Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance)

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Iconoclast
(Part 1: The Final Resistance)
Heaven Shall Burn - Iconoclast.jpg
Studio album by
Heaven Shall Burn
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2008 (2008-01-25)
StudioRape of Harmonies Studios, Germany
Genre Metalcore, melodic death metal
Length58:09
Label Century Media
Producer Alexander Dietz, Maik Weichert
Heaven Shall Burn chronology
Deaf to Our Prayers
(2006)		Iconoclast
(Part 1: The Final Resistance)
(2008)		 Invictus (Iconoclast III)
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rock Hard9.0/10 [3]
Sputnikmusic4.0/5 [4]

Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance) 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.

Contents

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

Standard Edition CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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"Arnalds3:10
14."Atonement" (Instrumental) 4:35
Total length:58:09
Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
15."No One Will Shed a Tear"4:41
16."Downfall of Christ" (Merauder cover)3:10
Total length:66:00
Live at: Wacken Open Air 2007
No.TitleLength
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.

Chart performance

Chart (2008)Peak
position
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

References

  1. ↑ Bowar, Chad. "Heaven Shall Burn - Iconoclast Part 1: The Final Resistance". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast I: The Final Resistance". AllMusic . Retrieved August 2, 2015. This 58-minute CD is not designed for metalcore purists; rather, these German agitators combine metalcore with a strong death metal influence and, at times, hints of black metal. But metalcore is the dominant ingredient, and the abrasive screaming vocals of Marcus Bischoff are quite typical of metalcore and hardcore singers.
  3. ↑ Albrecht, Frank. "Rock Hard - Iconoclast review". www.rockhard.de (in German). Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Heaven Shall Burn Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance)". www.sputnikmusic.com. Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Heaven Shall Burn Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.

Iconoclast at AllMusic

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