SAVATAGE Plays Second Show With Stand-In Drummer BLAS ELIAS At France's Heavy Week-End Festival; Fan-Filmed Video

This past Friday, June 5, Savatage played their second concert with drummer Blas Elias (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Slaughter, Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy), filling in for Jeff Plate, who missed the first two shows of Savatage’s Prelude To Madness Spring / Summer 2026 European Tour due to medical reasons. Fan-filmed video of Savatage performing live at Heavy Week-End

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Watch: SAVATAGE Plays Second Show With Stand-In Drummer BLAS ELIAS At France's HEAVY WEEK-END Festival

Progressive metal pioneers SAVATAGE played their second concert with drummer Blas Elias on Friday, June 5 at this year's edition of the Heavy Week-end festival in Nancy, France. Elias, who has previously played with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SLAUGHTER and RATT's Stephen Pearcy, was filling in for SA...

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Watch: SAVATAGE Plays First Show With Drummer BLAS ELIAS

Progressive metal pioneers SAVATAGE played their first concert with drummer Blas Elias on Thursday, June 4 at this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Elias, who has previously played with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SLAUGHTER and RATT's Stephen Pearcy, is filling in for...

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SAVATAGE Guitarist CHRIS CAFFERY To Re-Issue Two Out-Of-Print Solo Albums This Summer

This summer, Metalville is releasing reissues of two out-of-print albums by Savatage / Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist Chris Caffery: Pins and Needles on June 26th, and Faces on July 30th. Pins And Needles (originally released in 2007) marks an important milestone in the career of Chris Caffery and showcases the long-standing Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist

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I'm surprised this hasn't come up yet:

#EvardGrieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - In the Hall of the Mountain King

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kv5q2mrfDE

From the sh*tload of covers of and tracks inspired by this I'm gonna just pick two from a genre dear to my heart:

#Rainbow (from "Stranger in Us All", 1995):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5OzeYDW0A8

#Savatage (from "Hall of the Mountain King", 1987):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqTJgAHtg4o

#TuneTuesday #6Underground #Metal #HardRock

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JEFF PLATE To Miss First Two Shows Of SAVATAGE's 'Prelude To Madness' 2026 Tour; TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA's BLAS ELIAS To Step In

Drummer Jeff Plate of progressive metal pioneers SAVATAGE will miss the first two shows of the band's "Prelude To Madness" spring/summer 2026 European tour. He will be temporarily replaced by Blas Elias, who has previously played with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SLAUGHTER and RATT's Stephen Pearcy. Ea...

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SAVATAGE's JEFF PLATE To Miss Two Shows On "Prelude To Madness" Summer Tour; Former SLAUGHTER Drummer BLAIS ELIAS Steps In

Savatage have announced that drummer Jeff Plate will be sitting out a couple of upcoming live dates, with Blais Elias – the former drummer for American glam metal band Slaughter – stepping in. Says Jeff Plate: “Hey Savatage fans, hey friends. Jeff Plate here. I hope everyone is doing well, getting ready for summer and

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