Iconoclast (Heaven Shall Burn album)
2008 studio album by Heaven Shall Burn
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Iconoclast is the fifth studio album by German melodic death metal band Heaven Shall Burn. The album was released in Europe on 28 January 2008, followed by an American release on 5 February 2008; both dates through Century Media Records. A concept album, it represents the first part of the iconoclast trilogy, followed by the live CD/DVD Iconoclast II -Bildersturm (The Visual Resistance)- in 2009 and the studio album Invictus (Iconoclast III) in 2010.
ReleasedJanuary 28, 2008
StudiosRape of Harmonies Studios, Germany
GenresMetalcore, melodic death metal
Length58:09
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| Released | January 28, 2008 | |||
| Studios | Rape of Harmonies Studios, Germany | |||
| Genres | Metalcore, melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 58:09 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producers | Alexander Dietz, Maik Weichert | |||
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The album entered the German Media Control chart at No. 21. The 2nd track, "Endzeit" means "final days" or "end time" in German.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Awoken (Intro)" | Ólafur Arnalds | 1:29 |
| 2. | "Endzeit" | 4:18 | |
| 3. | "Like a Thousand Suns" | 3:46 | |
| 4. | "Murderers of all Murderers" | 3:55 | |
| 5. | "Forlorn Skies" | 4:51 | |
| 6. | "A Dying Ember" | 6:57 | |
| 7. | "Joel" | 5:03 | |
| 8. | "A Quest for Resistance" | 4:51 | |
| 9. | "Black Tears" (Edge of Sanity cover) | Dan Swanö | 3:06 |
| 10. | "The Bombs of My Saviours" | 4:22 | |
| 11. | "Against All Lies" | 5:08 | |
| 12. | "The Disease" | 2:46 | |
| 13. | "Equinox" | Arnalds | 3:10 |
| 14. | "Atonement" (Instrumental) | 4:35 | |
| Total length: | 58:09 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 15. | "No One Will Shed a Tear" | 4:41 |
| 16. | "Downfall of Christ" (Merauder cover) | 3:10 |
| Total length: | 66:00 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Echoes" (Intro) | 1:26 |
| 2. | "The Weapon They Fear" | 3:50 |
| 3. | "The Only Truth" | 4:27 |
| 4. | "Counterweight" | 4:52 |
| 5. | "Profane Believers" | 4:38 |
| 6. | "The Seventh Cross" | 5:22 |
| 7. | "Voice of the Voiceless" | 6:08 |
| 8. | "Behind a Wall of Silence" | 5:20 |
| 9. | "mybestfriends.com" | 5:05 |
| 10. | "No One Will Shed a Tear" | 5:06 |
| 11. | "Counterweight" (musicvideo) | 4:30 |
| Total length: | 50:44 | |
Personnel
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
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Chart performance
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] | 65 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] | 21 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] | 97 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[8] | 30 |