Savatage is an American heavy metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Savatage has released eleven studio albums, two live albums, four compilations and three EPs. The band experienced major American commercial success with the release of their third studio album,
Fight for the Rock (1986), which peaked at number No. 158 on the
Billboard 200. Their next four albums -
Hall of the Mountain King (1987),
Gutter Ballet (1989),
Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) and
Edge of Thorns (1993) - were also successful