After the excellent 'Into The Great Unknown' released in 2017 and the live 'Live At The Sweden RockFestival' which followed in 2019, the Swedes of 'H.E.A.T' release a new album 'H.E.A.T II ’, with this II which shows the group’s revival since ‘Into The Great Unknown’ and that’s what they’re showing us with this latest opus.
And it starts very strong with 'Rock Your Body' which has the allure of the best of 'Def Leppard' and a rhythm of hell on which your feet begin to beat tempo alone, then 'Dangerous Ground' continues in the same vein, just like the melodic jewel 'Come Clean' which follows, with its unstoppable chorus and 'Victory' is not to be outdone with its incisive guitar riffs and its chanted choirs. With the mid-tempo ‘We Are Gods’, it's your head that can't help but beat time for a heavier composition, then ‘Adrenaline’ with its chorus sung by choirs continue in this way. And it is not the following titles that will weaken the overheated atmosphere of this opus, with 'One By One', 'Heaven Must Have Won An Angel' or 'Under the Gun' and 'Nothing to Say' is the only ballad in all this debauchery of power and positive energy to offer us a calmer moment also very successful.
In summary, if it still had to be proven, Scandinavian melodic hard-rock is doing very well with the 'Eclipse', 'Palace', 'Art Nation', 'Crazy Lixx' or 'Nordic Union' and the Swedes of 'H.E.A.T' adds an excellent album for 2020 which could undoubtedly claim the album of the year in this style, unless another Swedish group is even stronger which is always possible with our friends in Northern Europe... | |
