“Raise The Curtain”

Source: Blabbermouth.net

Mike of BrooklynRocks recently conducted an interview with JON OLIVA’S PAIN and SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva. You can now listen to the chat below.

Having released albums with SAVATAGE first and JON OLIVA’S PAIN later, this first Oliva solo album was about to become different: “Raise The Curtain” combines Jon‘s early music influences of ’70s prog rock with the sound he cultivated with SAVATAGE and JON OLIVA’S PAIN. The result is a high-class, thrilling musical journey, something all lovers from rock to metal shouldn’t miss.

“Raise The Curtain” was released on June 21 in Europe and July 2 in North America via AFM Records. The 11-song CD, which contains ideas collected over the course of the last four or five years, was tracked this past winter at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida with producer Tom Morris, with Jon handling laying down nearly all the instrument tracks and vocals himself as well as playing drums on three songs.

“Raise The Curtain” was released simply under the banner OLIVA and fans can expect a mixture of Jon‘s early influences and the material he wrote and recorded throughout his whole career.

“Raise The Curtain” track listing:

01. Raise The Curtain
02. Soul Chaser
03. Ten Years
04. Father Time
05. I Know
06. Big Brother
07. Armageddon
08. Soldier
09. Stalker
10. The Witch
11. Can’t Get Away
12. The Truth (bonus track)

“Raise The Curtain” was made available as a CD digipak (first pressing) and two-LP vinyl (gatefold, limited to 800 copies worldwide).

Interview (audio):

“Raise The Curtain” trailer:

“Father Time” lyric video:

Source: Blabbermouth.net

The official lyric video for the song “Father Time” from JON OLIVA’S PAIN and SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva can be seen below. The track comes off Oliva‘s first-ever solo album, “Raise The Curtain”, which will be released on June 21 in Europe and July 2 in North America via AFM Records. The 11-song CD, which contains ideas collected over the course of the last four or five years, was tracked this past winter at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida with producer Tom Morris, with Jon handling laying down nearly all the instrument tracks and vocals himself as well as playing drums on three songs.

“Raise The Curtain” will be released simply under the banner OLIVA and you can expect a mixture of Jon‘s early influences and the material he wrote and recorded throughout his whole career.

“Raise The Curtain” track listing:

“Raise The Curtain” will be made available as a CD digipak (first pressing) and two-LP vinyl (gatefold, limited to 800 copies worldwide).

Check out the cover artwork below.

Commented JON OLIVA’S PAIN drummer/producer Christopher Kinder: “Oliva will be the first to admit that it took one hell of a challenge writing, performing 90% of all the tracks himself and vocals… he is exhausted, for sure.”

He added: “It’s a very interesting and powerful offering. Diverse, emotional, and varying styles of writing and music everywhere. A truly great accomplishment for the mountain king, indeed.”

Last summer, JON OLIVA’S PAIN toured Europe where it celebrated the 25th anniversary of one of heavy metal’s most iconic records, “Hall Of The Mountain King” by SAVATAGE. The band performed the entire album as a special one-time-only treat for the still massive amount of loyal fans, along with songs from the DOCTOR BUTCHER album (by Jon Oliva and Chris Caffery, released in 1995), SAVATAGE and JON OLIVA’S PAIN.