Chris Caffery "Your Heaven Is Real"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, AOR
Label: Metalville
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 31, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Your Heaven Is Real (5:51)
2. Arm And A Leg (6:15)
3. Just Fine (5:32)
4. Why (7:25)
5. Damned If You Do, Dead If You Don't (4:10)
6. Hot Wheelz (3:54)
7. I Never Knew (5:36)
8. Sick And Tired (4:36)
9. Death By Design (4:53)
10. 2-26-15 (1:35)
11. Too Soon To Be Too Late (5:07)
12. Over And Over (7:54)
13. Come Home (3:30)

Line-up: 
Chris Caffery (Trans Siberian Orchestra, Savatage) - Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards
Brian Tichy (Whitesnake, Billy Idol, Ozzy Osbourne) - Drums
Lonnie Park - Keyboards
   With
Abigail Stahlschmidt - Violin

Description/Reviews: 

The opening title track, a tale of a very true frightening situation experienced by the guitarist, kicks in with sledgehammer riffs and snarling vocals, a true headbanger's delight and easily one of the must hear songs on the album. "Arm And a Leg" is another dark, menacing slice of heavy metal, complete with Caffery's venomous 'Jon Oliva-meets-Alice Cooper-meets-Sebastian Bach' vocal delivery, which is then followed up by the instantly catchy, hook laden metal anthem "Just Fine", one of the most upbeat, fun songs he's ever recorded, complete with a killer chorus and great guitar solo. Things take a turn for the poignant & melancholy on the Savatage sounding "Why", a fabulous song with a great lyrical message and emotional vocals (some of Chris' best ever) to go along with many guitar and keyboard textures. Without a doubt it's another highlight of Your Heaven is Real, and pushes past the 7-minute length as the one of the albums two epics. "Damned If You Do, Dead If You Don't" is an upbeat schizoid heavy metal gem, complete with complex riffs and some futuristic, almost prog-rock styled synths, while the blazing instrumental "Hot Wheelz" (dedicated to a special someone perhaps?) is chock full of manic drumming from Tichy and plenty of Caffery's blazing guitar licks. "I Never Knew" is more of an atmospheric rocker thick with keyboards and layers of lush guitar work, providing the framework for Caffery to inject some heartfelt, hook laden vocal passages. It's a nice change of pace, and I'd love to hear more in this style from him.

 Read the full review by Pete Pardo at seaoftranquility.org

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Links:
Web page (title track streaming)
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