Concerts: Jon Oliva's Pain To Perform Savatage's Entire ''Hall'' Album At Graspop

Jon Oliva's Pain, the Florida-based band led by Savatage mastermind Jon Oliva, will play Savatage's classic 1987 album, Hall Of The Mountain King, in its entirety at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium in June as well as at the warm-up party for this year's Bang Your Head!!! festival the following month. Jon Oliva's Pain is also expected to play several songs from Doctor Butcher, the early 1990s project created by Oliva and guitarist Chris Caffery at a time when they were not active members of Savatage.

Jon Oliva's Pain lineup for the performances will consist of Jon Oliva (vocals and keyboards), Christopher Kinder (drums), Jerry Outlaw (guitar), Jason Jennings (bass) and a very special guest guitarist to be announced soon.

Confirmed Hall Of The Mountain King 25th-anniversary performances:

June 22-24 - Dessel, Belgium @ Graspop Metal Meeting
July 13-14 - Balingen, Germany @ Bang Your Head!!!

A Florida date will kick off this tour in June.

Hall Of The Mountain King was the first Savatage album to be produced by Paul O'Neill and it showed the beginning of the band's progressive tendencies as they explored new forms of expression in their music. Many fans consider this LP a turning point in Savatage's musical identity. As the group's first concept effort, it had a constant tone and was more complex than their previous albums, with two entirely instrumental tracks that go beyond simple guitar riffs and solos, namely "Prelude To Madness" and "Last Dawn."

As previously reported, Caffery will join Circle II Circle -- the band led by former Savatage frontman Zak Stevens -- for a performance of the classic 1997 Savatage album The Wake Of Magellan (which featured both Stevens and Caffery) in its entirety at this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2012 in Wacken, Germany.

[Source: Blabbermouth.net]