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Heaven Shall Burn

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Origin	Saalfeld, Germany
Genre(s)	Deathcore (early) Melodic death metal (recently)
Years active	1996–present
Label(s)	Century Media, Lifeforce
Website	www.heavenshallburn.com
Members
Matthias Voigt Maik Weichert Alexander Dietz Eric Bischoff Marcus Bischoff
Former members
Patrick Schleitzer

Heaven Shall Burn is a melodic death metal band from Saalfeld, Germany. They combine an aggressive metal sound with lyrics that show a militant support of anti-racism and fighting social injustice. Four of the five members are vegan. The band name is inspired by an album by the black metal band Marduk called "Heaven shall burn... when we are gathered" Even though the band's sound is death metal and metalcore, the band mentioned "We don't care if people call us metal core, thrash metal or death metal. It's not limiting us. People are always looking for some short terms to describe music, but that shouldn't affect the musicians, I think."

1 Biography
2 Band members
- 2.1 Current line-up
- 2.2 Former members
3 Discography
4 External links
5 References

Biography

Heaven Shall Burn were founded in autumn 1996 under the banner of Consense, the first demo was recorded about six months later. After some unimportant line-up changes, Erik (bass) and Markus (vocals) joined the band in spring 1997 - the second tape was recorded little later. With a line-up finalized, the band began to play shows including some major festivals in their native Germany. In 1998 the band released an MCD entitled "In Battle There Is No Law" followed by a split-LP with "Fall of Serenity" in 1999. Following these releases the band signed to Lifeforce Records for their 2000 debut album "Asunder". It was followed by a split-CD with their long-time friends Caliban in 2000 as well as 2002's album "Whatever It May Take". In 2002, "In Battle There Is No Law" was re-released through Circulation Records. In 2004, the band released "Antigone" through Century Media Records, featuring more of a melodic edge due to more harmonies and Scandinavian style dual guitar work. The album was produced by Patrick W. Engel and engineered by Ralf Müller at Rape Of Harmony Studios, Germany as well as mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen at Antfarm Studio, Denmark. The album also features intros and outros composed and recorded by Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. The initial European pressing of Antigone was a limited edition with special slip-case packaging and two bonus cover-tracks, namely "Dislocation" by Disembodied and "Not My God" by Hate Squad. In December of 2005, guitarist Patrick Schleitzer left the band amicably. He was replaced by Alexander Dietz, who had already performed guest vocals on some of the band’s prior tracks. In 2006, the band released "Deaf To Our Prayers" through Century Media Records. It was recorded and mixed by producer Jacob Hansen (Mercenary, Raunchy) and following its release, Deaf To Our Prayers entered the official LP charts in Germany at position 65 and in Greece at position 50. The band supported the album with touring throughout Europe on the Hell on Earth Tour featuring As I Lay Dying and Evergreen Terrace. Heaven Shall Burn toured with Caliban in December of 2006 and played on festivals like the Rock Hard Festival and Wacken Open Air Festival in 2007.