Gotthard - Heaven (Videoclip)

What this video is

Gotthard, a Swiss hard rock band founded in Lugano by Steve Lee and Leo Leoni, had by 2001 established themselves as one of the most commercially dominant rock acts in the German-speaking European market, with multiple number-one Swiss album chart entries. 'Heaven,' released January 11, 2001 via Ariola as part of the album Homerun, represents the band's power-ballad crossover strategy targeting mainstream European…

Why it matters

A canonical example of early-2000s European arena hard rock power ballad production. 'Heaven' demonstrates how Swiss hard rock acts navigated the mainstream crossover format — marrying distorted guitar rock energy with melodic, radio-friendly song structure — using rapid-edit music video…

The director

Oliver Sommer (born 1963, Nürnberg) is a German director and producer with over 400 directorial music video credits (IMVDb). Known for high-volume European pop and rock music video work spanning the late 1990s through 2020s, with noted credits including…