Iconoclast
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| Studio album from Heaven Shall Burn | ||||
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2008 |
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| Label (s) | Century Media | |||
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CD |
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Title (number) |
14th |
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58 min 17 s |
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Alexander Dietz / Maik Weichert |
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Studio (s) |
Rape of Harmonies Studios |
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Iconoclast (also: Iconoclast Part 1: The Final Resistance ) is the fifth studio album by the German metalcore band Heaven Shall Burn and is a pure concept album . The album reached the 21st place in the German, 65th place in the Austrian and 97th place in the Swiss charts .
The album was mastered in Denmark . It was recorded in the Rape of Harmonies Studios in Germany. The producers are Alexander Dietz and Maik Weichert. The album was released in Germany , Austria , Switzerland , the USA and Japan . On May 25, 2009, Iconoclast Part 2: The Visual Resistance (also known as Bildersturm ), a live CD and DVD for the band's Iconoclast tour, was released.
Guest musician
The instrumentals Awoken and Equinox were recorded by Olafur Arnalds at his home in Mosfellsbær / Iceland . Arnalds himself plays the piano for the two pieces . He is supported by Margret Soffia Einarsdóttir ( violin ), Una Petursdóttir (violin), Arnus Hulda Audunsdóttir (violin), Pordug Gudmundur Hermannson ( cello ).
action
This album is thematically about the end of the world through 123 warriors, who live unrecognized among the people and in solitude . They are described as unknown, no legends, myths, songs and books testify to their wars. Their weapons were not created by water and fire, but by the hope of the people. You awaken in the darkest of times when false gods and idols are worshiped. God, who bears a thousand names and was nevertheless the one, is killed by betrayal , ridicule, and forgetting of people. With the death of the only God a war breaks out against the world full of murderers.
Cover
The cover shows a warrior with two swords . With one sword he tries to break his chains. With the other sword he strikes back against a murderer who is represented as a demon . In the background you can see a city and a red sun . The cover artwork and the drawings are by Callejon singer Bastian Sobtzick. On the last page of the booklet, Nietzsche 's third book The Happy Science is quoted, which says that God is dead.
Track list
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- Awoken (intro) - 1:29
- End time - 4:18
- Like a Thousand Suns - 3:46
- Murderers of All Murderers - 3:55
- Forlorn Skies - 4:51
- A Dying Ember - 6:57
- Joel - 5:03
- Quest for Resistance - 4:51
- Black Tears (cover of Edge of Sanity ) - 3:06
- The Bombs of My Saviors - 4:22
- Against All Lies - 5:08
- The Disease - 2:46
- Equinox - 3:10
- Atonement - 4:35
Reviews
Rock Hard Germany described the album as work of the month for August 2008, but this album contains a small blemish, which the critic identifies as "the sticky and pressureless drum sound". The Vampster critic described the album as mediocre as it did not quite reach the bar of the previous album Deaf to Our Prayers . Nevertheless, he finds the instrumental pieces Awoken and Atonement successful, which the critic found outstanding in the album Antigone . Laut.de goes one step further and describes the background of the story. According to the critic, the 123 warriors represent the so-called iconoclasts , i.e. warriors of God who are actually supposed to kill idols and false gods, but only avenge God's death. The critic thinks the album is very interesting, although he calls it a "lump of anger".
The German magazine Visions had the album in their list of the 66 + 6 best metal albums of the third millennium in spring 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ [CD inlay of the album]
- ↑ CD review by Iconoclast on metalglory.de; Retrieved September 2, 2010
- ↑ Iconoclast in the German album charts. ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2017 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. musicline.de
- ↑ Iconoclast in the Austrian hit parade. austriancharts.at
- ↑ Iconoclast in the Swiss hit parade. hitparade.ch
- ↑ Review of the album on Rock Hard Online
- ↑ Review on Vampster.com
- ^ Criticism at laut.de.
- ↑ The 66 + 6 best metal albums of the millennium . In: Visions , issue 289, pp. 52–66
