01. Edge Of Thorns 02. He Carves His Stone 03. Lights Out 04. Skraggy's Tomb 05. Labyrinths 06. Follow Me 07. Exit Music 08. Degrees Of Sanity 09. Conversation Piece 10. All That I Bleed 11. Damien 12. Miles Away 13. Sleep 14. Forever After [Japanese bonus] 15. Shotgun Innocence [Japanese bonus] 16. Believe [Acoustic version][1997 Edel Music CD reissue bonus] 17. Forever After [2002 SPV CD reissue bonus] 18. Conversation Piece [Live In Rehearsal][2002 SPV CD reissue bonus] 19. All That I Bleed [Acoustic version][2010 EarMusic CD reissue bonus] 20. If I Go Away [Acoustic version][2010 EarMusic CD reissue bonus]
"Edge Of Thorns" is Savatage's 8th studio album. It is their first work with Zak Stevens on vocals and their last with Criss Oliva on guitar: Criss died in a car accident on October 7th, 1993 after this release. His tragic death marked a terrible period for his bandmates, expecially for his brother Jon, who decided to bring Savatage to an end. Fortunately he changed his mind after the release of "Handful Of Rain", which was meant to be Savatage's post script.
I started listening Savatage before few months.Awesome,fantastic band can't believe I wasted my time on Dream Theater and Queensryche.
This album is one of my favorites along with power of the night and of course hall of the mountain king.This album is pure melodic yet aggressive
with very good songwritning.Vocals?Ha ha fantastic singer Zak Stevens.Highly recommended!