Produced once again by keyboard player and riff generator Tomppa Nikulainen alongside Nightwish’s Emppu Vuorinen, there are some distinct differences this time around.  Firstly, the drums are real, as Kalle Tornainen was brought in to play live on the 'False Metal'/'Break Out' tour, and ended up as a permanent band member.  Secondly, the guitars are beefier in the mix, resulting in some of the songs having a slightly harder edge, and thirdly the vocals have been approached in a more intelligent way.  Lessons have definitely been learned.  Whereas a couple of the tracks on ‘False Metal’ seemed to be causing vocalist  Pekka Heino (Leverage) to strain somewhat, this time Tomppa has written specifically for his range and the end result is another classic album (and a much happier singer!)   Having supported these guys for two years now, I naturally couldn’t wait to get the album into the player, and was hooked after just one play.  Something was missing, though, so two days later I brought it with me on a long car journey to a hockey match (I share a hockey passion with the entire population of Finland), and played it with the volume as high as it could go before smoke threatened to engulf  the interior of the car.  Now THIS is exactly what this music is designed for!  Every one of the tracks would sit comfortably on a “Driving Anthems” compilation.  Opener ‘Who Will You Run To Now’ with its carefree rhythm and infectious chorus sets the album up once again with the familiar 80’s soundtrack feel and I was glad that the Sat Nav was loudly warning me about speed cameras as I was rapidly heading towards disqualification!   The pace is maintained with the Journey-esque ‘Wildest Dreams’ and ‘Runaways’ (will Jon Bon Jovi get out of my head, please!) and we arrive at ‘Game They Call Love’ which is the first of the tracks that is led by a grooving, driving riff from Emppu.  Now I’m head banging and occasionally my view of the road ahead is restricted.  Perhaps this album should carry a government health warning!  The acoustically led ‘Play It From The Heart’ is a beautifully crafted mid-paced song with vocals so spookily similar to Bob Catley/classic Magnum that the hairs on the back of my neck woke up with a vengeance.  Title track ‘Heart Full of Fire’ features Anette Olzon in a duet with Pekka, and if you have listened to ‘Dark Passion Play’, you will be reminded of ‘Bye Bye Beautiful’.  This is not a bad thing by any means!  With Journey raised on it and Autograph urging us to turn it up, no 80’s influenced AOR album would be complete without a song about listening to your radio.  Back in the day when you survived on pocket money, every weekend you’d hang out with your mates and listen to your favourite music on the radio.  Then on school nights you’d regularly fall asleep with Radio Luxembourg as your bed partner (radio carefully secreted beneath the pillow for fear of detection by your parents who typically didn’t approve of “your” music.)  Ah, those were innocent times, before we realized that the world is actually full of shit.  If you identify with me on this, then be prepared to sing the chorus immediately, and at the top of your voice.  Definitely my favourite track, and sure to be a hit in any respectable rock disco.  Once again a cover track is on offer, and this time is it is Mike Reno’s ‘Chasing the Angels’ from “Iron Eagle II”, another stand out track for me (despite the strong stench of gorgonzola during the film) and is tantamount to maintaining the album’s “soundtrack” theme.  ‘I Am Rock’ was written for a comedy series on Finnish TV, and the subsequent exposure made it a huge hit and raised the public’s awareness of Brother Firetribe even more.  Go out and buy this album – you will NOT be disappointed.  Let’s hope the UK sales result in the opportunity for us to see the band live in the UK in the not too distant future.