Heaven's Metal sat down over Zoom with Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist Al Pitrelli to talk about TSO's 2026 tour. In the 24-minute interview he tells stories like breaking his leg and tearing his ACL during a guitar solo, and the night he thought he had died on stage.
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Solid State Records has signed What Lies Below and released the band's official music video for "Return To Nothing." The song is about reclaiming light lost to grief and finding a way out from under its weight.
Heaven's Metal reviews The Burden of Storms, the second album from Norwegian doom band Omegashift, out Nov. 20 on Nordic Mission. The review praises how the band pairs doom's slow heaviness with big melodies, Jorunn Aateigen's vocals and a hopeful message, starting with the eight-minute opener and first single "While Men Slept."
Solid State Records released a video for SAVE US's "No Holding Back," from the band's new album Death To Something, which is out now. The lyrics plead with someone who is hurting not to stay silent.
Skillet posted an official visualizer for "Grave Stomper." The song was written by John Cooper and produced by Korey Cooper, and it's streaming now.
