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Sirens is the debut album by American heavy metal band Savatage, released in 1983. The music on this album is heavier than in later Savatage albums, where the band developed their own style of progressive metal.[3]

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Sirens
Studio album by Savatage
Released	April 11, 1983
Recorded	January 1983
Studio	Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida, US
Genre	Heavy metal speed metal[1] power metal[2]
Length	35:51
Label	Music for Nations
Producer	Danny Johnson
Savatage chronology
City Beneath the Surface (1982) Sirens (1983) The Dungeons Are Calling (1984)
UK edition cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	10/10[4]
The Metal Crypt	[5]
Metal Forces	9/10[6]

According to frontman Jon Oliva, Sirens and the long EP The Dungeons Are Calling were recorded and mixed all in one day. With most of the songs prepared no more than a week before the recording session, the band could only afford one day in the studio. The two albums together were to make Savatage's debut but since vinyl records limited the total running time, they were divided. In 2011, they were remastered and released together on the label Earmusic.

The cover of the English versions published by both Music for Nations and Combat Records in 1985 used the cover of the children's book The Borribles Go for Broke.[7] It was also used by Metal Blade Records for the first edition on CD and other subsequent versions.

Track listing

• The track "Out on the Streets" was later re-recorded by the band on their 1986 album, Fight for the Rock and an acoustic rendition was recorded by Jon Oliva and included as bonus track in the 2010 Greatest Hits.
• The track "Lady in Disguise" was also later re-recorded for the 1986 album, Fight for the Rock, but with different arrangements.
• The track "Scream Murder" was covered on American progressive metal band Vanquishes' album Speed Metal Demon.
• The track "Holocaust" was covered by American death metal band Six Feet Under and is featured on their cover album Graveyard Classics

Personnel

Savatage

Interesting to note is that in the liner notes for the album, they gave themselves roles instead of listing their instruments.

• Jon Oliva – Shrieks of Terror (lead vocals)
• Criss Oliva – Metalaxe (guitars, backing vocals)
• Keith Collins – The Bottom End (bass, backing vocals)
• Steve Wacholz – Barbaric Cannons (drums, percussion)

Production

• Danny Johnson – producer
• Jim Morris – engineer
• Mike Fuller – mastering
• The Music Connection - album coordination
• Jeffrey S. King – US edition artwork
• Terry Oakes – UK edition artwork, illustrations
• Eddy Schreyer – re-mastering

Charts

Chart performance for Sirens

Chart (2021)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]	16

References

External links

• Sirens entry at official Savatage homepage

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