Danish rockers H.E.R.O. have released their third and most hard hitting album ‘Alternate Realities’, which has just charted as #2 on the international album chart in Japan. Simultaneously, the quartet shares a high energy music video for the album track ‘Monster’ – a duet with the charismatic Melissa Bonny, who is the lead singer in the Swiss symphonic metal band Ad Infinitum.
And stream the album HERE
H.E.R.O.’s front man Christoffer Stjerne has this to say in connection with the album release:
“It feels amazing to finally release an album that shows a harder and, at the same time, more vulnerable side of H.E.R.O. Especially after 2 years of Covid lockdowns. On a personal level, it has been a much needed healing process for me to tell my very personal and tragic story through the lyrics.”
And Melissa Bonny adds:
“H.E.R.O did an amazing job with this third album and I am really happy that they invited me to sing on “Monster”. This band is incredibly talented and I hope that people will enjoy “Monster” as well as the album “Alternate Realities”!”
One can experience H.E.R.O. and the songs from ‘Alternate Realities’, when the band performs at When Freezes Over at VEGA in Copenhagen on April 16th and in addition, more shows will be announced in near future.
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Since H.E.R.O.’s inception as a trio in 2014, they have made a name of themselves as one of Denmark’s most uncompromising bands insisting on their own brand of hard, hyper melodic and hugely sounding rock music. H.E.R.O.’s singular sound reached the world on the 2019 debut album ‘HUMANIC’, from which the single ‘Superpowers’ was no 1. in four weeks on the Japanese international chart. Here the band toured with the legendary Slash and played its first headliner shows in Japan and Denmark.
In 2020, singer/guitarist Christoffer Stjerne, guitarist Søren Itenov and drummer Anders Kirkegaard was joined by one of Denmark’s most prominent bass players Johan Wohlert, and together they released H.E.R.O.’s second album ‘Bad Blood’ to great international attention.
The heavy sound on H.E.R.O.’s third album ‘Alternate Realities’ is balanced by the band’s catchy melodies, the grand production and a personal theme based on singer, guitarist and songwriter Christoffer Stjerne’s own experiences with a trauma and breach in his family relations. ‘Alternate Realities’ is produced by H.E.R.O. and Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Amaranthe a.o.) and is released today March 18th 2022 through Mermaid Records.
‘Alternate Realities’ Track list:
- Gravity
- Lead The Blind
- Never Be The Same
- Oxygen
- Made To Be Broken
- Personal
- Cynical
- Monster
- Bring Me Back To Life
- Heavy Heart
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