''Festival'' is the fourth and final release by the band

Jon Oliva's Pain Jon Oliva's Pain (sometimes referred to as JOP) was the latest project of Savatage co-founder Jon Oliva. Band history Originally, the project consisted entirely of solo recordings by Oliva, but after several months of work he was joined by for ...

. Released in February 2010 in Europe, it peaked at number 87 in the German MRC Radio Charts. The record continues in using the works of the late

Criss Oliva Christopher Michael Oliva (April 3, 1963 – October 17, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and co-founder of the heavy metal band Savatage. During his lifetime, he released seven studio albums and one EP with the band. ...

, the younger brother of the band's founder, Jon, like the two previous JOP albums. The track "Living on the Edge" is a reworking of a

Savatage Savatage () was an American heavy metal band founded by brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1979 in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The band was first called Avatar, but, shortly before the release of their debut album '' Sirens'' (1983), they changed t ...

track that featured on bootleg records of the band.

Track listing

Personnel

Jon Oliva John Nicholas "Jon" Oliva (born July 22, 1959) is an American singer and musician. He is best known as the co-founder, keyboardist and lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Savatage, which he co-founded with his younger brother Criss Oliva. Sin ...

– lead vocals, piano, guitars, keyboards *Christopher Kinder – drums, percussion, vocals *Kevin Rothney – bass, vocals *Matt LaPorte – lead guitars, hammered dulcimer, vocals *Tom McDyne – guitars, vocals

Additional musicians

*Howard Helm – piano and keyboards * Casey Grillo – percussion *Tom Morris – guitar *Jim Morris – guitar *Laurian Mohai – guitar *Jason Blackerby – percussion *Dana Piper – guitar *

Todd La Torre Todd La Torre (; born February 19, 1974) is an American singer and drummer. He is the lead singer for progressive metal band Queensrÿche, and a former lead vocalist of the bands Crimson Glory and Rising West. Originally from St. Petersburg, Fl ...

– backing vocals, hammered dulcimer on "Afterglow"

Further credits

* Produced by Christopher Kinder, Jon Oliva and Tom Morris * Recorded at Morrisound Studios in

Tampa, Florida Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and ...

and Shabbey Road Studio's in Dunedin, Florida * Engineered by Tom Morris, Christopher Kinder and Jason Blackerby * Mixed by Tom Morris * Mastered by Tom Morris and Christopher Kinder * Orchestration: Jon Oliva, Howard Helm, Tom Morris and Christopher Kinder * The Scarlett Pumpernickel Choir: Jesse Morris, Todd La Torre, Jason Blackerby, Kevin Rothney, Christopher Kinder, Tom McDyne and Matt LaPorte * Art concept: Jon Oliva, Christopher Kinder * CD artwork design by Thomas Ewerhard * Photography by Eric Franguel

References

External links

Jon Oliva's Pain's official web site

Jon Oliva's Pain's
at MySpace (with track samples of the album posted) {{DEFAULTSORT:Festival (Jon Oliva's Pain Album) 2010 albums Jon Oliva's Pain albums AFM Records albums