The long-awaited new studio album
"Tearing Down The Walls"
Released on April 14th, 2014 via earMUSIC
Featuring the new single "A Shot At Redemption" taken from
the same titled 4-track EP - released February 14th, 2014
"What can you say about H.E.A.T? If you don't like
these energetic Swedes you must be dead inside, as this year they've
shown the UK crowd how to be the most complete band on the planet." - Classic Rock Magazine
April 14th, 2014 sees the UK release of the long awaited new studio album
"Tearing Down The Walls" by Swedish rock band
H.E.A.T via earMUSIC.
Once again the band decided the move into Bohus Studio with Grammy-award winning producer
Tobias Lindell and created an explosive, fresh sound.
The first sneak peak of the album is the lead single
"A Shot At Redemption".
It confirms all that H.E.A.T showed before and more: a catchy
hookline, a driven beat, the obligatory guitar solo and the raw, beyond
comparison vocals of singer
Erik Grönwall.
Photo Credit:
© Gustaf Sandholm Andersson
"A Shot At Redemption" will be released digitally as part of a
4-track EP on
February 14th, 2014 via earMUSIC.
Added on top to the
"A Shot At Redemption" EP are the previously unreleased
"Under Your Skin", a goosebumps worthy acoustic version of H.E.A.T's
"In And Out Of Trouble" and a sensual cover of one of the greatest ballads,
"She"s Like The Wind".
Four songs to enjoy the energetic and explosive side of H.E.A.T and
their great talent for ballads, to ease the wait for the very
anticipated new studio album.
"Tearing Down The Walls" – their brand new studio work – is the follow-up to the successful
"Address The Nation"
which was praised by media worldwide as one of the best album's in
2012 and consolidated the band's reputation as the new leading band in
hard edged melodic rock.
H.E.A.T had a huge hit in Scandinavia with the song "
1000 Miles" in 2009 and the band's 2nd Album,
"Freedom Rock" was
nominated as one of the Top 50 albums in 2010 by Classic Rock Magazine
UK. Since then, they have been touring all over the world, convincing
everyone with their powerful performance.
Photo Credit:
© Gustaf Sandholm Andersson
In a moment when artists like Foreigner, Journey and Whitesnake are
enjoying a second youth, when teenagers are re-discovering the melodic
approach to hard rock which these artists have mastered and when
proudly wearing their logo on T-shirts all of a sudden turned "hip",
when classic hard rock songs are again in the single charts and among
the most downloaded … –
H.E.A.T is the hope for carrying this genre to the future. They are young, ambitious and full of energy.
H.E.A.T's music is not a revival, and it's not
nostalgic. Still … it's by far the best you can have today if you love
"classic rock" or "AOR" … or more simply if you think that rock music
means energy, great songs, and the ambition to be on top of the world.
Photo Credit:
© Gustaf Sandholm Andersson
H.E.A.T – UK TOUR DATES 2014
To dovetail the April 14th release of their new album
“Tearing Down The Walls”, Swedish rockers
H.E.A.T have announced they will play four UK concerts in May:
London Garage
Newcastle O2 Academy 2
Glasgow Cathouse
Manchester Academy 3
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Friday 16th May
Saturday 17th May
Sunday 18th May
Monday 19th May
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Tickets for all four concerts are can be ordered from the official
H.E.A.T website.
The follow-up
H.E.A.T’s 2012 critically acclaimed album
Address The Nation,
"Tearing Down The Walls" was recorded at Bohus Studios with Grammy-award winning producer
Tobias Lindell. The first single to be taken from the new album is
A Shot At Redemption.
A new double A-side single "
Tearing Down The Walls" / "
Mannequin Show" will be released on
Monday April 14th; to coincide with the release of the new album.
H.E.A.T line-up
Erik Grönwall - Vocals
Eric Rivers - Guitar
Jimmy Jay - Bass
Jona Tee - Keyboards
Crash - Drums
"A Shot At Redemption" EP Tracklist
1. A Shot At Redemption
2. Under Your Skin
3. In And Out Of Trouble (Acoustic)
4. She's Like The Wind
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H.E.A.T – Biography
Over the last seven years
H.E.A.T has
established themselves as the young leading band in the melodic rock
scene, both in their homeland Sweden and internationally. They have
toured and performed in front of thousands and thousands of fans around
the world.
It all started in early 2007 when
H.E.A.T was
born out of the ashes of two other bands. They began to write songs and
started to play every show they could get their hands on. It resulted
in a fan base in Sweden and whispers of a new rising star began to
radiate abroad.
A few months later a record deal was signed and the first major gigs, as support to the likes of
Toto and
Mustasch were made.
In April 2008, their self titled debut album was released and
became a massive vitamin injection for the genre and instantly received
accolades from both fans and critics worldwide. The release was
followed up by immense touring and H.E.A.T played with bands such as
Alice Cooper,
Thin Lizzy and on big festivals like
Sweden Rock Festival.
By January 2009, an exciting year in the H.E.A.T history began.
First in line was a five week European tour supporting German greats
Edguy followed by the Swedish qualifiers for the Eurovision song contest with the song
‘1000 Miles’ which became a huge hit in Sweden. The first album was re-released bundled with the
‘1000 Miles’ single and touring began all over Sweden.
In late 2009,
H.E.A.T entered the studio to begin the recordings of the follow-up
“Freedom Rock”. The album was released in May 2010. During the recordings,
H.E.A.T
began to grow a slight distance to singer Kenny Leckremo. After a tour
in England in spring 2010, H.E.A.T and Kenny parted ways.
Determined to not let the band fade into history, the band began
the search for a new singer. More than 200 applications came in.
During this time the band got in touch with “Swedish Idol” winner
Erik Grönwall
who was asked to do a stand-in gig in Sweden. He had to decline due to
a busy solo career schedule, although the seed of him becoming singer
of a successful rock band had been planted. A couple of weeks later,
Jimmy met Erik at a release party and asked him straight forward if at
all he was interested in joining. A meeting was set up and hours after
the meeting Erik decided that his destiny was within H.E.A.T.
The band instantly began writing songs for what would become their third album, “
Address the Nation”. A new record deal with
GAIN/Sony Music
was signed and together they chose which songs to record from a total
of about 30 songs. Through their new label they got in touch with
Grammy award winning producer Tobias Lindell and the legendary “Studio Bohus” in Gothenburg. They felt that this truly is the man to deliver the sound of
H.E.A.T in the future.
“Address the Nation” was released in March 2012 worldwide with the epic song
‘Living on the Run’
as the vanguard. A lot of touring and hard work began for the guys and
2012 turned out to be a great year in the H.E.A.T history. They played
in every corner of Sweden, including shows at mighty Sweden Rock
Festival and Skogsröjet. They played big TV shows and got nominated for
a Rockbjörn-award, a big and prestigious award in Sweden. H.E.A.T also
recorded their first two music videos, one for
‘Living on the Run’, and one for
‘It’s All About Tonight’.
"What can you say about H.E.A.T? If you don't like these
energetic Swedes you must be dead inside, as this year they've shown
the UK crowd how to be the most complete band on the planet." -
Classic Rock Magazine
The Address the Nation circus continued in 2013 and the guys
loaded their guns and headed out to conquer Europe. With 10 headline
shows in Germany, England and Spain, they proved to the European crowd
that they were a top class live act.
In the summer of 2013
H.E.A.T played festivals in Germany with bands like
Journey,
Whitesnake and
Europe and played at the legendary festival
Firefest in England. This, together with H.E.A.T breaking new ground in the far east of
China with a 10 date tour and the Rockalies-festival in
France, marked the end of the Adress the Nation-era and the start of something new...
Despite these hectic two years, the guys still managed to keep the
song writing going and in August of 2013, the guys once again entered
Studio Bohus with producer Tobias Lindell to record their fourth album
entitled:
"Tearing Down the Walls".
With this album
H.E.A.T has once again created a great hard rock album with the right blend of melodic and heavy songs. Singer
Erik Grönwall about the title:
“Tearing down the walls is about breaking free from your mental
walls that are holding you back. Go out there and try new things,
don’t let yourself be your own worst enemy. Tear down the walls.”
“Tearing down the Walls” is released April 11th, with the EP “A Shot at Redemption” marking the start in mid-February.
They kick off the tour playing in Madrid with Scorpions in March and 2014 looks like the best year for H.E.A.T so far.