Deaf to Our Prayers

Deaf to Our Prayers
Deaf to Our Prayers
Studio album by Heaven Shall Burn
Released	28 August 2006
Studio	Rape of Harmonies Studios, Germany
Genre	Melodic death metal ; metalcore ;
Length	47:47
Label	Century Media
Producer	Alexander Dietz, Maik Weichert
Heaven Shall Burn chronology

Last updated August 30, 2025

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[1]
AllMusic	^[2]
Exclaim!	Favorable^[3]
Rock Hard	9.0/10^[4]

Deaf to Our Prayers is the fourth full-length album by the German extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn. The title was inspired by the famous poem "The Silesian Weavers" by German poet Heinrich Heine.^[5] The first video released for this album was of the song "Counterweight".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Counterweight"	4:20
2.	"Trespassing the Shores of Your World"	5:18
3.	"Profane Believers"	3:36
4.	"Stay the Course"	3:56
5.	"The Final March"	4:06
6.	"Of No Avail"	4:57
7.	"Armia"	5:50
8.	"MyBestFriends.com"	4:52
9.	"Biogenesis (Undo Creation)"	3:54
10.	"Dying in Silence"	4:20
11.	"The Greatest Gift of God"	2:42
Total length:		47:47

Japanese Bonus Track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"True Belief" (Paradise Lost cover)	4:34
Total length:		52:21

Bonus DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Weapon They Fear" (Music Video)
2.	"The Weapon They Fear" (live)
3.	"Behind a Wall of Silence" (live)
4.	"The Only Truth" (live)
5.	"No One Will Shed a Tear" (live)
6.	"Voice of the Voiceless" (live)
7.	"The Seventh Cross" (live)
8.	"Bleeding to Death" (live)
9.	"To Harvest the Storm" (live)
10.	"Unleash Enlightment" (live)

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Heaven Shall Burn

Marcus Bischoff – vocals
Maik Weichert – guitars
Alexander Dietz – guitars
Eric Bischoff – bass
Matthias Voigt – drums

Production

Maik Weichert – production
Alexander Dietz – production
Jacob Hansen – mixing, mastering
Patrick W. Engel – co-producer, additional guitar and bass
theterje.net – artwork, layout
Axel Jusseit – band photo

Additional musicians

Ralf Müller – synths, piano
Revenge Falls – backing vocals on "The Greatest Gift of God"

Charts

Chart performance for *Deaf to Our Prayers*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[6]	22

References

1 2 3 Bowar, Chad. "Heaven Shall Burn - Deaf To Our Prayers". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
↑ Deaf to Our Prayers at AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
↑ Deneau, Max. "Heaven Shall Burn Deaf to Our Prayers". exclaim.ca. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
↑ Albrecht, Frank. "Rock Hard - Deaf to Our Prayers review". www.rockhard.de (in German). Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
↑ "HEAVEN SHALL BURN: "DEAF TO OUR PRAYERS" ERSCHEINT AM 25. AUGUST!". www.centurymedia.com (in German). CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS. June 20, 2006. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Heaven Shall Burn – Deaf to Our Prayers" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

External links

Deaf to Our Prayers at AllMusic

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[About.com-1] 1 2 3 Bowar, Chad. "Heaven Shall Burn - Deaf To Our Prayers". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.

[2] Deaf to Our Prayers at AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2014.

[3] Deneau, Max. "Heaven Shall Burn Deaf to Our Prayers". exclaim.ca. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.

[4] Albrecht, Frank. "Rock Hard - Deaf to Our Prayers review". www.rockhard.de (in German). Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.

[5] "HEAVEN SHALL BURN: "DEAF TO OUR PRAYERS" ERSCHEINT AM 25. AUGUST!". www.centurymedia.com (in German). CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS. June 20, 2006. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.

[ac_Germany_Heaven_Shall_Burn-6] "Offiziellecharts.de – Heaven Shall Burn – Deaf to Our Prayers" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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v t e Heaven Shall Burn
Maik Weichert Marcus Bischoff Eric Bischoff Alexander Dietz Christian Bass Patrick Schleitzer Matthias Voigt
Studio albums	Whatever It May Take (2002) Antigone (2004) Deaf to Our Prayers (2006) Iconoclast (2008) Invictus (Iconoclast III) (2010) Veto (2013) Wanderer (2016) Of Truth and Sacrifice (2020) Heimat (2025)
Split albums	The Split Program (2000) Tsunami Benefit (2005) The Split Program II (2005)
Related articles	Discography Caliban

v t e Heinrich Heine
Poems	"On Wings of Song" (1827) "Die Lotosblume" (1840) "The Silesian Weavers" (1844) "Germany. A Winter's Tale" (1844)
Other works	Die Harzreise (1826)
Adaptations	"Der Doppelgänger" (1828) "Dichterliebe" (1840) Liederkreis, Op. 24 (1840) Frühlingslied, WAB 68 (1851) "Du bist wie eine Blume, WAB 64" (1861) William Ratcliff (1869) Guglielmo Ratcliff (1895) Deaf to Our Prayers (2006)
Other	The Gaze of the Gorgon Schwanengesang Lisztomania Der fliegende Holländer
Family	Gustav Heine von Geldern (brother) Maximilian Meyer Heine (brother) Salomon Heine (uncle/patron) Armand Heine (cousin) Michel Heine (cousin) Alice Heine (distant cousin) Robert von Heine-Geldern (grandnephew) Simon von Geldern (great uncle) Karl Marx (third cousin once removed)