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Savatage is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Forbidden, Nevermore and Van Halen. Those roots explain a lot about how Savatage arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Virgin Steele, Iced Earth, Grave Digger, Manowar and W.A.S.P., sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into This Godless Endeavor, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Donald Tardy, John Tardy and Nuclear Assault, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Savatage, reaching back through Black Sabbath and forward to This Godless Endeavor. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Savatage connections
Savatage grew out of Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Forbidden and Nevermore, shares an orbit with Virgin Steele, Iced Earth, Grave Digger and Manowar, went on to shape This Godless Endeavor, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Donald Tardy and John Tardy. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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