Heaven Shall Burn
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 Heaven Shall Burn at the Rocco del Schlacko 2012 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Saalfeld / Saale , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Melodic death metal , metalcore |
| founding | 1996 as Before the Fall |
| Website | www.heavenshallburn.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Marcus Bischoff (since 1997) | |
| Maik Weichert | |
Electric guitar |
Alexander Dietz (since 2005) |
| Eric Bischoff (since 1997) | |
| Christian Bass (since 2013) | |
| former members | |
Electric guitar |
Michael Hartmann (until 1998) |
Electric guitar |
Patrick Schleitzer (1998-2005) |
Drums |
Matthias Voigt (until 2013) |
Heaven Shall Burn ( engl. "The sky will burn") is a German metalcore - and Melodic Death Metal - band from Saalfeld / Saale in Thuringia . She is considered one of the most important representatives of German metalcore.
history
Early Years (1996-2002)
The band was founded in 1996 by guitarist Maik Weichert and drummer Matthias Voigt as Before the Fall and renamed Consense a little later . In the same year the band played a first demo . After the first line-up had proven to be unstable, the cousins Marcus and Eric Bischoff joined the band in the spring of 1997 as singers and bassists, respectively. The second demo was finally recorded in this constellation. Shortly before the first studio recordings, the band name was changed to Heaven Shall Burn for the last time , taken from the title of the album Heaven Shall Burn… When We Are Gathered by the Swedish black metal band Marduk , which was in turn taken from a verse from Bathory's album Blood Fire Death was inspired. Marduk's album "was ubiquitous to us at the time we were looking for a name"; For her, heaven stands for “a false paradise that some people build up in their heads. Many people live far from reality and fool themselves into something. This false paradise should be destroyed or 'burn'. These people have to wake up from their daydreams and finally understand that they should, for example, take their lives into their own hands and that no God helps them to achieve their goals. So it's ALSO about people who blindly follow a religion. In contrast to some other bands we don't want to burn down their houses or rape their wives, we just want to draw attention to this problem ”. The name has nothing to do with Satanism , but according to Maik Weichert, Heaven Shall Burn was often mistaken for a black metal or Marduk cover band.
The first recordings were finally released by the small label Deeds of Revolution Records in autumn 1998 as their debut EP In Battle There Is No Law , the title was taken over from the debut LP of the band Bolt Thrower . A few weeks later, Patrick Schleitzer joined the band as the second guitarist. In 1999 a split LP followed with Fall of Serenity . Shortly thereafter, a contract was signed with Lifeforce Records , which released the debut album Asunder in 2000 . Also in 2000 the split CD Caliban vs. Heaven Shall Burn: The Split Program at Lifeforce. In addition to a European tour, the band played in South America and at festivals such as With Full Force , Wacken Open Air and Summer Breeze in the next few years .
The first albums (2002-2008)
In 2002, Whatever it May Take was released by Lifeforce. The next album Antigone was released by Century Media in 2004 . In 2005 Heaven Shall Burn headlined the first Hell-on-Earth festival tour with As I Lay Dying and Evergreen Terrace . In 2006, Deaf to Our Prayers was the fourth album of the band. It debuted at number 65 on the official German LP charts, in Greece it reached number 50. The album's title plays on a line from the poem The Silesian Weavers of Heinrich Heine on. In addition to countless concerts at home and abroad, Heaven Shall Burn was recently one of the headliners of the Hell-on-Earth tour.
In the following year, in addition to a tour of South America, the first appearance in Russia and participation in the Wacken Open Air followed . Work on the fifth studio album by autumn 2007; meanwhile, the album Whatever it May Take, with a new mix , mastering and artwork , was re-released in July . On January 25th, 2008, Iconoclast (Pt I: The Final Resistance) was released, the band's fifth album, the artwork of which was created by Callejon singer Bastian Sobtzick. The album entered the German album charts at number 21. In August 2008 Heaven Shall Burn performed at Summer Breeze .
Iconoclast II and III (2008–2012)
The live DVD Bildersturm: Iconoclast II (The Visual Resistance) was released on May 25, 2009 in Europe and has also been available in America since August 11. The album Invictus (Iconoclast III) , released on May 21, 2010, completes the Iconoclast trilogy and was named album of the month in April 2010 Metal Hammer . On the album you can find the title Given in Death , which is sung by Deadlock alternately between Marcus Bischoff and Sabine Scherer . The album entered the German album charts at number 9. In 2011 the drummer Matthias Voigt took a break because he had undergone a back operation. During this time he was represented by various drummers.
Veto and Wanderer (since 2012)
In January 2013 the seventh studio album Veto was announced, which was released in Germany on April 19th. According to the band, some guest musicians participated in the recording. It was also announced that Heaven Shall Burn will headline the Impericon Festivals in Leipzig and Vienna on April 20th and 26th.
On November 1st, 2013 it was announced on the official homepage of the band that Matthias Voigt is leaving the band due to his health problems. The official new band member will be Christian Bass, who previously replaced Voigt live. Since April 30, 2015, the band has been the shirt sponsor of the FC Carl Zeiss Jena football club under the motto “Support Your Local Team” .
On December 11, 2015, the split LP The Mission Creep with Napalm Death was released by Century Media. On July 16, 2016, Heaven announced Shall Burn via a teaser video on YouTube that a new album would be released. The new album, named Wanderer , was released by Century Media on September 16, 2016.
At the Impericon Festival 2018 in Leipzig, the band said goodbye to an unlimited live break to have more time for the family and other projects. According to the singer Marcus Bischoff, a return from this break with a new album is possible at some point.
Of Truth and Sacrifice (from 2019)
On January 19, 2019, the band again became a mini sponsor of the FC Carl Zeiss Jena club.
On July 25, 2019, pictures of the band were published on social networks, which showed the band members in the studio. It has been confirmed that the band is working on a new album. In addition, the band announced themselves for several festivals in Germany. On September 1st, 2019, it was announced that the band will headline the Full Force Festival 2020. Before that they will be shown at the Greenfield Festival.
On January 10, 2020, the new singles Protector, Weakness Leaving My Heart and at the same time a twelve-minute double music video were released, which should be an allusion to the new double album. On February 19, 2020, Ingo Schmoll's film documentation My green heart in dark times followed on the work on the album, which was shown in cinemas nationwide and in Austria. The album Of Truth and Sacrifice was released on March 20, 2020 and entered the German album charts at number one .
style
The band combines hardcore elements with extreme death metal , thrash metal and sometimes melodic hooklines in their music . The texts address , among other things, political issues, the fight against racism and fascism as well as for freedom and against surveillance and respect for nature . Most of the band members are vegan , all members are vegetarian and four of the five are straight edge , so they refrain from alcohol and other drugs, which is also included in the lyrics. In addition, Heaven Shall Burn calls on its listeners to be more mature in order to independently question false idols, leaders and power relations both politically and apolitically.
For a Tsunami charity split CD with The Haunted and Napalm Death they covered the song Strassenkampf by the band Die Skeptiker , which contains the line “Our hearts are beating left”. The text of Strassenkampf was almost completely taken over, only the line “our goal is anarchy” has been changed to “our goal is unity”. Atmospheric intros, outros and interludes, composed by Ólafur Arnalds , can be heard on several of the band's releases .
social commitment
The band supports the marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd . The organization's logo could be seen on the jerseys of the soccer club FC Carl Zeiss Jena sponsored by Heaven Shall Burn . The band also brought out a clothing line in cooperation with Sea Shepherd and visited their ships.
Awards and nominations
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Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2000 | Asunder Lifeforce |
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First published: April 8, 2000
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| 2002 | Whatever It May Take Lifeforce |
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First published: November 11, 2002
New edition: 2007 |
| 2004 |
Antigone Lifeforce |
- | - | - |
First published: June 15, 2004
New edition: 2012 |
| 2006 |
Deaf to Our Prayers Century Media |
DE65 (1 week) DE |
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First published: August 28, 2006
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| 2008 |
Iconoclast (Part I: The Final Resistance) Century Media |
DE21 (4 weeks) DE |
AT65 (1 week) AT |
CH97 (1 week) CH |
First published: January 28, 2008
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| 2010 |
Invictus (Iconoclast III) Century Media |
DE9 (4 weeks) DE |
AT17 (2 weeks) AT |
CH38 (1 week) CH |
First published: May 21, 2010
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| 2013 |
Veto Century Media |
DE2 (4 weeks) DE |
AT20 (2 weeks) AT |
CH71 (1 week) CH |
First published: April 22, 2013
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| 2016 |
Wanderer Century Media |
DE3 (5 weeks) DE |
AT9 (2 weeks) AT |
CH15 (2 weeks) CH |
First published: September 16, 2016
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| 2020 |
Of Truth and Sacrifice Century Media |
DE1 (10 weeks) DE |
AT4 (3 weeks) AT |
CH6 (4 weeks) CH |
First published: March 20, 2020
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Web links
- Official website
- Heaven Shall Burn at Century Media
- Heaven Shall Burn at Allmusic (English)
- Heaven Shall Burn at Discogs (English)
- Heaven Shall Burn on MusicBrainz (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kai Wilhelm: Heaven Shall Burn Interview. (No longer available online.) May 2, 2002, archived from the original on July 3, 2013 ; Retrieved November 10, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Nordic Vision . No. 6 , 1996, pp. 39 (English, online [accessed February 22, 2010]).
- ↑ Jackie Smit: Not a Marduk Cover Band . CoC chats with Maik Weichert of Heaven Shall Burn .
- ↑ Review 2008 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 2008.
- ↑ Heaven Shall Burn: Invictus, First information about the album ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 2010.
- ^ Heaven Shall Burn: Invictus (Review) . musikreviews.de; Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ↑ Heaven Shall Burn with a new album and some guests
- ↑ Metal Hammer presents: Impericon Festival III with Heaven Shall Burn u. a.
- ↑ Christian Bass to drum for HSB!
- ↑ We are now a sponsor . Heaven Shall Burn, April 30, 2015
- ↑ Impericon Festival Leipzig 2018 - No goodbye forever . In: Festivalhopper . ( festivalhopper.de [accessed on May 2, 2018]).
- ^ Band Heaven Shall Burn once again financially supports FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In: East Thuringian newspaper . January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Heaven Shall Burn: New music is in the works. In: MoreCore.de. July 26, 2019, accessed on January 14, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Heaven Shall Burn - Rock am Ring 2020. Accessed January 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Heaven Shall Burn. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Heaven Shall Burn release two new songs from "Of Truth & Sacrifice". In: MoreCore.de. January 10, 2020, accessed January 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart Germany: Documentary about “Heaven Shall Burn” in the cinema: “My green heart in dark times” - behind the scenes of a political band. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
- ↑ In the video for the song Endzeit , a surveillance camera is installed and the cable is first passed through Wolfgang Schäuble's ear and then plugged into a pile of dog excrement.
- ↑ Toby: Heaven Shall Burn "We Are The Final Resistance !!" . Metalglory Magazine; Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- ↑ Interview with Maik Weichert from Heaven Shall Burn ( memento of the original from April 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. das-musikmagazin.de; Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ↑ Silvan Bänsch: Heaven Shall Burn Interview. ( Memento of May 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) January 14, 2008.
- ↑ Heaven Shall Burn remains shirt sponsor; Sea Shepherd on board! In: MoreCore.de. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Search results for: 'sea shepherd'. In: Impericon.com AT. Retrieved February 7, 2019 (Austrian German).
- ^ Sea Shepherd Germany. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
