Pure Heavy

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Pure Heavy
Pure Heavy Audrey Horne album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released2015
Recorded2015
Genre Hard rock
Length50:09
Label Napalm Records
Producer Jørgen Træen & Iver Sandøy
Audrey Horne chronology
Youngblood
(2010)
Pure Heavy
(2015)
Blackout
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Dagbladet Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
Gaffa Norway 4/6 [3]
Metal Hammer UK Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Metal Hammer Germany 5/7 [5]
OA Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Plattentests.de  [ de ]7/10 [7]
Powermetal.de  [ de ]6.5/10 [8]
Rock Hard 7.5/10 [9]

Pure Heavy is the fifth album by Norwegian rock band Audrey Horne, released in 2015. It continued the double lead guitar harmony sound that the band moved into with their previous effort, Youngblood .

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Audrey Horne.

  1. "Wolf in My Heart" - 3:58
  2. "Holy Roller" - 4:09
  3. "Out of the City" - 3:32
  4. "Volcano Girl" - 3:32
  5. "Tales from the Crypt" - 3:19
  6. "Diamond" - 1:30
  7. "Into the Wild" - 3:40
  8. "Gravity" - 4:25
  9. "High & Dry" - 4:20
  10. "Waiting for the Night" - 4:05
  11. "Boy Wonder" - 5:50
Bonus tracks
  1. "Let Live" - 4:12
  2. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" - 3:37

Personnel

Audrey Horne

Additional Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 90

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