Heaven Below

Heaven Below
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Hard rock, heavy metal
Years active	2008 – present
Labels	Independent
Associated acts	Dead by Sunrise, Disturbed, Julien-K, SEISMATIK, The Union Underground, We Are the Fallen
Website	www.heavenbelow.com
Members	Patrick Kennison Lucas Kanopa John Younger Shad Wilhelm
Past members	Chad Clark Marty O'Brien Dave Comer Elias Andra Jesse Billson

Heaven Below is an American hard rock band based in Los Angeles. The band's debut album Countdown to Devil released March 2009 reached No. 1 on Tradebit.com and No. 15 on Amazon.com's New Releases chart.^[1] The band also achieved Top 20 on Music Choice.^[2]

History

The band was formed in late 2007 by Patrick Kennison (Union Underground), Marty O'Brien (Disturbed, We Are the Fallen) and session drummer Chad Clark to film a video for Kennison's song "The Laughing Dead". In 2008 guitarist Dave Comer was added completing the quartet. Later that year Comer and O'Brien were replaced by guitarist Jesse Billson and bassist John Younger respectively.^[3]

Countdown to Devil

Following the release of Countdown to Devil, the group completed its first tour in mid-2009 dubbed the "Texas Takeover Tour".^[4] Media coverage of the tour included a live performance on FOX-TV in San Antonio, TX.^[5]

In August 2010, the band released a self-titled EP,^[6] and led a tour dubbed the "Horns and Halos Tour" which spans over much of the country and even Canada.^[7] Before "The Mirror Never Lies" was released, Chad Clark left the band and was replaced by Julien-K and Dead by Sunrise drummer Elias Andra.^[8][9]

Falling from Zero

Patrick Kennison

In 2012, the band released their second studio album Falling from Zero^[10] followed in 2013 by compilation album Dos Diablos Digital Box Set, acoustic album The Deadlight Sessions^[11] and cover album Sleeping Giants.^[12] It was during the same year that percussionist Shad Wilhelm joined the ensemble, replacing Andra.^[11]

In the year following, the group advertised their limited edition coffin kits, containing an album entitled Demonic Demos & Unsung Lullabies. The CD, which contained previously unreleased tunes, an electric version of "Damaged" (published in 2013 on The Deadlight Sessions) as well as a cover of "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica was made available exclusively in the coffin kit.^[13]

Good Morning Apocalypse

John Younger

In 2014, the band began working on what is to be their third studio album. In January 2015, the group posted a photograph on their internet site with the words Good Morning Apocalypse,^[14][15][16] the title of their upcoming work.^[17]

Some time after mid-2014, Billson left the ensemble, with Lucas Kanopa replacing him some time later.^[17]

The band released the album on October 14, 2016.^[18]

Members

Shad Wilhelm

• Patrick Kennison (vocals/guitar)
• Lucas Kanopa (guitar)^[17]
• John Younger (bass)^[10]
• Shad Wilhelm (percussion)^[11]

Discography

Studio albums

• Countdown to Devil (2009)
• Falling From Zero (2012)
• Good Morning Apocalypse (2016)^{[14][15][16][17][19]}

Other albums

• We Sold Our Soul for Heaven Below (2008)
• Infamy (EP) (2008)^[20]
• Reworking the Devil (2009)^[21][22]
• Heaven Below (2010)^[23]
• Unleashed in the West (2011)^[24]
• The Mirror Never Lies: Mega-Single (2011)^[25]
• Dos Diablos Digital Box Set (2013)
• The Deadlight Sessions (2013)
• Sleeping Giants (2013)^[26]
• Demonic Demos & Unsung Lullabies (2014)^[27]

Songs

• "Major Tom (Coming Home)" - originally released in 1982 by Peter Schilling.
• "Twilight Zone" - originally released in 1982 by Golden Earring. This track was never officially released. After the release of their self-titled EP, all who bought a copy were able to download Twilight Zone from the internet through a special disc feature.
• "Heartbreaker" - originally released by Pat Benatar in 1979.
• "Subdivisions" - originally released by Rush in 1982. Featuring William Shatner speaking "Subdivisions" as well as "Attention all planets of the solar federation - we have assumed control" from the song 2112.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heaven_Below.

• Official Heaven Below website