Dead Winter Dead is a 1995 album by Savatage, the second of three Rock Operas, and set during the Bosnian War of 1992-1995. The story begins in the center of Bosnia's capital Sarajevo, in a Medieval town square where a gargoyle is perched on the church belfry. This gargoyle has been watching humanity for a thousand years but still has never learned what human emotions really are. He has a perfect eyewitness position to observe the coming events...