Day: May 14, 2023

Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
Disk (release) country: Japan
Publication year: 2023
Publisher (label): Avalon
Country of the performer (group): UK

Tracklist:
1. Look For The Rose (Part 2) (6:30)
2 Brave New Lie (4:38)
3. The Tidal Wave (4:23)
4. Parabellum (06:40)
5. Something Wicked This Way Comes (7:04)
6. The Fire And The Rain (5:30)
7. New Found Hope (05:43)
8. The Only Way Out (05:14)
9. When The Darkness Comes (5:54)
10. The Greatest Show On Earth (5:33)
11. New Found Hope (Acoustic Version) (3:54)

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Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Disc (release) country: EU
Publication year: 2023
Publisher (label): Frontiers Music
Country of performer (band): Finnland / England

Tracklist:
1. Everything Must Burn (4:20)
2. Play & Pretend (3:49)
3. I’m Such A Liar (4:00)
4. Part Maroon, Part Indigo (3:58)
5. Time (04:17)
6. Starchild (04:20)
7. Seven Worlds (3:57)
8. In For The Long Haul (4:09)
9. Livin’ On The Run (4:14)
10. Never Lost My Faith (4:06)
11. Roseate (04:13

HEAVENS EDGE did a very strong comeback this week with a new album in decades. After their terrific debut, the band recorded the pre-production material for the second, but as happened with many melodic hard rock bands at the time, they were dropped by the record label.

These unreleased second album tracks were released at the end of the Nineties under the title “Some Other Place / Some Other Time“. The CD includes one song from the first album sessions, the awesome ‘Rock Steady’ (I scratch my head why they left this track out!) plus new songs showcasing a more mature approach.
While we miss the bombastic polished production of the first album, these are pretty well recorded demos and the hooks, the layered choruses, the riffs a