Was HOTMK Savatages most successful album?
At the time, yes. However, Savatage’s sales have more or less consistently climbed with each album, even to this day, and some old albums even have seen their sales pick up as new fans have discovered the band.. As far as promoting popular interest, an argument could be made that every disc since HOTMK has garnered them yet more attention and new fans. No Savatage album has ever gone gold, though Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s first disc, however, just did (Oct. 1997). Savatage albums always pay for themselves, though.