Question: Information: - Tarpon Springs is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 23,484 at the 2010 census. Tarpon Springs has the highest percentage of Greek Americans of any city in the US. Downtown Tarpon has long been a focal point and is currently undergoing beautification. - Circle II Circle is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida, United States. The band was formed by former Savatage lead vocalist, Zachary Stevens, and long-time friend and band manager Dan Campbell in 2001. They play varied genres of metal including; heavy metal, power metal and progressive metal. - Savatage is an American heavy metal band founded by the Oliva brothers Jon and Criss in 1979 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The band was first called Avatar, and just prior to the release of their debut album "Sirens" in 1983, they changed their name to Savatage. - Progressive metal (sometimes known as prog metal or technical metal) is a fusion genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock which combines the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral or "pseudo-classical" compositions of the latter. Whilst the genre emerged towards the late-1980s, it was not until the 1990s that progressive metal achieved commercial success. Dream Theater, Queensryche, Tool, Symphony X and Fates Warning are a few examples of progressive metal bands who achieved commercial success; additionally, many other thrash and death metal bands started to incorporate elements of progressive music in their work. Progressive metal's popularity started to decline towards the end of the 1990s, but it still remains a largely diffused underground genre with a committed fan base. - Tampa is a major city in, and the county seat of, Hillsborough County, Florida. It is located on the west coast of Florida on Tampa Bay, near the Gulf of Mexico, and is part of the Tampa Bay Metropolitan Area. The city had a population of 346,037 in 2011. - Zachary '' Zak '' Stevens ( born March 5 , 1966 ) , is best known as the former lead vocalist of the band Savatage . He is currently the singer for progressive power metal band Circle II Circle . Stevens 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 . Jon hand - picked his replacement , who was discovered and introduced to the band by Criss Oliva 's best friend and guitar technician Dan Campbell . 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 . During the winter of 2001 , Zak started his comeback with long - time friend and co-founder of... - Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a more uplifting sound, instead of the heaviness and dissonance prevalent in styles such as doom metal and death metal. Power metal bands usually have anthem-like songs with fantasy-based subject matter and strong choruses, thus creating a theatrical, dramatic and emotionally "powerful" sound. The term was first used in the middle of the 1980s and refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a later more widespread and popular style based in Europe (especially Scandinavia, Germany, Greece and Italy), South America (especially Brazil and Argentina) and Japan, with a lighter, more melodic sound and frequent use of keyboards. What is the relationship between 'zachary stevens' and 'tampa'?
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