Savatage - Handful of Rain
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Artist: SavatageEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-08-16
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Taunting Cobras
- Handful Of Rain
- Chance
- Stare Into The Sun
- Castles Burning
- Visions (Instrumental)
- Watching You Fall
- Nothing Going On
- Symmetry
- Alone You Breathe
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Free Music Review: Absolutely awesome...
Hit: 5 Stars
I picked this CD up in the clearance section at my local music store, and, boy, am I glad I did. To be honest, though - the first time I put it on I kind of chuckled to myself and then shuffled it to the bottom of the CD stack. It wasn't until a while later that I put it on and gave it a proper listen. By the time I reached the song Chance, I was floored. From that point forward, this album quickly climbed up the ranks to become one of my all-time favorites. I have since checked out 'Edge of Thorns' and 'Hall of the Mountain King'.
The first thing that has to be said about 'Handful of Rain' is that it is a pretty emotional album, especially following the tragic passing of Chris Oliva. It also seems that there was a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the future of the band in the wake of that sad event. However, the band managed to pull together enough musicians to hit the studio (including a guitarist from Testament). Jon Oliva (brother of Chris Oliva), who had left the band previously, was also involved in the song-writing process.
The general atmosphere and mood on this album is quite powerful. The lyrics are extremely poignant, and are generally very positive, dealing with many broad concepts on a human level. There is also quite a bit of variety here - from the fast past thrasher 'Taunting Cobras' to the masterful epic 'Alone you Breath', and everything in between. I would certainly recommend this album to classic power/thrash/progressive metal fans.
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