Sirens is the debut studio album by American
heavy metal band
Savatage, released in July 1983. The music on this album is heavier than in later Savatage albums, where the band developed their own style of
progressive metal.[4] It has also been cited as a key inspiration for the then-burgeoning
thrash metal scene.[8][9]
According to frontman
Jon Oliva, Sirens and the 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 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.
Sirens is the debut studio album by American
heavy metal band
Savatage, released in July 1983. The music on this album is heavier than in later Savatage albums, where the band developed their own style of
progressive metal.[4] It has also been cited as a key inspiration for the then-burgeoning
thrash metal scene.[8][9]
According to frontman
Jon Oliva, Sirens and the 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 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.