Deaf to Our Prayers

Deaf to Our Prayers
Studio album by Heaven Shall Burn
Released	August 28, 2006
Studio	Rape of Harmonies Studios, Germany
Genre	Melodic death metal, metalcore
Length	47:47
Label	Century Media
Producer	Alexander Dietz, Maik Weichert
Heaven Shall Burn chronology
The Split Program II (2005) Deaf to Our Prayers (2006) Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance) (2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
AllMusic	[2]
Exclaim!	Favorable[3]
Rock Hard	9.0/10[4]

Deaf to Our Prayers is the fourth full-length album by the German extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn. The title was inspired by the famous poem "The Silesian Weavers" by German poet Heinrich Heine.^[5] The first video released for this album was of the song "Counterweight". In addition to his usual screams, vocalist Marcus Bischoff uses a deeper vocal style, typical of traditional death metal, on this album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Counterweight"	4:20
2.	"Trespassing the Shores of Your World"	5:18
3.	"Profane Believers"	3:36
4.	"Stay the Course"	3:56
5.	"The Final March"	4:06
6.	"Of No Avail"	4:57
7.	"Armia"	5:50
8.	"mybestfriends.com"	4:52
9.	"Biogenesis (Undo Creation)"	3:54
10.	"Dying in Silence"	4:20
11.	"The Greatest Gift of God"	2:42
Total length:		47:47

Japanese Bonus Track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"True Belief" (Paradise Lost cover)	4:34
Total length:		52:21

Bonus DVD[6]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Weapon They Fear" (Music Video)
2.	"The Weapon They Fear" (live)
3.	"Behind a Wall of Silence" (live)
4.	"The Only Truth" (live)
5.	"No One Will Shed a Tear" (live)
6.	"Voice of the Voiceless" (live)
7.	"The Seventh Cross" (live)
8.	"Bleeding to Death" (live)
9.	"To Harvest the Storm" (live)
10.	"Unleash Enlightment" (live)

Personnel

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

Heaven Shall Burn Marcus Bischoff – vocals Alexander Dietz – guitars, producer Maik Weichert – guitars, producer Eric Bischoff – bass Matthias Voigt – drums Production Jacob Hansen – mixing, mastering Patrick W. Engel – co-producer, additional guitar and bass theterje.net – artwork, layout Axel Jusseit – bandphoto

Additional musicians Ralf Müller – synths, piano Revenge Falls – backing vocals on "The Greatest Gift of God"

References

1. Bowar, Chad. "Heaven Shall Burn - Deaf To Our Prayers". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
2. Deaf to Our Prayers at AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
3. Deneau, Max. "Heaven Shall Burn Deaf to Our Prayers". exclaim.ca. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
4. Albrecht, Frank. "Rock Hard - Deaf to Our Prayers review". www.rockhard.de (in German). Retrieved September 21, 2014.
5. "HEAVEN SHALL BURN: "DEAF TO OUR PRAYERS" ERSCHEINT AM 25. AUGUST!". www.centurymedia.com (in German). CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS. June 20, 2006. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
6. "Deaf to Our Prayers Heaven Shall Burn". www.metal-archives.com/. Retrieved September 21, 2014.

External links

• Deaf to Our Prayers at AllMusic