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | SCR1971 | April 21st 13 |
| 3.5 great | ksoflas | November 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | mho | June 29th 12 |
| 3.0 good | TLX | April 17th 12 |
| 3.5 great | zyklzy | April 5th 12 |
| 3.5 great | sodas | October 20th 11 |
| 2.5 average | aguzman | September 12th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | zacab | August 16th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Jumaos | April 22nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | gambs | September 16th 10 |
| 3.5 great | rc1288 | August 28th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Isa711 | November 7th 09 |
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