Deaf to Our Prayers

Deaf to Our Prayers
Studio album by Heaven Shall Burn
Released	28 August 2006 (2006-08-28)
Studio	Rape of Harmonies Studios, Germany
Genre	Melodic death metal [1] metalcore [1]
Length	47:47
Label	Century Media
Producer	Alexander Dietz, Maik Weichert
Heaven Shall Burn chronology
The Split Program II (2005) Deaf to Our Prayers (2006) Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance) (2008)

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. 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.
6. "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