“My Revocation Of Compliance“, the lead single from Heaven Shall Burn‘s forthcoming tenth album “Heimat“, has newly debuted online. A Thomas Liebchen-directed music video for that track went up today (April 10th), with a June 27th release date via Century Media scheduled for this album.
Guitarists Alexander Dietz & Maik Weichert took up the producer roles on this effort. Tue Madsen (The Black Dahlia Murder, Kataklysm) assumed the mixing and mastering. Regarding the album’s title, which is German for ‘home’ / ‘homeland’, Weichert shared:
“‘Heimat‘ is not meant as the narrow-minded end point in the sense it has been used by agitators and populists, but the starting point for observations and perspectives. The album is about a much wider sense of the term ‘Heimat’: the homelands for many different people and also about the spiritual home, something that shapes and determines our thoughts and actions.”
As for this introductory single, the German melodic death/metalcore band collectively offered:
“The song reflects our current attitude. It is time to stop being held back by candy coated speeches. The essential challenge for our generation is to consistently live our own attitudes and convictions and to no longer tolerate the omnipresent ignorance of the pressing problems of our time.
Sham discussions, divisive tendencies and envy debates, in other words everything that is available in the political toolbox of those in power, must not distract us from the real undesirable developments and must be rigorously smashed. We think the iconoclastic symbolism of the video conveys this attitude in a very special way.”
As you’ll see for yourself below, Jesse Leach, vocalist of multi-platinum metalcore band Killswitch Engage, appears on the song “Numbered Days“.
“Heimat” track listing:
01 – “Ad Arma”
02 – “War Is The Father Of All”
03 – “My Revocation Of Compliance”
04 – “Confounder”
05 – “Empowerment”
06 – “A Whisper From Above”
07 – “Imminence”
08 – “Those Left Behind”
09 – “Ten Days In May”
10 – “Numbered Days” (feat. Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage)
11 – “Dora”
12 – “A Silent Guard”
13 – “Inter Arma”
Outside of the above-mentioned album, a bonus EP by the name of “Keinen Schritt Zurück” will be packaged in with select pe-order options. Select packages will also find the band’s 2024 live performance at the annual ‘Summer Breeze‘ festival included. You can check out what’s up for grabs via heavenshallburn.lnk.to/Heimat-Bio.
“Keinen Schritt Zurück” track listing:
01 – “Keinen Schritt zurück” (feat. Donots)
02 – “Schweineherbst” (feat. Dÿse)
03 – “Eisenkopf”
04 – “Destroy Fascism”
Immediate live plans include:
06/06-09 Nurburgring, GER – Rock am Ring
06/06-08 Nuremberg, GER – Rock im Park
06/08 Pilsen, CZE – Metalfest
06/10 Ljubljana, SLO – Media Center
06/11 Kufstein, AUT – Festung
06/13 Greenfield, SWI – Interlake
06/14 Nickelsdorf, AUT – Nova Rock
06/21-22 Copenhagen, DEN – Copenhell
06/21-22 Dessel, BEL – Graspop Metal Meeting
06/26 Ysselsteyn, NET – JERA On Air
06/27 Leipzig, GER – Impericon Festival
06/29 Munster, GER – Vainstream Rockfest
06/29 Bremen, GER – Modernes
06/30 Bochum, GER – Zeche
07/01 Memmingen, GER – Kaminwerk
07/02 Themar, GER – Schützenhaus
07/02-05 Ballenstedt, GER – Rockharz Festival
