Veto (album)

Veto is the seventh studio album by German extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn, released on 19 April 2013 through Century Media Records. The album entered the US Top Heatseekers albums at #14^[5] selling 1,175 copies in the first week.^[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Heaven Shall Burn.

Standard Edition CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Godiva"		4:20
2.	"Land of the Upright Ones"		4:09
3.	"Die Stürme rufen Dich"		4:00
4.	"Fallen"		4:30
5.	"Hunters Will Be Hunted"		6:00
6.	"You Will Be Godless"		3:11
7.	"Valhalla" (Blind Guardian cover)	Blind Guardian	5:30
8.	"Antagonized"		3:34
9.	"Like Gods Among Mortals"		4:21
10.	"53 Nations"		4:07
11.	"Beyond Redemption"		5:47
Total length:			49:02

Special Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"European Super State" (Killing Joke cover)	4:31
Total length:		53:53

iTunes deluxe version bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"European Super State" (Killing Joke cover)	Jaz Coleman, Martin Glover, Geordie Walker, Paul Ferguson	4:31
13.	"River Runs Red" (Life of Agony cover)		1:51
14.	"Whatever It May Take 2013"		3:44
Total length:			59:28

Bonus CD: 500.Live (Live in Saalfeld, 21. December 2012)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Counterweight"		4:38
2.	"Profane Believers"		3:35
3.	"The Only Truth"		4:23
4.	"The Omen"		3:54
5.	"Voice of the Voiceless"		4:14
6.	"Behind a Wall of Silence"		3:52
7.	"Combat"		3:43
8.	"Forlorn Skies"		4:17
9.	"Whatever It May Take"		3:49
10.	"The Disease"		3:02
11.	"Trespassing the Shores of Your World"		5:30
12.	"Endzeit"		5:29
13.	"Black Tears" (Edge of Sanity cover)	Dan Swarnö	3:12
14.	"To Inherit the Guilt"		3:28
15.	"The Weapon They Fear"		4:15
Total length:			1:01:11

Blizzard Over England Mix
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Godiva"		4:23
2.	"Land of the Upright Ones"		4:07
3.	"Die Stürme rufen Dich"		4:19
4.	"Fallen"		4:36
5.	"Hunters Will Be Hunted"		5:59
6.	"You Will Be Godless"		3:10
7.	"Valhalla" (Blind Guardian cover)	Blind Guardian	5:30
8.	"Antagonized"		3:33
9.	"Like Gods Among Mortals"		3:32
10.	"53 Nations"		4:17
11.	"Beyond Redemption"		5:43
Total length:			49:04

Personnel

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

Heaven Shall Burn

Marcus Bischoff – vocals
Alexander Dietz – guitars, production, engineer
Maik Weichert – guitars, co-production
Eric Bischoff – bass
Matthias Voigt – drums

Additional musicians

René Liedtke – additional lead and solo guitars on "Valhalla" and "Beyond Redemption", choir on "Valhalla"
Alexander Klopp – solo guitars on "Land of the Upright Ones", choir on "Valhalla"
Ralf Klein – solo guitars on "Land of the Upright Ones", choir on "Valhalla"
Rob Franssen (Born from Pain) – chorus vocals, backing vocals on "Die Stürme rufen Dich"
Dominik Stammen (Born from Pain) – chorus vocals, backing vocals on "Die Stürme rufen Dich"
Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) – guest vocals on "Valhalla", choir on "Valhalla"
Dan Wilding (Carcass) – additional percussion and drums
Katharina Radig – vocals on "European Super State", choir on "Valhalla"
Benjamin Mahnert – choir on "Valhalla"
Elsterglanz – choir on "Valhalla"
Patrick W. Engel – choir on "Valhalla"

Production

Tue Madsen – mixing, mastering
Patrick Wittstock – design, layout
John Collier – front cover

Production (500.Live)

Lars Dietrich – live recording
Sebastian "Seeb" Levermann – live recording
Alexander Dietz – mixing, mastering
Christian Thiele – photography

Production (Blizzard Over England Mix)

Colin Richardson – mixing, mastering
Carl Bown – mixing engineer

Release history

Region	Date
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway	April 19, 2013
Europe	April 22, 2013
Australia, New Zealand, Finland	April 26, 2013
USA, Canada	April 30, 2013

Chart performance

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[7]	20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[8]	153
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[9]	194
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[10]	2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	71
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[5]	14

References

1 2 Zorgdrager, Bradley. "Heaven Shall Burn Veto". exclaim.ca. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
1 2 3 "Heaven Shall Burn Veto". www.sputnikmusic.com. Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
↑ Hill, Stephen. "HEAVEN SHALL BURN: VETO" (Login required). http://metalhammer.teamrock.com/. Team Rock Limited. Retrieved September 21, 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ Kaiser, Boris. "Rock Hard - Veto review". www.rockhard.de (in German). Retrieved September 21, 2014.
1 2 "Heaven Shall Burn – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Heaven Shall Burn.
↑ Brown, Matt. "Metal By Numbers 5/8: What’s With HIM?". www.metalinsider.net. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Heaven Shall Burn – Veto" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Heaven Shall Burn – Veto" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Heaven Shall Burn – Veto" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Heaven Shall Burn – Veto". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2014.

External links

Veto at AllMusic

Heaven Shall Burn

Marcus Bischoff Maik Weichert Eric Bischoff Alexander Dietz Christian Bass Patrick Schleitzer Matthias Voigt

Studio albums	Asunder (2000) Whatever It May Take (2002) Antigone (2004) Deaf to Our Prayers (2006) Iconoclast (2008) Invictus (Iconoclast III) (2010) Veto (2013)

Live albums	Bildersturm – Iconoclast II (The Visual Resistance) (2009)

EPs	In Battle There Is No Law (1998)

Compilations	In Battle... (There Is No Law) (2002)

Split albums	Heaven Shall Burn / Fall of Serenity (1999) The Split Program (2000) Tsunami Benefit (2005) The Split Program II (2005)

Related articles	Discography

Associated acts	Caliban

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