Chris Caffery Pins and Needles & New CD Presale

Chris Caffery Pins and Needles & New CD

***** This is a preorder for a new release CD that is not yet released. The release date for this item is 26-06-26. This item will be shipped from our Melbourne Warehouse within 5 days of the release date *****

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"Pins and Needles" marks an important milestone in Chris Caffery's career and showcases the longtime Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist as a solo artist with a clear vision. Rather than relying on big band names, Caffery presents his own personal, dark, and uncompromising take on heavy metal-raw, emotional, yet meticulously arranged.

Overwhelming walls of guitar meet classic metal hooks and dramatic, almost theatrical arcs of tension, as is familiar from the Savatage milieu. Lyrically, the album oscillates between personal catharsis, social criticism, and dark humor, with Caffery handling the guitars, bass, and most of the vocals himself, thereby creating a direct, "one-man-show" feel. Musically, the spectrum ranges from aggressive, thrash-tinged tracks to groovy mid-tempo pieces and epic, multi-part songs with a subtle prog flair. As a result, "Pins and Needles" stands as a statement in it's own right-one that, while clearly rooted in the Savatage/TSO universe, resolutely forges it's own path and remains particularly compelling for fans of classic US power and prog metal.

1 Pins and Needles 2 66 3 Reach Out and Torment Again 4 Walls 5 Y.G.B.F.K.M 6 Chained 7 Worms 8 The Sign of the Crossed 9 The Time 10 Mettle Eastern 11 In the Midst 12 Quaaludio 13 The Temple 14 Once Upon a Time 15 Pisses Me Off 16 The Time (Alternate)