Album: Of Truth and Sacrifice by Heaven Shall Burn (2020)
Genre: Metalcore
Record Label: Century Media
Format: Album

Description: Of Truth and Sacrifice is the ninth studio album by German extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn, released on 20 March 2020 through Century Media Records. The album consists of two parts; volume one titled "Of Truth" with ten tracks and volume two called "Of Sacrifice" with nine tracks. Both parts include all but one original song; on volume two the band covered Nuclear Assault's 1989 song "Critical Mass". At 97 minutes runtime, the band released their longest album to date.
The album was supported by the singles "Weakness Leaving My Heart", "Protector" and "My Heart and the Ocean" released in January and February 2020, respectively. The music video for "Eradicate" was made by famed Ugandan ultra-low budget studio Wakaliwood.
Commercially, the album debuted at number one in Germany, becoming the band's first album to do so.

Artist Background: Heaven Shall Burn is a German melodic death metal (early) and metalcore (later) band from Saalfeld, formed in 1996. They combine an aggressive metal sound with lyrics that show a militant support of anti-racism and fighting social injustice. All members of the band are vegetarians and vegans. Heaven Shall Burn was formed in Autumn 1996, under the name Consense. With the recording of its second demo in early 1997, the band changed its name to Heaven Shall Burn. The name is taken from a Marduk ... Part of the Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Metalcore movement. Known for Metal style.

Music Scene: Part of the Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Metalcore movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Metalcore, 2020s, Album, Century Media


Of Truth and Sacrifice is the ninth studio album by German extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn, released on 20 March 2020 through Century Media Records. The album consists of two parts; volume one titled "Of Truth" with ten tracks and volume two called "Of Sacrifice" with nine tracks. Both parts include all but one original song; on volume two the band covered Nuclear Assault's 1989 song "Critical Mass". At 97 minutes runtime, the band released their longest album to date.
The album was supported by the singles "Weakness Leaving My Heart", "Protector" and "My Heart and the Ocean" released in January and February 2020, respectively. The music video for "Eradicate" was made by famed Ugandan ultra-low budget studio Wakaliwood.
Commercially, the album debuted at number one in Germany, becoming the band's first album to do so.

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