Dead Winter Dead
Studio album by Savatage
Released	October 24, 1995
Genre	Progressive metal, Symphonic metal
Length	52:06
Label	Atlantic/Wea
Producer	Paul O'Neill/Jon Oliva
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Savatage chronology
Doesn't Matter Anyway EP (1995) Dead Winter Dead (1995) Japan Live '94 (1995)

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This album featured the return of Chris Caffery, who featured on Savatage's 1989 release Gutter Ballet. Alex Skolnick, who had played guitars on Savatage's previous album Handful of Rain, opted not to stay around for the next album in order to concentrate on his solo band. So Jon Oliva took Jeff Plate from the Handful of Rain tour, and brought in his old friend, former member and Dr Butcher member to join the band. Atlantic Records also felt that the band needed a second, more well-known guitarist to complete the line-up. So, Al Pitrelli, formerly a member of Alice Cooper's touring band, became the lead guitarist for the band. Chris Caffery is a heavy metal guitarist who is best known for his work as a member of Savatage and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. ... Gutter Ballet is the second album produced by the progressive metal band Savatage under the direction of producer Paul ONeill, and the bands sixth album overall. ... Alex Skolnick (born September 29, 1968, grew up in Berkeley, California) is an American jazz and rock guitarist. ... Handful of Rain is a heavy metal album by Savatage. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Al Pitrelli (born September 29, 1962 in New York, NY) is a guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Savatage, Blue Öyster Cult and O2L. // Al Pitrelli attended Berklee School of Music in Boston in the early 80s where he studied with other notable... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Furnier February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans five decades. ...

This record gave the band an unexpected radio hit in Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24), and the band decided they wanted to explore this kind of music in a different way. Around this time, Paul O'Neill, along with Robert Kinkel, was interested in starting up what became the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) was re-released with TSO on their first release. Trans-Siberian Orchestra (often abbreviated as TSO) is a rock orchestra founded by Paul ONeill, Robert Kinkel, and Jon Oliva in 1996. ...

Track listing

1. "Overture" - 1:50
2. "Sarajevo" - 2:31
3. "This is the Time (1990)" - 5:40
4. "I Am" - 4:32
5. "Starlight" - 5:38
6. "Doesn't Matter Anyway" - 3:47
7. "This Isn't What We Meant" - 4:12
8. "Mozart and Madness" - 5:01
9. "Memory" - 1:19
10. "Dead Winter Dead" - 4:18
11. "One Child" - 5:14
12. "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" - 3:24
13. "Not What You See" - 5:02

Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 is an instrumental medley of Carol of the Bells and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen first released on the Savatage album Dead Winter Dead in 1995. ...

2002 SPV Re-Release Tracks

• 14. "All That I Bleed" (Acoustic Piano Version) 4:34
• 15. "Sleep" (Acoustic Version) 3:46

Line-Up

• Lead Vocals: Zachary Stevens
• Vocals & Keyboards: Jon Oliva
• Guitars: Al Pitrelli
• Guitars: Chris Caffery
• Bass Guitar: Johnny Lee Middleton
• Drums: Jeff Plate

Zachary Zak Stevens (born 1966), is best known as the former lead vocalist of the band Savatage. ... John Nicholas Oliva (born July 22, 1960 in Bronx, NY) is best known simply as Jon Oliva and as founder of and lead vocalist for Savatage. ... Al Pitrelli (born September 29, 1962 in New York, NY) is a guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Savatage, Blue Öyster Cult and O2L. // Al Pitrelli attended Berklee School of Music in Boston in the early 80s where he studied with other notable... Chris Caffery is a heavy metal guitarist who is best known for his work as a member of Savatage and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. ... Johnny Lee Middleton III (born May 7, 1963 in St. ... Jeff Plate (born March 26, 1962, in Montour Falls, NY)[3] is a professional drummer and percussionist. ...

External links

• Art and Faith Online: an analysis of the album's exploration of the problem of evil