1. Breaking The Silence
2. Living On The Run
3. Falling Down
4. The One And Only
5. Better Off Alone
6. In And Out Of Trouble
7. Need Her
8. Heartbreaker
9. It's All About Tonight
10. Downtown
11. Back Into Your Arms
Whenever the band loses its voice, there is a significant change. In many cases, they usually bring negative and unfavorable results such as Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest (You know what!? these were all in 90's. I guess 90's were the dark age of Heavy Metal lol), Black Sabbath (in some cases). However, there are some positive cases such as Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, Arnel Pineda of Journey (even though I still love Steve Perry's voice), Andi Deris of Helloween (I don't say he is better than Kiske, but surely he had positive influence for the band at that time). In any case, the vocals have big influence on their bands.
H.E.A.T., to me, is one of the few great bands that are reviving 80's rock in present time. I really liked both of their albums for their musical style and quality. Nevertheless, like many other bands, they also lost their voice. So, they had to find a new voice, and they did, Erik Gronwall. I actually knew him before he joined the band. I watched him singing "Run To The Hills" by Iron Maiden on the Swedish Idol TV show. I think the title of the video was like "Heavy Metal Idol" or something lol However, he sang the song with the original key without fake. His voice was "real". Therefore, I was really looking for their new album after I heard the news that he joined the band.
My review is........ the album was great! It is much better than I expected. Even though they still kept their music style, there are more variations in this album compare to two previous albums. Erik's voice really matches with the band. When I first heard the leading track of the album (#2 Living On The Run), I got goose bumps. Hopefully, they don't have to change the vocal again any soon. Hopefully, they will come to Japan. I really want to hear his voice live.
☆☆☆☆☆
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