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| \ | _ | __| | | STORE: 00-00-2020 RELEASE: 03-25-2020 |
| \ | / | __/| | | GENRE: Metal |
| \___|__/| | | | | | BiTRATE: 959 kbps Avg 44.1kHz 2 channels |
| | ----|___|___|--|_________|- ENCODER: FLAC v1.3.1 |
| | LABEL: Century Media Records |
| | LANGUAGE: English |
| | SiZE: 701.8MB |
| | FiLES: 19 Files |
| | URL: https://tinyurl.com/vo4z368 |
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| | [ #] [.TRACK.TITLE]....................................[...TiME..]|
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| | [01]...[.March Of Retribution [.. 1:21..]|
| | [02]...[.Thoughts And Prayers [.. 4:58..]|
| | [03]...[.Eradicate [.. 4:32..]|
| | [04]...[.Protector [.. 5:26..]|
| | [05]...[.Ubermacht [.. 5:25..]|
| | [06]...[.My Heart And The Ocean [.. 5:51..]|
| | [07]...[.Expatriate [.. 8:53..]|
| | [08]...[.What War Means [.. 5:31..]|
| | [09]...[.Terminate The Unconcern [.. 4:42..]|
| | [10]...[.The Ashes Of My Enemies [.. 2:02..]|
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| | [01]...[.Children Of A Lesser God [.. 6:35..]|
| | [02]...[.La Resistance [.. 5:06..]|
| | [03]...[.The Sorrows Of Victory [.. 8:25..]|
| | [04]...[.Stateless [.. 3:49..]|
| | [05]...[.Tirpitz [.. 5:54..]|
| | [06]...[.Truther [.. 2:41..]|
| | [07]...[.Critical Mass [.. 3:35..]|
| | [08]...[.Eagles Among Vultures [.. 5:06..]|
| | [09]...[.Weakness Leaving My Heart [.. 7:31..]|
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| | Most bands don't have the creative capital to embark on, let alone |
| | finish a cogently defined double album. Then, again most groups |
| | aren't German extreme metal masters HEAVEN SHALL BURN. Indeed, the |
| | follow-up to 2016's celebrated Wanderer full-length is a double |
| | album. Titled, Of Truth and Sacrifice, and featuring 19 tracks |
| | covering 97-minutes of runtime, the Germans needed to get this out |
| | of their system. To accomplish their vision, they pulled back from |
| | ôthe cycleöùwriting, recording, touring, repeatùto focus solely on |
| | the songs and the message that would eventually comprise Of Truth |
| | and Sacrifice. They also sought out diversity. By bringing in |
| | composer Sven Helbig (Rammstein, Pet Shop Boys) and renowned |
| | conductor Wilhelm Keitel, HEAVEN SHALL BURN added a string section |
| | to their formidable sound. And so, without bookers, managers, and |
| | label reps in their ear, HEAVEN SHALL BURN set out on a nearly |
| | four-year journey to capture their aggression, their hopes, and to |
| | realize two full-length albums as powerful in song as they are |
| | illuminating on message. Split between two halvesùöOf Truthö and |
| | ôOf Sacrifice,ö respectivelyùOf Truth and Sacrifice is HEAVEN SHALL |
| | BURN at their most intense, insightful, and adventurous. |
| | |
| | ôWe had a feeling that it was about time to leave the music biz rat |
| | race for a while,ö Maik Weichert, founding member/guitarist, says. |
| | ôWe have always refused to be part of these mechanisms, but still, |
| | we have to follow these things. Maybe weÆre a bit æslower?Æ |
| | Regarding music, these mechanisms kill creativity and real emotion, |
| | so we just wanted to approach our new record without having to be |
| | prepared for a tour or a festival run. Some bands start songwriting |
| | with a release date in mind. That is exactly what we did not want. |
| | Working on this record without any deadline was a great feeling of |
| | freedom.ö |
| | |
| | As for how Of Truth and Sacrifice started, the title and concept |
| | were first. The HEAVEN SHALL BURN primaries had to discuss the |
| | complexities of ôtruthö in an era of ôfake news,ö the burden to |
| | ôsacrificeö oneself to get to the ôtruth,ö and how the two concepts |
| | are related not lexically but in modern life. With the concept |
| | nailed down, the Thuringia-based quintet rolled out the cover songs |
| | to get the energy right. Since forming in 1997, this is how the |
| | songwriting process has typically set off. HEAVEN SHALL BURN kept |
| | their cover of Nuclear AssaultÆs ôCritical Mass,ö including it near |
| | the end of ôOf Sacrifice,ö because it felt right in the context of |
| | Of Truth and Sacrifice. The heaviness and vibrancy of the cover |
| | sparked a whirlwind of creativity. The songwriting teamùof which |
| | Weichert is an integral partùrifled riff after riff and song after |
| | song, with ôChildren of a Lesser Godö emerging as the first |
| | complete song. Surprisingly, the songwriting effort took longer |
| | than usual but went forward without a hitch. |
| | |
| | ôOf Truth and Sacrifice is a lot more diverse,ö says Weichert. ôI |
| | guess VETO and Wanderer are important and relatable forerunners to |
| | Of Truth and Sacrifice. Without these records, Of Truth and |
| | Sacrifice would not exist. It is an evolution. If itÆs the peakùor |
| | still on the rise or already descending in qualityùis not something |
| | I have to think about. I think Of Truth and Sacrifice is a lot more |
| | emotional in many ways, more aggressive, more passionate, more |
| | determined, but also more melancholic and more relaxed. WeÆve |
| | always tried to be a musical Theatrum Mundi, mixing and showing all |
| | our influences. I think this approach is even more obvious on Of |
| | Truth and Sacrifice. It felt great and natural to bring this record |
| | to life.ö |
| | |
| | Conceptually, Of Truth and Sacrifice is very personal to HEAVEN |
| | SHALL BURN. The hypocrisy of ôtruthö in the modern era, whether |
| | spread through social media or by leaders of the free world, is |
| | unbearable to behold. The fact that our world is slowly sliding |
| | backward is even more terrible. There is no progress in the |
| | degeneration of humanity's capacity to think independently, to |
| | understand facts, to transform facts into knowledge, and to cement |
| | knowledge into wisdom, and, in turn, translate wisdom into action. |
| | To correct course, ôsacrificeö will be needed to ensure victory |
| | over the dimming and dumbing down of humankind. From ôThoughts and |
| | Prayersö and ôWhat War Meansö to ôChildren of a Lesser Godö and |
| | ô▄bermacht,ö HEAVEN SHALL BURN posited missives of incredulity, |
| | alienation, disconcertment, and angst. Across Of Truth and |
| | Sacrifice, the Germans violently vent their vexations. |
| | |
| | ôIt makes me sick that today so many people talk of æalternative |
| | factsÆ and æopinionsÆ in places where only the truth is the real |
| | thing,ö Weichert says. ôOf course, people can have their opinions |
| | and points of view, but not if clear morals and non-negotiable |
| | rights of men are discussed. So many people sacrifice for the |
| | truthù just think of journalists getting killed or teachers in |
| | Africa that try to bring education and æenlightenmentÆ to poor |
| | people. Meanwhile, so many people sacrifice the truth and choose |
| | ignorance, just to not change their lives. TheyÆd rather believe |
| | lies to continue an existence in nescience and heteronomy. The |
| | saddest thing is that many of them do not even decide to be |
| | ignorant and blind. TheyÆre raised that way. This is the definition |
| | of degeneration.ö |
| | |
| | To visualize HEAVEN SHALL BURNÆs communiquΘ on Of Truth and |
| | Sacrifice, they enlisted artist Eliran Kantor. Known for his |
| | vibrant, realistic, and emotive style for artists such as |
| | Testament, Iced Earth, and Sodom, KantorÆs cover art depicts a |
| | heavily wounded female warrior (and mother) protecting and |
| | defending a naked child with her shield and sword. Yes, ôsacrificeö |
| | is part of the message. As for the rest, itÆs up to HEAVEN SHALL |
| | BURNÆs ardent fanbase to determine whether the naked (read: |
| | vulnerable) child represents ôtruthö or something else. HEAVEN |
| | SHALL BURN want their acolytes to read further into the cover. As |
| | with most paintings (i.e., the ôclassicsö) from which Of Truth and |
| | Sacrifice is modeled, thereÆs tremendous detail and meaning |
| | throughout. Indeed, the cover art is part of Of Truth and |
| | Sacrifice's hefty sum. |
| | |
| | ô[The cover art] was a long and hard process,ö says Weichert. ôI |
| | could feel Eliran's artistic fight with the basic concept. We |
| | discussed it a lot and it came out great, I think. In my opinion, |
| | it is one of the most demanding and sophisticated pieces he's ever |
| | done. We put a lot of cultural-historic allusions and citations |
| | into the artworkùthere is so much stuff to discoverùI will not |
| | betray anything here. Eliran can be proud of it. At least, I am |
| | proud that he did this cover for us.ö |
| | |
| | HEAVEN SHALL BURN recorded Of Truth and Sacrifice with guitarist |
| | Alexander Dietz at his Chemical Burn Studios in Germany. The band |
| | were able to engineer, record, and produce their new album over two |
| | years, usually when Dietz's studio wasn't occupied with another |
| | artist. This afforded the band the time and space needed to put in |
| | the work without the usual time watching and budget calculating |
| | that goes into a studio (or studios) session. Once they finished |
| | tracking Of Truth and Sacrifice, HEAVEN SHALL BURN hired studio |
| | wizard Tue Madsen (Meshuggah, The Haunted) to mix at his recently |
| | renovated Antfarm Studio in Denmark. From there, Eike Freese (Deep |
| | Purple, Apocalyptica) mastered the 19-song behemoth at Chameleon |
| | Studios in Germany. From the brutal assault of ôEradicateö and the |
| | melancholic timbre of instrumental ôThe Ashes of My Enemiesö to the |
| | hard-hearted pulse of ôLa RΘsistanceö and the ultra-intense |
| | ôTruther,ö Of Truth and Sacrifice sounds massive and tough yet |
| | bright and expansive. |
| | |
| | ôIf you have a top-notch studio in the band, why not use it,ö |
| | Weichert says. ôWe could come and go when we wanted. So, we booked |
| | the studio for a whole year, so we could do what we want when we |
| | wanted. The whole thing was a process over two years. We did not |
| | have deadlines or schedules in the studio. We just did things when |
| | it was time. We recorded demos, and these demo tracks were |
| | redesigned piece-by-piece into the final tracks. I would also |
| | mention that we wanted a strong production team, too. And we got |
| | it. We have a strong line of great people who work together |
| | perfectly. Usually, too many cooks spoil the broth, but these guys |
| | boosted each otherÆs work.ö |
| | |
| | With Of Truth and Sacrifice waiting for release in March 2020, |
| | thereÆs ample time for HEAVEN SHALL BURN to plot their next steps. |
| | First and foremost is the promotion of the GermansÆ documentary, |
| | Mein grⁿnes Herz in dunklen Zeiten (My Green Heart in Dark Times), |
| | directed by famed filmmaker Ingo Schmoll (Kraftklub, MTV Europe, |
| | Rockpalast WDR TV). Never a band to miss associating time and place |
| | with their art, the documentary title plays on ThuringiaÆs nickname |
| | Das grⁿne Herz Deutschlands (The Green Heart of Germany). While |
| | limited-edition versions of Of Truth and Sacrifice will include the |
| | 80-minute documentary, HEAVEN SHALL BURN and Century Media are |
| | checking the logistics of bringing the film to theaters in Germany. |
| | Clearly, Of Truth and Sacrifice isnÆt just a double album but |
| | rather a multi-media event designed to relay an important message. |
| | It welcomes and celebrates the return of HEAVEN SHALL BURN. |
| | |
| | ôRight now, we are getting ready for this summerÆs festivals (Rock |
| | am Ring, Rock im Park, Full Force, Hell Fest, Masters of Rock),ö |
| | says Weichert. ôWe did not play live for two years, so we have to |
| | get in shape. But it already feels great during rehearsals, and we |
| | cannot wait to go on stage again! The new record will dominate |
| | 2020. WeÆll do a lot of promotion and even more videos and stuff. |
| | WeÆll also work on a European tour, of course. Other parts of the |
| | world will also be toured, but weÆll see how much time we have. |
| | 2021 will be as intense as this year!ö |
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| | --Enjoy |
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