{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Heaven Below | type = EP | artist = [[Heaven Below]] | cover = Heaven Below EP.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2010|08|17}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | length = {{Duration|m=22|s=01}} | label = | producer = | prev_title = Infamy | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = [[The Deadlight Sessions]] | next_year = 2013 }} '''''Heaven Below''''' is the self-titled [[extended play|EP]] from rock ensemble [[Heaven Below]]. The album was released on August 17, 2010.
== Composition == The band had been closing shows on their then recent inaugural tour with audience favorite "[[Ace of Spades (song)|Ace of Spades]]" by [[Motörhead]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/b/2010/08/15/5-questions-with-heaven-below.htm |title=5 Questions With Heaven Below |publisher=Heavymetal.about.com |date=2010-08-15 |accessdate=2013-11-23 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203043640/http://heavymetal.about.com/b/2010/08/15/5-questions-with-heaven-below.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> At one of their rehearsals, [[Patrick Kennison]] jokingly sung "[[Heartbreaker (Pat Benatar song)|Heartbreaker]]" by [[Pat Benatar]] over the instrumentals for "Ace of Spades". Because the band enjoyed how "Heartbreaker" sounded, they decided to record a studio version of the song.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.backstageaxxess.com/backstage/Interview.php/Patrick-Kennison-2010 |title=Where the real show begins! |publisher=Backstageaxxess.Com |date=2010-10-06 |accessdate=2013-11-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231450/http://www.backstageaxxess.com/backstage/Interview.php/Patrick-Kennison-2010 |archivedate=2013-12-02 }}</ref>
In addition to the six main tracks, the album contains a CD with 4 bonus tracks and 4 music videos,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hardrockhaven.net/archives/2010/10/heaven-below-heaven-below/ |title=Heaven Below Heaven Below |publisher=hardrockhaven.net |date= |accessdate=2013-11-23}}</ref> one of which is "[[Twilight Zone (Golden Earring song)|Twilight Zone]]", originally recorded by Dutch rock band [[Golden Earring]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockoveramerica.com/Cdreview%26id%3D389%26artist%3DHeaven%20Below%26album%3DHeaven%20Below |title=CD Review | Artist - Heaven Below | Album - Heaven Below | RockOverAmerica.com Magazine |publisher=Rockoveramerica.com |date=2011-06-24 |accessdate=2013-11-23 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000920/http://www.rockoveramerica.com/Cdreview%26id%3D389%26artist%3DHeaven%20Below%26album%3DHeaven%20Below |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Critical reception == Marissa Brown from [[Artistdirect]], described the EP as a "Most brilliantly bludgeoning performance" while Robert Foster from [[Metal Edge]] stated that "Every track explodes with expression". [[Blabbermouth.net]]<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/heaven-below-releases-self-titled-debut |title=Heaven Below Releases Self Titled Debut |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=2010-06-03 |accessdate=2013-11-12}}</ref> as well as [[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]] both noted that "despite being such a young band, they can easily keep pace with the top dogs of the current rock scene".<ref>{{cite web|author=bravewords.com |url=http://www.bravewords.com/news/140127 |title=> News > HEAVEN BELOW Hit Hard On Self-Titled Release |publisher=Bravewords.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-21}}</ref>
== Track listing == #Dying Vicariously - 3:15 #When Daylight Dies - 3:48 #Heartbreaker - 3:13 #King of Nothing - 3:55 #Hollywood - 3:36 #Above the Satellites - 4:14
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0002532543|title=Heaven Below – ''Heaven Below''}}
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