[...] both italian Chris-es can stand up the match (Heaven with "Dance The Night Away [...]
ROCK HARD - March 2006

[...]"A handful of national (represented by Chris Catena and Chris Heaven) and international glories (Enuff Z'Nuff, Tony Harnell, Jimmy Crespo, Rowan Robertson, Vinny Appice...) [...] FLASH March 2006

[...] Among ths hightlights of this disc, we must mention "yankee Rose", performed by Enuff' Z'Nuff, but the italians will surely be proud for the performance of Chris Heaven, really at ease with "Dance The Night Away", and of Chris Catena, teaming with Blues Saraceno to play "Goin' Crazy". Small pearls which make the disc more pleasant [...] Fabio Magliano - METAL MANIACS March 2006

VARIOUS ‘Blackmore’s Castle Volume II’ Lion Music (2005) www.lionmusic.com

[...] House of Shakira put in a fine performance on ‘Starstruck’, whilst Chris Heaven nearly outdoes Coverdale on ‘Soldier Of Fortune’. [...]

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/11/041639.php

VV.AA.:The Glam That Stole Christmas -Volume I

(Perris, 2004)

[...]Con mia grande gioia questa volta sono state incluse in una compilation della Perris ben due band italiane: i romani Decadenza, con la loro goticheggiante Dead By X-Mas, e la coppia Chris Heaven (una delle voci più belle dell’hard rock melodico italiano)-Michael Gapys (guitar hero polacco), che presenta una ballad dei Bon Jovi, I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas, con virtuosismo iniziale alla Malmsteen. [...]

da www.norespect.it (clizia@norespect.it)

Chris Heaven interview on italian Magazine Metal Hammer n.7/2003 by Fabio Magliano

Between the many young and ambitious bands, there's a musician that had written important pages of the italian hard-rock with his Redlynx, band from Turin that in 90's made 3 good albums and 3 EP that was appreciated expecially in Japan. CHRIS HEAVEN (www.chris-heaven.com) after a some lucky solo projects and with other good bands like Chris Falco's Demon Angels and Edge Of Time, with Michael Von Knorring, seems ready now for a clamorous Redlynx reunion.

Well Chris, why come back with Redlynx?
"'cause seems that somethings moving in the italian hard-rock scene, after a not lucky period of time.
All the big bands of '80s and '90s are disappeared, Gow, Elektradrive, Nasty Licks, Cry Baby, till my Redlynx, down the hit of power-metal and in Turin surviving only some good bands like Chris Falco's Demon Angels and Hollywood Killerz. I had never stop to sing and now I feel is the right time for get out Redlynx from the freezer."

In these days you made some important collaborations...

"Yes, first the one for the Jason Becker tribute. I had the pleasure to collaborate with Michael Von Knorring (Malmsteen), Mats Olausson (Ark/Malmsteen) and Tracy G (Dio). On the cd there's monsters like Steve Vai and Marty Friedman. It's rewarding work with these kind of people."

This tribute is not the only project that you made in these days...

"Till some weeks ago I worked on "The Fallen king" my new solo cd. It's an hard-rock cd with some neoclassic stuff (like "Odissey" or "Eclipse" of Malmsteen). There's special guests like Michael Von Knorring, Noriyuki Yoshida, Michael Gapys, Yasu and many others that now I cannot reveal. But the cd will be done after the soummer. Now I need to sing rock and that's why I think to give to Redlynx another opportunity (with the "Get a Life!" line-up). I can sing different kind of music but I'm a rocker and that's what I can do better.
In the meantime, after the Jason Becker Tribute, a tribute to Warrant, a tribute to '80s ballad, one Japan tribute to Malmsteen now I'm recording a rock version of a George Michael pop song".

Which are the singers that give you the ispiration?
"For many years David Coverdale was my ispiration. I had learn from him the interpretation, also to breath in the songs. Now I listen many other singers like Mark Boals, Joe Lynn Turner, Jorn Lande and out of rock I love George Michael voice".

Chris, a final message...
"Don't let rock die! Let's play music, don't surrend yourself... remember what Goethe said.."Who doesn't love music don't deserve to be called man...who loves music is half man...who plays music it's a complete man".
Fabio Magliano.

VARIOUS - THE GLAM THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS (B/B-) Perris Records, 2004
11 tracks, RT: 35:48
[ http://www.perrisrecords.com/ ]
[...] Chris Heaven & Michael
Gapys' "I Wish Every Day Could Be Like Christmas" at first sounds
*very* similar to the Bon Jovi (or was it Jon Bon Jovi solo?) KEEP THE
FAITH-era version, but then a bunch more guitar soloing emerges. [...]
Detritus
Issue #298
Week of November 29, 2004
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/detritus/

VARIOUS ARTISTS 'A TRIBUTE TO JASON BECKER PART TWO'
(LION MUSIC/BERTUS)

Last year a Jason Becker tribute CD was released and back then already plans were made for a follow-up, and now LION MUSIC has released the 2nd CD of the tribute to the legendary guitarist JASON BECKER. Again a lot of well-known musicians are involved, such as STEVE VAI, TOMMY DENANDER, MARTY FRIEDMAN, SLAV SIMANIC, JK NORTHRUP, LARS ERIC MATTSSON and many others. The CD is a double CD set with a total of 27 tracks. Almost all the songs are instrumental of course, with such highlights like “Colors”, “Temple of the absurd”, “Temple in the cellar”, “Utopia”, “I.M.N.U.”, “Speed Metal Symphony” and “Peace of mind part 1”. However, my favourite tracks are 2 songs with lead vocals, namely opener “Desert island” (lovely 80s melodic rock a la MALMSTEEN, RAINBOW, with very good lead vocals by Norwegian singer Geir Ronning) and “Lady luck” (midtempo melodic rocker with great vocals by Chris heaven). If you purchased part one, then you must also buy this 2nd Tribute CD. Together with the BOSTON tribute, this JASON BECKER tribute belong to the best tributes ever done!

(Points: 8.5 out of 10)Strutter Zine

From Powemetal.it
"There's space also for more introspective moments like the power ballad "In a dream" where the lead vocals are from Chris Heaven (co-writer of many of the album's songs) that give us a yearning interpretation..."
(about Chris Falco's Demon Angels "Speed rising" cd)

[...^]Second song is from Edge Of Time, easy work for them, Michael Von Knorring was a Malmsteen drummer on the album "Eclipse". Here they play a song from "Odissey", the great "Crystal Ball", with Heaven that wear perfectly the Joe Lynn Turner clothes, a good Alex Argento on keyboards that fit perfectly the tunes of Johannson and a great Noriyuki Yoshida on guitar. Very good production for a band that sound really near to the original.Again Chris Heaven on "Dreaming" (again from Odissey) with the keyboard-player Simone Bresciani in a strange version with a Queen arrangment and without a guitar. I love this version maybe more than the original but I think Yngwie will not like it ehhe.

[...^]Second song start the italian side with Chris Heaven that sing a cover of "The Only One" from "Magnum Opus". The song is well recorded and the musicians that played are good, right drums, powerfull bass, very fit keyboards, very hard-rock guitar...that's the problem. The song is really a bit too hard-rock and less Malmsteen, but I think that Heaven choosed this song for sing between Coverdale and Jorn and less in neoclassic style. Anyway a very good song with a great Heaven in a very good vocal performance.hhe.

Giulia Marchesini www.truemetal.it 80/100

"Lovetracker" open the cd, powerfull and aggressive, really near to Joe Lynn Turner style[...]
"She's Called Trouble" is a funky rock very catchy that put in evidence the rough and aggressive Heaven's voice. [...^]
 "Victim of love" is a little jem. It start with an angelic chorus from Simona Sorbara with a great interpretation of Heaven that on low notes remember me really "daddy" Coverdale.^[...]
Someone called Chris Heaven "The voice of italian rock", I don't know if in Italy there's better singers, but surely he have a very bluesy and full of feeling voice,really near to Coverdale but with that bit of Italian style.

Giulia Marchesini www.truemetal.it
65/100

(HARD! about BELIEVE 1997)

Chris Heaven's RedLynx is back with a new album and line-up ready to take off
(and kick ass)...furnished with a brilliant vocal performance by Chris,
reminding us firmly of Coverdale's golden years and proving himself ready and
able to take him on.."Bloody Heart" shows us an immense vocal work, climbing up
notes and crossing the boarder in to "Zeppelin-land" (or to be more specific
Coverdale/Page-land), especially in the tasteful choruses that are echoed in "I
am in love again". "Only Tomorrow" is the CD's masterpiece. The orchestration
releases a loving feeling and is really moving, with further dramatic moments
between Chris and guest vocalist Simona Sobara (great job!). To round it off, an
a-cappella version of "In A Dream" by Badlands dedicated to the late Cozy
Powell: congratulations are a must for the long held note at the end, we're sure
Cozy would have appreciated it.

(HARD! about TONGUE-TIED 1998)

[...]"Like an easy rider" is a great song...well played and bearing the fruit of
excellent song-writing...what more could you want? The song alone justifies
buying the CD"[...]

(METAL HAMMER about LONELY 1998)

"Pretty much everyone has done an unplugged over the past 7 years, but no
Italian band had yet had the courage and the chance to do one... Lonley Man
Blues [great vocal interpretation...reminding us again of you know who] goes
back to 1991...the key to all of this is of course Whitesnake

(HARD! about LONELY 1998)

"Be My Soul" is an intense and melancholic blues, a song every girl would like
dedicated to her! Next up is a cover-tune [You guessed it - Whitesnake] "Walking
in the shadow of the blues" [...] some people have said that it is difficult to
tell this version from the original, this is thanks to Chris Heaven's ever
warmer vocals [...] Many compliments to Chris and the band who keep on
supporting the Italian Hard Rock scene whole-heartedly - its a final blow for
those who think it can't be done. Another giant step forward for the Red Lynx

(HARD! about SOUL KISS 1999)

"RedLynx has a great CD out on Bax records where hard-rock and melody is the
winning combination"

(AGGLUTINATION about BELIEVE 1997)

"You can't go wrong: as always its eighties hard rock, wild guitars, dreamy
keyboards and an overflow of melody, all this conducted masterly by founder
member Chris Heaven and his passionately warm bluesy vocals. This, and much
more, is what you get from "Looking for your heart", RedLynx's third CD...with
all those screamed "baby, baby"s and "uuuuhhhh", reminding us of a wonderful
distant shivery past..."Only you in my life" is a slow ballad where Chris forces
himself beyond the Coverdale vocal range (but when in the middle and bass
registers the influence of Whitesnake continues to inflict a powerful bite"

(HARD! about LOOKING FOR YOUR HEART 1998)

"Chris Heaven: a precious rock vocalist"

(LA NUOVA 1997)

"Redlynx have released a fantastic 4 track EP, with a dirty/melodic rock sound
that immediatley finds its zenith in the energetic opener "Wasted Innocence" in
which Chris Heaven stands out for his trademark rough and ready vocals [...],
one of the very few hard rock bands still in great shape...

(METAL SHOCKabout THE STONE GROOVE EP 2000)

Redlynx and its charismatic singer Chris Heaven are back and making waves, but
above all they're back and making music, playing that good ol' bluesy hard rock
that gave them great success both in the media and on the road during the 90s.
Whilst we wait for the new album they've released an EP, showing the band in
great form, enriched by great musical touches and only limited by a sub-standard
recording which ends up punishing Chris' excellent vocals. Nevertheless its
impossible to not enjoy the sheer dynamism of "Wasted Innocence", the AOR of
"Kiss of Fairy" and, finally, the EP's real gem "I wanna make love to you
(again)", an emotional duet with Elio Maugeri (ex-Elektradrive).its good for
starters, you really couldn't ask for more.

(METAL HAMMER about THE STONE GROOVE EP 2000)

They played tipically '80s hard-rock with some blues influences. And in this solo cd, Heaven have more blues influences.His admiration for David Coverdale is enough for play a cd that seems that continues "Restless Heart" and "Into The Light" but with a personal touch. "Lovetracker" its the first song, powerfully and strenght more Joe Lynn Turner oriented ."A Sad Sad Day" was wrirren for the tragedy of NYC, it's very evocative the middle part with lyrics from Nostradamus.
"She's Called Trouble" it's a cacthy Funky-rock that show the rough an' aggressive voice of Heaven.  "Bloody Heart" it's a remake from old Redlynx album "Tongue-Tied" (this is the Coverdale-disease...play remake of old songs with new look) with a great piano of Simone Bresciani (from Elektradrive). "Victim Of Love" it's really a gem. It start with an angelic chorus of Simona Sorbara and an interpretation in low range of Heaven that sometimes make me think that he is "Daddy" Coverdale. Short song, really impressive...beautiful. "Grey-Black Rainbow" it's a Deep Purple style song and that's why you can find Sergio Gualtieri of Fireball  that sing the bridge in Glenn Hughes style remind us the feeling of "Stormbringer" and "Burn".
"Virtual Lover" start as a remake of "Stairway To Heaven" but after some seconds change style but still remain the only song that I don't like too much. "Sell the soul to the blues" it's a bit Guns n' Roses maybe for the Slash oriented guitars of Pier Della Role.
The cd is closed with "Out of the darkness...into the light", la titletrack that Heaven dedicate to his teacher Coverdale in a very strong and sufferend Intepretation that I really like, between blues guitar and harmonica. Somebody called Heaven "The voice of Italian rock", I don't know if he is the best singer in Italy, but really he have a warm bluesy oice really near to Coverdale but with an italian style. An album that really could be loved by Whitesnake and Purple fans, but it's not nu-metal or modern rock.

(TRUEMETAL.IT about "Out Of The Darkness " 2002)

SPANISH REVIEW

Redlynx – “The Stone Groove EP”

Rainbow Music Records

9.5 / 10 - Pedro

Este álbum nos llega de Italia. No habia escuchado un álbum como este desde 1987 (Whitesnake). La primera cosa que me gusta es la voz del cantante de Chris Heaven. A medio camino entre David Coverdale y Joe Lynn Turner, cantante joven con la vieja voz de la clase (Coverdale, Turner, Dio, Hughes, Gillan).

La primera canción se llama "Wasted Innocence" (inocencia perdida ) y es una canción heavy del estilo de los años 80. El "Kiss Of Fairy" ( beso del hada ) es un mediados de-tempo en el estilo de California a la canción que escuchas cuando estás en tu coche. "Shake The Monkey" (sacude al mono) es la única canción que no me gusta, quizá para las malos riffs de la guitarra, aunque la voz salva todo.

La canción pasada es la mejor. el I Wanna Make love to you again" es otra vez la mejor balada de este año con la voz de Heaven junto con Elio Maugeri (Elektradrive) y el gran piano de Simone Bresciani. Los Heaven/Maugeri en tándem me recuerdan los pares Coverdale/Hughes, realmente una buena canción. En definitiva, un ep muy bueno con algunos buenos momentos y la voz del rock italiano. Ahora compra el Redlynx!

Thanks to James Wynne for the translations from Italian