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Jon Oliva's Pain Maniacal Renderings Release Date: 2006 09 01 Label: AFMR/Armageddon Although they may not go by the Savatage moniker, Jon Oliva's Pain reflects the aforementioned band's knack for anthemic metal with a heavy progressive edge. Also, comparisons to Savatage are inevitable when you have the group's longest-tenured singer, Jon Oliva, at the helm. Their third full-length overall, 2006's Maniacal Renderings, brings to mind an era when metalheads favored skin-tight jeans, white high-top sneakers, and leather jackets (ahem, the late '80s, in case you didn't know). But unlike most metal bands that lean towards the proggier side of things, Oliva doesn't utilize oft-annoying, over-the-top operatic vocal shtick. Instead, his voice brings to mind Alice Cooper on such tracks as "Time to Die," while musically, tunes like the album opening "Through the Eyes of the King" sound like less-crazed, vintage Megadeth. And the group even manages to sneak in a power ballad, to boot, with "The Answer." With some newer metal bands coming off like a bad imitation of late-'80s metal, Maniacal Renderings often sounds precisely like what some of these young cubs are striving for. Greg Prato, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Through the Eyes of the King Zahner, LaPorte, Rothney, Oliva, Kinder 4:35 2 Maniacal Renderings Rothney, Zahner, Oliva, LaPorte, Oliva 7:44 3 Evil Beside You Rothney, Oliva, Oliva, Zahner 4:50 4 Time to Die Oliva, LaPorte, Oliva 4:25 5 Answer Oliva 5:37 6 Push It to the Limit Rothney, Oliva 3:01 7 Who's Playing God Oliva 4:16 8 Timeless Flight Oliva, Oliva, LaPorte 6:53 9 Holes Oliva 5:10 10 End Times Oliva 7:50 11 Still I Pray for You Now Oliva 3:19 Releases: Year Type Label 2006 CD AFMR/Armageddon 2006 CD Locomotive

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