Chris Caffery - (PRESALE 6/26/26) Pins and Needles (DIGIPACK CD) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

    Pins and Needles
    (Digipack Packaging, Reissue)
    Artist: Chris Caffery Format: CD Release Date: 6/26/2026 

    Label: Metalville
    Vendor: Flying Dolphin Admin., Ug
    Distributor: AMPED
    UPC: 4250444194391
    Genre: Rock
    Release Date: 6/26/2026
    Product ID: MTLV0462.2
    Weight: .14 lb

CD 
Description

"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.

    Tracks
    Credits

    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)

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Genre: ALT/INDIE
• Format Type: CD
• Released: 06/26/2026