Deaf to Our Prayers

Deaf to Our Prayers
Studio album from Heaven Shall Burn
Publication (s)	August 26, 2006
Label (s)	Century Media
Format (s)	CD, MP3 download
Genre (s)	Melodic death metal , deathcore
Title (number)	11
running time	47:47
occupation	Marcus Bischoff ( vocals ) Maik Weichert ( guitar ) Alexander Dietz ( guitar ) Eric Bischoff ( bass ) Matthias Voigt ( drums )
production	Alexander Dietz
Studio (s)	Rape of Harmonies Studios, Germany
chronology Antigone (2004) Deaf to Our Prayers Iconoclast (2008)

Deaf to Our Prayers is the fourth studio album by the German metalcore band Heaven Shall Burn . It is the successor to the 2004 album Antigone and was released by Century Media Records in August 2006.

Emergence

The album was first announced in June 2006. The title Deaf to Our Prayers was chosen based on the poem The Silesian Weavers by Heinrich Heine . As another source of inspiration, the band called the piece The weavers of Gerhart Hauptmann . Musically, the album should be more aggressive than its predecessor Antigone .

The recordings were made in the Thuringian studio Rape Of Harmonies. The mixing took place in the Hansen Studios in Denmark.

At the end of July, the band released the song Stay the Course via the Internet. Counterweight followed on August 10th .

publication

In early November 2006 a music video for the song Counterweight was released .

Track list

Unless otherwise stated, all pieces were written and composed by Heaven Shall Burn.

Deaf to our Prayers
No.	title	length
1.	Counterweight	4:20
2.	Trespassing the Shores of Your World	5:18
3.	Profane Believers	3:36
4th	Stay the course	3:56
5.	The Final March	4:06
6th	Of No Avail	4:57
7th	Armia	5:50
8th.	mybestfriends.com	4:52
9.	Biogenesis (Undo Creation)	3:54
10.	Dying in Silence	4:20
11.	The Greatest Gift of God	2:42
Overall length:		47:47

Deaf to our Prayers - Japanese Bonus Track
No.	title	Songwriter	music	length
12.	True Belief	Paradise Lost	Paradise Lost	4:34
Overall length:				52:21

reception

Sales figures

In the US, around 1,000 copies of the album were sold within two weeks. In Germany, the album took 65th place in the sales charts after its release.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ HEAVEN SHALL BURN Announce New Album Title. In: Blabbermouth.net . June 10, 2006, accessed July 8, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} HEAVEN SHALL BURN: New Song Posted Online. In: Blabbermouth.net . July 27, 2006, accessed July 8, 2015 . 
3. ↑ HEAVEN SHALL BURN: 'Deaf To Our Prayers' To Arrive In August. In: Blabbermouth.net . June 20, 2006, accessed July 8, 2015 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} HEAVEN SHALL BURN's 'Deaf To Our Prayers' Enters German Chart At No. 65. In: Blabbermouth.net . September 7, 2006, accessed July 8, 2015 . 
5. ↑ HEAVEN SHALL BURN: Another New Song Available. In: Blabbermouth.net . August 10, 2006, accessed July 8, 2015 . 
6. ↑ HEAVEN SHALL BURN: 'Counterweight' Video Available Online. In: Blabbermouth.net . November 9, 2006, accessed July 8, 2015 . 
7. ↑ AUDIOSLAVE, IRON MAIDEN, ALICE IN CHAINS: First-Week Sales Revealed. In: Blabbermouth.net . September 13, 2006, accessed July 8, 2015 .