Wings of Tomorrow

Wings of Tomorrow is the second album on which EUROPE strongly sounded the heat of orthodox heavy metal before advancing to their later flashy arena-rock image. John Norum’s guitar is fast and melodic, giving tension to Joey Tempest’s soaring singing. Inheriting the debut’s momentum, the band steps toward a more powerful expression. “Stormwind” and “Scream of Anger” hold the momentum particular to a young band together with an already-visible compositional skill. Songs like “Wings of Tomorrow,” “Dance the Night Away” and “Open Your Heart” breathe the band’s full playing too. Letting you enjoy both the coolness of Nordic metal and hard riffs, it is an important work condensing the appeal of early EUROPE. In particular, “Open Your Heart” became a fine song later re-recorded.