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Zachary "Zak" Stevens


Member

1992-2000 Savatage - vocals  
2001- Circle II Circle - vocals  
2008- Machines Of Grace - vocals  
2019- Archon Angel - vocals  

Studio musician

1996 Trans-Siberian Orchestra - backing vocals  
1998 Trans-Siberian Orchestra - backing vocals  
2000 Trans-Siberian Orchestra - vocals  
2009 Trans-Siberian Orchestra - backing vocals  
2023 Dispyria - vocals  

Live musician

2024- Savatage - vocals  

Guest musician

2001 Savatage - vocals  
2008 Chris Caffery - vocals  
2010 Empires Of Eden - vocals  
2010 Soulspell - vocals  
2012 The Hourglass - vocals  
2012 Earthcry - vocals  
2012 Litrosis - vocals  
2012 Tommy Vitaly - vocals  
2013 Maegi - vocals (as Zak Stevens)  
2014 Timo Tolkki's Avalon - vocals (as Zak Stevens)  
2014-2015 Stardust Reverie - vocals  
2015 Dawn Of Destiny - vocals  
2015 Dragony - vocals  
2015 Sebastien - vocals  
2015 Exxiles - vocals  
2016 Fallen Symmetry - vocals  
2016 Art X - vocals  
2019 Timo Tolkki's Avalon - vocals  
2020 Opus V - additional vocals  
2020 Squealer - vocals  
2020 Imperial Child - vocals  
2021 Stranger Vision - vocals  
2021 Tragedian - vocals  
2021-2023 Avaland - vocals  
2022 Bells And Ravens - vocals  
2022 Bloody Times - vocals  
2024 Chrysalïd - vocals  

Personal information

Born on: 05.03.1966

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Zachary "Zak" Stevens (born March 5, 1966), is best known as the former lead vocalist of the band Savatage. He is also a drummer and has a degree in psychology but is not, as is often reported, a licensed, practicing psychologist.

Stevens first achieved fame singing for a band called Wicked Witch. However, after Savatage co-founder Jon Oliva stepped down from the fore of the band at the conclusion of their tour in support of Streets: A Rock Opera in 1992 to concentrate on other projects, namely his other band Doctor Butcher and a Broadway-bound musical entitled Romanov, Savatage required a replacement. Criss Oliva, Savatage's lead guitarist, and their long-time producer Paul O'Neill heard demos of Stevens and wanted him to sing for the band. After an initial audition, Stevens was considered to be the right man for the job and joined Savatage in 1993. He first appeared on the album Edge of Thorns. Stevens's vocals were considered to be a departure from that of Jon Oliva, and some Savatage fans prefer to distinguish between the Jon Oliva lead albums and those with Stevens on lead vocals. The album Dead Winter Dead contains lead vocals from both Oliva and Stevens and contains the song "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)", which gave rise to and became a hit for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. In 1996, Stevens appeared along with other Savatage members in the Trans-Siberian Orchestra project. His last album recorded with Savatage was The Wake of Magellan (1997), which some fans consider to be Savatage's best work in the post-1993 Savatage canon.

In 2000, Stevens quit Savatage, citing that he wanted to spend more time with his young family. In 2002, he formed his own band Circle II Circle. His Savatage connections remained evident, as Jon Oliva produced the first Circle II Circle album, Watching in Silence, and guitarist Chris Caffery recorded guitar on some songs. Oliva and Caffery also co-wrote several of the songs on Watching in Silence. In 2003, Stevens's band left Circle II Circle to join Jon Oliva's band Pain. Stevens then hired an all-new band. Circle II Circle has released three additional full-length albums since, 2005's The Middle of Nowhere, Burden of Truth in 2006, and Delusions of Grandeur in 2008.