{"id":17360,"date":"2017-11-17T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T06:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17360"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:49:22","slug":"album-review-europe-walk-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17360","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Europe &#8211; Walk the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Europe &#8211; Walk the Earth<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Release Date:<\/strong> October 20, 2017<br \/>\n<strong>Label<\/strong>: Victor Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Europe (yes, THAT Europe) emerged with an album called War of Kings that absolutely blew my mind.\u00a0 The sound of that album in general caught me so off guard and it ignited this fandom in me that I never knew I could have for them.\u00a0 Well, Europe has done it once again with Walk the Earth and much like its predecessor, Walk the Earth left me nearly speechless.<\/p>\n<p>Walk the Earth is a great example of how a band from the 80\u2019s doesn\u2019t always have to be connected to their past in order to move forward.\u00a0 Hell, in a lot of ways, Europe is a totally different band.\u00a0 Even though the line-up is all original, the sound of the band is much more mature and honestly, it\u2019s almost how I would expect and hope that every band would grow.\u00a0 As Europe has gotten older and more mature, so has their sound and the lyrical content.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HNsFSimANzM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWalk the Earth\u201d is such a powerful opening song and it\u2019s a song I can totally hear as a show opener.\u00a0 \u201cThe Siege\u201d has easily one of the best fucking hooks I\u2019ve heard from these guys in some time but it\u2019s Kingdom United\u201d where I feel like it all came together.\u00a0 The energy, the groove, Joey Tempest\u2019s vocals are just off the chart.\u00a0 Europe definitely channeled their inner Deep Purple\/Rainbow on this one and once again they pulled it off like they\u2019ve been playing like this all their lives.\u00a0 I also loved hearing a bit of Black Sabbath influence on \u201cHaze\u201d which showed another layer of Europe that we haven\u2019t seen a lot of up to this point.<\/p>\n<p>Europe never ceases to amaze me with their new material.\u00a0 With each album, Europe seems to solidify themselves as a very current and very valid band in these later years.\u00a0 While I\u2019ve heard some people that say they miss Europe\u2019s more fluffy, melodic 80\u2019s side, I have to say that hearing them dip their toes into darker waters is far more interesting to me.\u00a0 It\u2019s just such a great surprise to hear a band from that era not sound dated or living past their expiration date.\u00a0 At this rate, there is no expiration date on Europe and if they keep making albums like this one, they will continue to have a devoted fan in me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe &#8211; 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