Festival is the fourth release by the band Jon Oliva's Pain

Jon Oliva's Pain

Jon Oliva's Pain is 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 former members of Circle II Circle to form a band.The band's first performance was at the...

. Released in February 2010 in Europe, it peaked at #87 in the German MRC Radio Charts

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.

The record continues in using the works of the late Criss Oliva

Criss Oliva

Christopher "Criss" Michael Oliva was born in Pompton Plains, NJ. He was the lead guitarist in, and co-founder of, the band Savatage...

, 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

Savatage is an American heavy metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida.-Early days :...

 track that featured on bootleg records of the band.

Track listing

Personnel

• Jon Oliva
  Jon Oliva
  John Nicholas Oliva is best known simply as Jon Oliva and as founder of and lead vocalist for Savatage. He is the third of four children...
  
   – lead vocals
  Human voice
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  , piano, guitar
  Guitar
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  s, keyboards
  Electronic keyboard
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• Christopher Kinder – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Kevin Rothney – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
• Matt LaPorte – lead guitars, hammered dulcimer
  Hammered dulcimer
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  , vocals
• Tom McDyne – guitars, vocals

Additional Musicians

• Howard Helm - piano and keyboards
• Casey Grillo
  Casey Grillo
  Casey Grillo, born October 16, 1976 in Enid, Oklahoma, is the drummer for the symphonic power metal band Kamelot. He has two older siblings, a brother and a sister, who are also drummers...
  
   - percussion
• Tom Morris - guitar
• Jim Morris - guitar
• Laurien Moahi - guitar
• Jason Blackerby - percussion
• Dana Piper - guitar

Further Credits

• Produced
  Record producer
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   by Christopher Kinder, Jon Oliva and Tom Morris
• Recorded at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, FL
  Tampa, Florida
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   and Shabbey Road Studio's, Dunedin, FL
  Dunedin, Florida
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• Engineered by Tom Morris, Christopher Kinder and Jason Blackerby
• Mixed
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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   by Tom Morris
• Mastered
  Audio mastering
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   by Tom Morris and Christopher Kinder
• Orchestration: Jon Oliva, Howard Helm, Tom Morris and Christopher Kinder
• The Scarlett Pumpernickel Choir: Jesse Morris, Todd Latorre, Jason Blackerby, Kevin Rothney, Christopher Kinder, Tom McDine and Matt LaPorte
• Art concept: Jon Oliva, Christopher Kinder
• CD Artwork design by Thomas Ewerhard
• Photography by Eric Franguel

External links

• Jon Oliva's Pain's official web site
• Jon Oliva's Pain's at MySpace
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  (with track samples of the album posted)