H.E.A.T (band)

H.E.A.T

H.E.A.T Live At South Park Festival, Tampere, Finland, June 7, 2014
Background information
Origin Upplands Väsby, Sweden
Genres Arena rock, hard rock, heavy metal, Glam metal
Years active 2007 - present
Labels GAIN/Sony Music (Sweden), EarMusic Edel AG (Europe) & Avalon Marquee (Japan)
Website Official Website
Members Jona Tee
Jimmy Jay
Crash
Erik Grönwall
Dave Dalone
Past members Kenny Leckremo
Eric Rivers

H.E.A.T is a Swedish hard rock group that was formed in Upplands Väsby in 2007, when the prior bands Dream and Trading Fate merged.

The group released their latest album, Tearing Down the Walls, in April 2014 via earMUSIC. Track "A Shot At Redemption" was released as the lead single. Headed by frontman Erik Grönwall, the band's heavy sound is strongly influenced by past melodic rock groups such as Whitesnake, with H.E.A.T having supported musical acts such as Scorpions.[1]

History

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 March 2012. The first single from 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.[2] it also received a review of 98% on Melodicrock.com.[3]

2014 saw the return of the much anticipated new album Tearing Down the Walls (H.E.A.T album) and in October 2014 the band headlined the last ever Firefest concert at Rock City in Nottingham, UK.[4]

In early October 2016, guitar player Eric Rivers announced his departure from the band, and almost 2 weeks later it was announced that former guitar player Dave Dalone was replacing him - and therefore returning to the band since departing in 2013.

Members

H.E.A.T performing in Madrid in 2014

Current members

Former members

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

EPs

Live albums

References

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.edel.com/buch/home/details/heat-releases-their-new-studio-album-tearing-down-the-walls/
  2. ↑ "Address The National Number One CD of The Year".
  3. ↑ "Address The National 98%".
  4. ↑ "H.E.A.T Headline Friday at Firefest 2014".
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