Sirens
Sirens is the debut studio album by Savatage, an American heavy metal band, and it came out on 11 April 1983 through Par Records. Its genre is listed as power metal, and it is noticeably heavier than the records that followed, once the band moved towards their own brand of progressive metal. It has also been cited as a key inspiration for the thrash metal scene that was then taking shape.
The recording was a rushed affair. Jon Oliva has said that Sirens and the EP The Dungeons Are Calling were recorded and mixed in a single day, with most songs prepared barely a week earlier, because that was all the band could afford. The two were meant to be one debut but were split to suit the limits of vinyl. They were remastered and reissued together in 2011 on Earmusic.
Sirens: tracklist, credits and charts
9 tracks · 35:54Tracklist
- 1SirensPaul O’Neill and Jon Oliva3:40
- 2HolocaustO’Neill, Oliva, Oliva4:36
- 3I BelieveCollins, Oliva, Oliva, Wacholz5:28
- 4RageJon Oliva2:40
- 5On the RunCriss Oliva and Jon Oliva3:31
- 6Twisted Little SisterJon Oliva3:38
- 7Living for the NightCriss Oliva and Jon Oliva3:20
- 8Scream MurderJon Oliva3:50
- 9Out on the StreetsCriss Oliva and Jon Oliva5:11
- Produced by
- Dan Johnson
- Recorded at
- Morrisound Recording, Morrisound (Tampa, Florida)
- Recorded
- January 1983
- Engineered by
- Jim Morris
- Label
- Par Records
- Length
- 35:54
Line-up
- Keith “Thumper” Collins · bass guitar
- Criss Oliva · guitar
- Steve Wachholz · drums (drum set)
- Jon Oliva · lead vocals
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| German Albums · 2021 | 16 |
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How we know the release date wikipedia 1983-04-11; musicbrainz + wikidata 1983-11-01 (204 days apart, likely another territory)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1 November 1983 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 11 April 1983 | |
| Wikidata | 1 November 1983 | |
| US release | 1 November 1983 | earliest US date |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 November 1983 | US | Par Records | original | |
| 1985 | XE | Music for Nations | other | |
| 22 November 1994 | US | Metal Blade Records | 039841407624 | other |
| 22 April 2002 | DE | Metal Blade Records | 039841441925 | other |
| 23 April 2002 | US | Metal Blade Records | 039841441925 | other |
| 12 February 2021 | XW | MRI | 195497310272 | other |
Cover art sources
fanarttv · upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 700×700 | upscaled |