Return to Wacken

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Return to Wacken
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Studio album by
Savatage
Released19 June 2015 [1]
Genre Heavy metal, progressive metal
Length1:02:20 [1]
Label earMUSIC [1]
Savatage chronology
Still the Orchestra Plays
(2010)		Return to Wacken
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Hammer 4.0/7 [2]
Record Collector 2/5 [3]

Return to Wacken is a compilation album by American heavy metal band Savatage, released on 19 June 2015. The album contains studio recordings from the band's last two appearances at Wacken Open Air festival in 1998 and 2002. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Critics expressed confusion over the title which sounds like a live album, not a studio compilation. Powermetal.de  [ de ] recommended to get Still the Orchestra Plays instead since it's a more expansive release for the same price. [5] Metal Hammer said the song selection is good but they would have preferred the addition of live tracks, especially since previous collections From the Gutter to the Stage and Still the Orchestra Plays included rare bonus tracks. [2] Record Collector wrote: "Newcomers will find this solid, but even as an introduction it’s far from essential. Probably better to check out the live show instead." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hall of the Mountain King"5:33
2."Gutter Ballet"6:20
3."Believe"5:42
4."Chance"7:48
5."Edge of Thorns"5:56
6."The Wake of Magellan"6:10
7."Dead Winter Dead"4:18
8."The Hourglass"8:05
9."Tonight He Grins Again"3:29
10."Prelude to Madness"3:13
11."When the Crowds Are Gone"5:46

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Return to Wacken (Celebrating the Return On the Stage of One of the World's Greatest Progressive Metal Bands)". Apple Music . Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 Kessler, Sebastian (26 June 2015). "Kritik zu Savatage RETURN TO WACKEN". Metal Hammer (in German). Mediahouse Berlin GmbH. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 Pinfold, William (15 July 2015). "Album Reviews - Return To Wacken". Record Collector . Diamond Publishing. Archived from the original on 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "SAVATAGE: 'Return To Wacken' Collection Due In June". Blabbermouth.net . 3 May 2015. Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Rapp, Marcel (22 July 2015). "Review - SAVATAGE - Return To Wacken". Powermetal.de  [ de ] (in German). Archived from the original on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
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