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Antigone (album)

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Length
  
48:43

Release date
  
26 April 2004

Label
  
Century Media Records

Artist
  
Heaven Shall Burn

Producer
  
Patrick W. Engel

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Released
  
April 26, 2004 (2004-04-26)

Studio
  
Rape of Harmonies Studios, Germany

Antigone(2004)
  
Deaf to Our Prayers(2006)

Genres
  
Metalcore, Death metal, Melodic death metal

Similar
  
Heaven Shall Burn albums, Metalcore albums

Antigone is the third full-length album of the German metal band Heaven Shall Burn. It was released on April 26, 2004 through Century Media Records.

Contents

Heaven shall burn antigone full album


Background

The title was inspired by the female character of the play Antigone by Sophocles. The play is about a passionate young woman, that does what she knows is right, even though it is against the law. She makes sure that all of the town's people know what she did and she is punished by the king.

The intro and the two outros were composed and recorded by Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. A video was made for "The Weapon They Fear", a song that commemorates Víctor Jara. "Tree of Freedom" deals with the life of Nelson Mandela. "Voice of the Voiceless" refers to the band's strong pro-vegan stance. "Bleeding to Death" deals with the economic and social problems in the former East Germany, from where the band originates.

The song "The Dream is Dead" was featured in an episode of Viva la Bam, entitled "Viva La Europe Pt. 2".

Reception

In 2005, Antigone was ranked number 474 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Maik Weichert.

Credits

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

Heaven Shall Burn
  • Marcus Bischoff – vocals
  • Patrick Schleitzer – guitar
  • Maik Weichert – guitar
  • Eric Bischoff – bass
  • Matthias Voigt – drums
    • Additional musicians
  • Alexander Dietz – clean vocals on "To Harvest the Storm", "The Dream Is Dead"
  • Ólafur Arnalds – piano, samples, keyboard on "Echoes", "Rísandi Von", "Deyjandi Von"
  • Greta Salome Stefansdottir – violin on "Echoes", "Rísandi Von", "Deyjandi Von"
  • Thordur Gudmundur Herrmannson – cello on "Echoes", "Rísandi Von", "Deyjandi Von"
    • Production
  • Patrick W. Engel – production
  • Ralf Müller – engineering
  • Kai Tenneberg – assisting engineering
  • Tue Madsen – mixing, mastering
  • Ólafur Arnalds – production, engineering on "Echoes", "Rísandi Von", "Deyjandi Von"
    • Artwork and design
  • Spiros Antoniou (Set<'H>dEsign) – artwork
  • Stefan Luedicke – layout
  • Stefan Wibbeke – layout
  • Simon Büttner – band photo

    • Songs

    1Echoes (intro)1:29
    2The Weapon They Fear4:38
    3The Only Truth4:30

    References

    Antigone (album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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