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Heaven Below is a four-man band that plays hard rock music and hails from Los Angles, California. The band is lead by lead vocalist and guitarist, Patrick Kennison, formally of Union Underground. Drummer Chad Clark, guitarist Jesse Billson, and bass player John Younger make up the rest of this hard hitting group. They currently have a CD out called Countdown to Devil.

I saw the band on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at Bums Sports Bar in Temple, Texas. They are playing five Texas locations over an eight-day period in what they are calling their Texas Takeover Tour. There were three other bands that opened for them but Heaven Below was the headliner. The other bands were Seven Perfect, The Jericho Machine, and Dark Summer Dawn. Seven Perfect was without their lead singer, but Robert Perez, the lead singer from The Jericho Machine and friend of Seven Perfect filled in. They pulled it off but it caused the show to start late. It was nearly 1:00 am before the headliner took the stage.

While all the bands were good, Heaven Below was clearly the best band of the night. Bums Sports Bar is a pretty small venue and from a fan’s perspective, it allowed up close and personal interaction with the band. If you ask me, they were too good for the venue. This is the kind of band you would expect to see somewhere like Stubb’s in Austin. They played a lot of the songs from their CD, but also entertained the crowd with covers from Guns ‘n Roses and Judas Priest. Overall, this was one of the best performances I’ve seen this year and it was definitely worth the wait.

If you haven’t heard Heaven Below, they have some of their music on their MySpace page. You can also find them on their website at www.heavenbelow.net and their CD is available for purchase or download from iTunes or Amazon.com.