The Dungeons Are Calling is an EP by the American heavy metal band Savatage, released in 1985 on Combat Records. Though the EP was not released until 1985, most of the songs featured on it and the debut album, Sirens, had been in the band set list since 1979, and are part of the Live in Clearwater and City Beneath the Surface EPs. The Dungeons Are Calling is a loosely based concept album and the title track, contrary to popular belief, is not about Hell or torture, but about the horrors of drug use. The song used many metaphors, which have been sometimes misunderstood.
The tracks on this EP were recorded the same day as the tracks for the Sirens album. The two were meant to be a full-length debut but were divided due to limited space for songs on vinyl. The two were released together in 2011 for the first time "as they were meant to be" (Jon Oliva).
The cover is a picture of a human skull with a homemade syringe, a reference to the title track of the album.
In 2005, The Dungeons Are Calling was ranked number 349 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
Tracklist:
- The Dungeons Are Calling 04:53
- By the Grace of the Witch 03:13
- Visions 03:01
- Midas Knight 04:21
- City Beneath the Surface 05:49
- The Whip 03:27
- Metalhead 04:46
- Before I Hang 04:12
- Stranger in the Dark 05:01
- Piper Rap 01:42
Time: 40:25
Tracks 7-9 are demos from the Gutter Ballet album sessions.
"The Piper Rap" is about Dana Piper.
This edition contains 99 tracks with 10-98 being 4 seconds of silence each and "Piper Rap" actually being a hidden track (track 99).
The booklet features the band's timeline encompassing the years 1976 to 1991.
Recording information:
Recorded at Morrisound Recording Studio, Tampa, Florida
Originally mastered at Criteria Recording, Miami.
Remastered in 2002.
Danny Johnson – producer
Jim Morris – engineer
Mike Fuller – mastering
Eddy Schreyer – re–mastering
Robert Zemsky – management
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