Year : 2015 (Japan Edition)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 149 mb
Bio:
H.E.A.T is a Swedish Hard Rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 2007, when the bands Dream and Trading Fate merged.The band were signed to Peter Stormares record label StormVox, and in 2008 the debut album H.E.A.T was released. The second album, titled Freedom Rock, came in 2010 on the same record label.In 2011 they signed with GAIN music (Sony) and they also signed a new management, Hagenburg management.In 2007, they were an opening act to Toto, and the following year they were the opening act to Sabaton and Alice Cooper, as well as performed at the Sweden Rock Festival that year. They were also awarded with the Årets nykomlingar award, an award given out by the Swedish radio station P4 Dist for the best new artist of the year, as voted by the listeners.In 2009, the band played at the Melodifestivalen 2009, the Swedish qualifier to the annual Eurovision Song Contest, making it to the final round with the song 1000 miles. The band have also toured around Europe as an opening act to Edguy in January 2009. Vocalist Kenny Leckremo left the band after playing 27 July at Gröna Lund. On 21 August, H.E.A.T. stated that the new singer is Erik Grönwall, Freedom Rock was ranked in the top 10 AOR/Melodic Rock albums of 2010 by Classic Rock Magazine.H.E.A.T released their third studio album "Address The Nation" 28.03.2012. The first single off the album was "Living On The Run". It was the first album with new singer Grönwall, and it featured in many of the top 10 list of Music sites around the web.it also received a review of 98% on Melodicrock.com.2014 will see the return of the much anticipated new album Tearing Down The Walls and in October 2014 they will headline the last ever Firefest concert at Rock City in Nottingham, UK
Album:
2014 saw young Swedish melodic rockers H.E.A.T. gain significant traction with their fourth album ‘Tearing Down The Walls’ (GRTR! critics’ best of 2014). They really seem to have a special relationship with the UK audiences, so it seems appropriate that they maintain the momentum with a first live release, taken from the show at a sweaty Highbury Garage last May. I remember it well and concluded my review by saying ‘the Tearing Down The Walls tour certainly did what it said on the tin on this night – with H.E.A.T’s swagger, showmanship and energy’.The sound does not seem to have been polished up too much and, combined with song intros and ad libs being left in, the album has a satisfying official bootleg type feel to it. In doing so it successfully conveys the on stage energy of the band witnessed that night and hyperactive frontman Erik Gronwall in particular, and in that sense avoids the perils of some live albums in sounding like studio versions with a live audience.There is a great mix of chest beating anthems such as the opening pair of ‘Point Of No Return’ and ‘A Shot At Redemption’, and more reflective moments such as ‘In And Out of Trouble’ (where Dragonforce’s Herman Li joined them, though he is not announced) and ‘Downtown’.You can pick out the crowd joining in the anthemic chorus on ‘Tearing Down The Walls’ while Erik’s exhortation to the crowd to start headbanging at the start of ‘Mannequin Show’ reminds you that H.E.A.T. are a much heavier proposition than when they started out and the aggression of ‘Inferno’ and ‘Enemy In Me’ bears this out.They save the best to last with a two song encore from the previous ‘Address The Nation’ album in ‘Breaking The Silence’ and ‘Living On The Run’. The latter is one of the best commercial rock songs this decade and as the memorable chorus gives way to Erik thanking everyone ‘for a fantastic night’ and a typically fluent guitar solo from Eric Rivers leading into a final refrain, memories come flooding back of how all seemed well with the world at that moment.The album is the complete show from that night with the exception of the audience participation number ‘Beg Beg Beg’, presumably to make it fit a single CD, and ‘Danger Road’ which was ruined on the night by a malfunctioning keyboard.That leaves the band’s earlier, more AOR period only represented by ‘1000 miles’(itself dropped from the set later in the year) and ‘Late Night Lady’, and hence the album is an accurate representation of where H.E.A.T. are at present.If you haven’t yet caught up with the future of melodic rock, which I strongly suggest you do, this is a good place to start, conveying the excitement and dynamism of their live show.
Line Up:
Erik Grönwall - vocals (2010–present)
Eric Rivers - guitars (2007–present)
Jona Tee - keyboards (2007–present)
Jimmy Jay - bass (2007–present)
Crash - drums, percussion (2007–present)
Former members
Dave Dalone - guitars (2007–2013)
Kenny Leckremo - vocals (2007–2010)
Tracklist:
01. Point Of No Return
02. A Shot At Redemption
03. Better Off Alone
04. 1000 Miles
05. It’s All About Tonight
06. Inferno
07. The Wreckoning / Tearing Down The Walls
08. Mannequin Show
09. Late Night Lady
10. In And Out Of Trouble
11. Downtown
12. Enemy In Me
13. Emergency
14. Breaking The Silence
15. Living On The Run
16. Beg Beg Beg (Japan Bonus Track)
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