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I thought I had seen Nov 29th somewhere for first single but not sure.

I'd say yes. Think the singer has matured and gained more control. That debut EP and even first album has some very screechy vocals. Check songs from Carnival Days like The Crown, War of Mine, People Like Us, etc. Or check songs from Vibration like Revolution and Do You. If you still don't like those tunes, then move on 😀

Have heard full album will be out in April 2022 and will be all new songs. Had thought maybe they'd include songs from Vibration but doesn't appear that will be the case.

Digging it!

Checked it and hell yeah! Sounding pretty killer to me

I'm not too far away from you... For me, its: New Religion Ruff Justice Forever Wild Street Lethal Crazy Lixx Loud Minority Riot Avenue It's almost a tie for me between Forever Wild and Street Lethal but I have to knock Lethal down a notch being it's only really 9 tracks.

Agree. Heard a 30 second snippet on their FB page and already sounding excellent. Sounds like the new album is expected early next year from what I've seen.

I was just never that taken by the debut and rarely listen to it. Think I only have 3 tunes off it in my main playlist...Hollywood, Want It and Love On The Run. Heroes Are Forever is good too but I prefer the reworked version on the s/t album. Maybe I need to revisit it sometime.

Feel the same. Don't like the 2 instrumentals at all and have already removed those from my spotify playlist. Feel exactly the same about Thief....I basically listen to the first 4 minutes and then skip back to Rise Above at the start. They should've just cut that Final Fury song down to 30-45 seconds and added it as the beginning of Street Lethal. Then should've added another 3 minute tune of some sort to have 10 actual songs. My standouts are Rise Above, Anthem for America, Caught Between Rock N Roll and In The Middle of Nothing. I like the Power quite a bit too. But every song is an enjoyable listen. I do dig the album quite a bit. I think I'd probably put it 3rd in their discography behind New Religion and Ruff Justice if I were ranking their albums.

Happy to check stuff out but I'm pretty stuck in my ways

Have to say this one has really grown on me and think also seeing the video has enhanced it a bit for me too as it kind of highlights the whole feel good vibe of the tune. Still like the first 2 singles better but still a good tune.

Didn't realize it the first time I watched this video on low volume at but when you crank it a bit and listen, can hear what's likely the first single faintly in the background.

I suppose you probably do lol. There's heavy.....power.....speed....all gets a bit confusing! I just know I was never much of a fan of any of the bands that were mentioned in the article. I did like a few Iron Maiden tunes back in the day but not many. I just need things like melody, big choruses, etc. Not sure if we'll find those things much in this or not. Erik definitely has one of the best voices in music IMO though and seems like this could be a good match for him. Will be interesting to hear it.

Yeah....Looking forward to hearing it. I have to admit that I'm not a power metal guy though and I never even visit this part of the forum lol. I'm a melodic rock/hard rock guy in general with my tastes perfectly matched to what they were doing in HEAT. Although, I do dig the new Wicked Smile release which is a bit like melodic metal/hard rock. I guess that's kind of what I'm hoping for style-wise with this in that it's more like melodic metal and that it doesn't become too over the top power/speed metal or something. It's awesome to see Erik and Jona together again making music and I already know I definitely dig Erik's vocals so will definitely be checking this out.

Erik and Jona starting a new heavy/power metal band called New Horizon. First single out November 29th with album to follow. Personally, not sure about this as I'm not big into power metal type stuff. But will definitely at least give this a shot. ONA TEE AND ERIK GRÖNWALL ANNOUNCE NEW POWER METAL BAND⠀ NEW HORIZON TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM IN 2022⠀ ⠀ Vocalist Erik Grönwall and songwriter/producer/multi-multi-instrumentalist Jona Tee, former bandmates in H.E.A.T., have announced that they are continuing their musical partnership by unleashing New Horizon, their new power metal brainchild.⠀ ⠀ The seeds of NEW HORIZON were planted in Jona’s youth given that he grew up listening to (and still loves) Iron Maiden, Helloween, Hammerfall, Manowar, Edguy, and the like. Heavy metal is in his blood and New Horizon is something that is flowing through his veins and extremely close to his heart. He always dreamed of releasing his own power metal anthems one day. When asked about the sound of New Horizon, Jona Tee describes it as "a mix between classic power and heavy metal, with a touch of the 21st century.”⠀ ⠀ “It felt so natural to continue working together. We have toured together pretty much all over the world and released music together for a decade. Jona is truly like my brother, by blood, and New Horizon will be the catalyst for us to release great metal together and just have fun,” says Grönwall.⠀ ⠀ The duo are currently wrapping up work on their debut album and more details will be released at a later date, including the first taste of music. ⠀ ⠀ In the meantime, be sure to follow New Horizon on their newly launched social media channels and be sure to follow Jona and Erik's social media for updates as well. ⠀ ⠀ Newhorizonworld

Listened to this....only one time through so far. Quite clear the vibe of this album is like 80's fighting movies/inspirational "Rocky"/"Karate Kid" type stuff after we had a horror vibe with Ruff Justice and a carefree summer vibe with Forever Wild. At least initially, the first half feels stronger or maybe just more instant to me than the second half. For me, the first 3 songs (after the short into tune) are just fantastic. We'd basically already heard the first 2 but really dig The Power also. One thing I absolutely don't like is the 2 minute musical interlude Final Fury. It seems pointless to me and it just breaks up the momentum of the album. I'm just not a fan of this type of stuff especially in the middle of albums. They should've just cut this down to 30-45 seconds and made it part of the next tune IMO. This will definitely be a skip and it's easy enough to just eliminate it once it hits streaming Second half still pretty good...bit more varied. I suspect there could be growers for me with some of these. Caught Between The Rock N Roll has kind of a cool vibe to it. Overall the album feels a little bit short being that it's really only 9 tunes with 2 musical bits. I suppose the last song is like 2 songs in one though clocking in over 7 minutes. Either way, still kind of feels like there should be one more song or something. Good stuff though .

New single out. Seems like they often do a collaboration song of some sort and appears this might be it for the next album. I think they also said any proceeds from the tune go to charity or something. I guess it's okay for a change of pace but can't say this one is exciting me all that much after the first 2 killer singles.

Nice....Kissin' Dynamite it January and then this in Feb. Hopefully Shiraz Lane will be shortly after that as I know they're recording now so would think March/April would be a realistic target for them. Will be tough to top what's come out in 2021 but that would be a good start to the year

I liked the first single but was a pretty lukewarm on the next 2 songs for some reason. I plan to give the album a listen when it drops though.

Exactly what I do. Then I modify them in my order of preference as the year moves along.

Yeah, this is an interesting tune. I didn't quite know if I liked it at first as it's a little bit poppy but it's catchy and has grown on me with repeated listens. Little bit surprised I like this album as much as I do as it's definitely out of my normal Eclipse, Crazy Lixx, HEAT, Midnite City type comfort zone. I think that's kind of why I like it though, just a different, interesting listen. Agree with Glenn that it was probably a bit overhyped but still a good album that I like more than I thought I would. Also pretty impressive considering the circumstances being a debut album with probably a fairly limited budget. Will be interesting to see if they can build on this with future releases.

Yeah, I don't know. It's okay but just kind of a let down after the epic 1989 which is the highlight of the album for me. And I do like Tomorrow and We Are Not Ok more. I guess I just generally also don't care for ballads as the last track of albums....especially when there had been 2 ballads a couple tracks earlier. Really good though. I'm not sure if it'll crack my top 5 but will be top 10 for sure. It's just been such a great year for music though. I mean, if this had come out last year it probably would've easily been my #2 album.

Yeah, I hear that too. The only Leppard vibe to me is only with the solo. I still wish they didn't have two ballads back to back. I think I would've at least tracked it differently and maybe just flip flopped Tomorrow and These Days. It's a minor quibble though.

My initial impression here is a pretty darn good album. First 4 songs are excellent. These Days is pretty good but I get some Right Now Van Halen vibes....Tomorrow is excellent. We Are Not Ok is a solid ballad with a cool Def Leppard type solo but I think it loses my attention just a bit being the second ballad in a row. Firesign rocks pretty good and is like their attempt at a Kickstart My Heart type tune to revive the juices after the two ballads. 1989 is just epic and remains my favorite tune on this. The album closes with a bit of a whimper with It Ain't Me. Overall, very good album and these guys have a cool retro sound. Need more listens to really see how it settles. My biggest gripe would just be having 3 of the last 5 songs being ballads. They're all done really well but it just kind of kills the pacing for me in the 2nd half. I'd have rather seen another rocker closing out the album. Do have to say that the sonics/production on this are really well done to my ears. Just sounds great and they perfectly capture that 80's essence.

Agree!