Reviewed: September, 2021 Released: August 31, 2021, Massacre Records Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead I remember back in 2000 when I came across a German power metal band called Metalium. Their debut album is still one of my favorite albums to this day and featured some help from this…
Chris Caffery
SAVATAGE / TSO Guitarist CHRIS CAFFERY to fill in on guitar for upcoming METAL CHURCH tour
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and SAVATAGE guitarist Chris Caffery will fill in for METAL CHURCH’s Rick Van Zandt on the latter band’s upcoming U.S. tour, which commences March 24 in Portland, Maine. Rick had to go in for emergency eye surgery to repair a detached retina and will be unable to join…
SAVATAGE/TSO – Al Pitrelli, Chris Caffery and Paul O’Neill
INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJALA AND ARTOLEHTINEN Savatage and Trans Siberian Orchestra literally blew the two stages away by offering a huge visual spectacle at Wacken Open Air this August. The whole show was beyond normal human comprehension and understanding. Seeing this one of kind spectacle can’t be compared to any…
JEFF PLATE – Metal Church, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Savatage
INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJALA AND ARTO LEHTINEN LIVE PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA New York native Jeff Plate is a professional drummer who’s best known for his drumming for legendary metal band Savatage which went to hiatus in 2002. Plate appeared on four Savatage albums, including the classic DEAD WINTER DEAD…
JON OLIVA – discusses the new Jon Oliva’s Pain album, the future of Savatage and TSO.
INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ Transcription by Andy Osborn Pictures by Marko Syrjälä and archives The legendary singer, keyboardist, guitarist, and songwriter Jon Oliva has made a long and successful career in the music world. Although he had already played in several bands in the seventies, it wasn’t until the mid-eighties that…
#3 – Chris Caffery: Everything Pisses Me Off!!!
Here is our new comic. This time the topic is about what pisses off guitarist Chris Caffery. Read on to the end to link to Chris’s "Pisses Me Off" Contest!!! Enjoy the comic, MetalRules.com & Jan Oidium
Interview With Lars Ratz of Metalium
Metal Rules!! Interview With Lars Ratz of Metalium By EvilG, December 1999 Metalium are getting a lot of press on this side of the pond thanks to the fact that Chris Caffery from Savatage is one of the members in the band. However, the main-brain behind Metalium is bassist and…