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| 4.0 excellent | mmmonty | July 24th 20 |
pretty fun! i didn't love the singer's voice, but i often don't!
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| 4.0 excellent | GamamJ | March 20th 20 |
A very solid effort by early Savatage putting their NWOBHM influences even more on display. This one is a good bit heavier than the debut LP, and much better imo.
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| 4.0 excellent | Robbit | July 4th 17 |
THE DUNGEONS ARE CALLING is a menacing and loosely construed concept album about the horrors of drug addiction. Many listeners may have simply taken the lyrical themes at face value and thought the band were just exploring occult and fantasy ideas. On later albums vocalist Jon Oliva's personal battle with substance abuse became more clearly stated. This six song EP was recorded at the very same January 1983 one day session in Tampa that spawned their debut album SIRENS, but was related over a year later. Of the two releases, DUNGEONS is actually the superior collection of songs. It's easily the heaviest album Savatage ever recorded due to the down-tuned guitar and bass, the dark lyrical content and simply ferocious performances. All all of the tracks are solidly written power/doom metal fare, but the title track, "Midas Knight" and "City Beneath The Surface" would be my picks for standouts. The only song that seems lacking IMO would be "Visions (Of Hell)" which just isn't quite as good as the other 5 songs. Still, a very solid EP indeed and a personal favorite.
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| 3.0 good | Fernando Alves STAFF | December 29th 11 |
Some cool moments here like "The Dungeons Are Calling" or "By the Grace of the Witch" however their best work was yet to come. "The Whip" is probably the worst music this band ever made.
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| 5.0 classic | bSmith | October 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | zackseb | August 2nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bren80 | July 2nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | eirinn | March 17th 21 |
| 3.5 great | jmal00 | March 11th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | CalinD | December 27th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | gk1979 | September 6th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Tib | June 8th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | April 9th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mitch | April 3rd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Ziopsis | December 19th 19 |
| 3.0 good | J1m1 | October 13th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | sjeleliv | September 5th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | igi78 | November 16th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Casavir | February 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Svetli | August 4th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | vonseux | February 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lanas | July 24th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Samppa | October 5th 14 |
| 3.0 good | manosg EMERITUS | November 30th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | slackr | July 3rd 13 |
| 3.5 great | zyklzy | July 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ksoflas | March 15th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Siamois | January 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | sodas | October 20th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | zacab | August 16th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | gambs | September 16th 10 |
| 3.5 great | rc1288 | August 28th 10 |
| 3.5 great | ArchoN | August 5th 10 |
| 3.5 great | kayowas | February 27th 10 |
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