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1. Soak Game - Tha Gamblaz,

2. Gamblaz & Goodfelonz - Tha Gamblaz

3. Got What'cha Need - Tha Gamblaz

4. Ball or Fall - Tha Gamblaz,

5. Body Count - Tha Gamblaz,

6. Skeams 4 the Green - Tha Gamblaz

7. Niner Boyz - Tha Gamblaz, JT the Bigga Figga

8. Big Bucks - Cellski, Tha Gamblaz

9. Authentic & Swinla - Tha Gamblaz

10. Clear the Streets - Tha Gamblaz

11. Lay Low - Four-Tay, Tha Gamblaz

12. We Gon' Mash - Tha Gamblaz, San Quinn

13. Everywhere We Go - Tha Gamblaz,

14. Hard Hitterz - Tha Gamblaz

15. Finally See - Tha Gamblaz, JT the Bigga Figga, Young Noble

16. Renegades - Tha Gamblaz, Messy Marv

17. 20's, 50's, 100's, 1000's - Tha Gamblaz

Tracks:

Power Of The Night - Divsion
The Dungeons Are Calling - Cage
Chance - Cipher
Sirens - Mesmerize
Hall Of The Mountain King - Dofka
Edge Of Thorns - Portait
Prelude And Resurrection Of The Mountain King - Civilian
Believe - Cyrcle IX
Of Rage And War - Opposite Earth
24 Hours Ago - Wraith

Product Description

1. Division - Power Of The Night2. Cage - The Dungeons Are Calling3. Cipher - Chance4. Mesmerize - Sirens5. Dofka - Hall Of The Mountain King6. Portrait - Edge Of Thorns7. Civilian - Prelude And Resurrection Of The Mountain King8. Cyrcle Ix - Believe9. Opposite Earth - Of Rage And War10. Wraith - 24 Hours Ago

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Injustice to Savatage.......2001-11-20

I'm sorry to say that this album does not do justice to Savatage. Except for the track done by Cage, the singers are of mediocre calibre. If at least they would of stuck to the time of the original music instead of trying to improvise on the vocals too much. Being a hardcore fan of Savatage when Cris Oliva was still alive, with my loyalty diminishing after he died I think that if you really want to see what Savatage are really about, buy their original albums, don't buy only the "Best of" because every song on the album is the best in my book. Sava forever!!!! Cris Oliva you were a god amongst guitarists, we love you, and you will always be with your loyal fans!!! Hail to Jon Oliva too!!!

A band for ages.......2001-03-08

Savatage is one of the bands in the metal scene with the longest trayectory of inovations. Now in this abum you have the oportunity of hearing this inovations clearly, from the erliest classic metal to the most new progresive metal operas they made. I tl`ruly recomend you to buy this album and take pleasure in hearing on one of the better bands in this gener of music.

Return of the Mountain King: A Tribute to Savatage (Import)

Average customer rating:

Obscure bands pay homage to the great Savatage

Return of the Mountain King: A Tribute to Savatage (Import)
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Underground Symphony (licensed f
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Follow Me (Projecto)
Strange Wings (Shadows of Steel)
Tonight He Grins Again (Wonderland)
Gutter Ballet (Icycore)
Sleep (Eddy Antonini)
Power of the Night (Division)
The Dingeons are Calling (Cage)
Chance (Cipher)
Sirens (Mesmerize)
Hall of the Mountain King (Dofka)
Edge of Thorns (Portrait)
Prelude and Resurrection of the Mountain King (Civilian)
Believe (Cyrcle IX)
Of Rage and War (Opposite Earth)
24 Hours Ago (Wraith)

Album Description

A much overdue tribute to one of the most respected and influential metal bands of all time. Put together by Progressive Arts Music and released under license to Underground Symphony Records in Italy.

Features: Division, Cage (Omega Records artists), Mesmerize (Dragonheart artists), Dofka, Opposite Earth, and more. This European edition also features 5 bonus tracks and incredible new packaging.

Customer Reviews:

Obscure bands pay homage to the great Savatage.......2004-08-08

It's sad that, despite their 25+ career, there has been no satisfactory tribute album to Savatage. I could name at least a dozen bands who have about five or six tribute albums for them but the great Savatage has always been overlooked for some strange reason. There was a talk about Century Media doing a tribute with Nevermore singing "Sirens" and Tad Morose covering "Power of the Night" back a few years ago but nothing came of it. The latter eventually used the track on one of their compilation CDs.

Return of the Mountain King: A Tribute to Savatage was released in 2000 by Progressive Art Music. I own the US version of the CD which features 10 tracks. My copy starts off with Division's "Power of the Night" and ends with Wraith doing "24 Hours Ago". Basically the first five tracks on this version are excluded in the US issue, so I'll only address the relevant bands' performance.

Division is a great band. Their new record Trinity was released only recently and it proves that they are a great American power metal band with tons of potential. They make justice to "Power of the Night" sticking pretty much to the original version. Both the vocals and guitar work is quite reminiscent of Savatage. Cage is relatively more known among these bands. They do a good cover of "The Dingeons are Calling". However one of the most interesting covers on this disc is "Chance" done by Cipher who are a very unknown band to me. In my opinion they are the ones who've picked the most challenging track to cover since they use both clean and death vocals and the counterpoint vocals at the end are simply awesome. A bit different than the original version but it's still a great version -- one of my favourites actually. Mesmerize and Dofka doing the vintage Jon Oliva stuff have reworked the songs in their own way. Honestly I don't think anyone could cover "Sirens" or "Hall of the Mountain King" in its original format. Jon Oliva's singing on those songs is simply wicked. That said, both bands do a good job, especially Dofka. I think Dofka is one of the most underrated thrash bands around. I hope they release a follow-up to their 1990 release soon.

Portrait's version of "Edge of Thorns" is one of the best songs on this disc. It's almost the same as the real version. I really like the singer of this band and the guitar solo rules. Too bad I couldn't find any info on this band either. Civilian offers an interesting version of "Prelude to Madness" doing the only instrumental on the album. Cyrcle IX has picked a very difficult tune to cover since "Believe" is one of the songs that will reveal its full content only if it's sung by Jon Oliva himself. Opposite Earth's "Of Rage and War" is amazing. This was such an awesome band. They only released one album and disappeared. Unfortunately I could never find their album. It's a great prog metal disc. Wraith also sticks with the original version in "24 Hours Ago" and does a fine job indeed.

This is a very cool tribute album. Savatage is my favourite band and I know lots of people who dislike this disc cause it doesn't sound as 'real' as the original stuff, but I'm always interested in hearing other bands' versions. I have no doubt that most of these bands were huge Sava fans themselves and were honoured to take part in this project. And maybe that's all that matters.