Wanderer (Heaven Shall Burn album)
| Wanderer | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 16 September 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2015–2016 | |||
| Studio | Chemical Burn Studios, Germany (recording), Antfarm Studio, Denmark (mixing) | |||
| Genre | Melodic metalcore,[1] melodic death metal, thrash metal[2] | |||
| Length | 58:44 | |||
| Language | English, German | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Alexander Dietz, Maik Weichert | |||
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Wanderer is the eighth album by German extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn, released on 16 September 2016 through Century Media Records. The album was released with 12 tracks; a deluxe version was also released with a cover of Sodom's song "Agent Orange" as a bonus track, plus a bonus disc which is a compilation of covers that the band recorded since its inception and also included in previous releases.
The tracks "Bring the War Home" and "Downshifter" were released as promotional singles, including a lyric video for "Bring the War Home."
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Heaven Shall Burn
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Loss of Fury" | 2:21 |
| 2. | "Bring the War Home" | 4:20 |
| 3. | "Passage of the Crane" | 3:57 |
| 4. | "They Shall Not Pass" | 5:33 |
| 5. | "Downshifter" | 5:59 |
| 6. | "Prey to God" (feat. George Fisher of Cannibal Corpse) | 3:08 |
| 7. | "Agent Orange" (Sodom cover; bonus track on deluxe edition) | 6:08 |
| 8. | "My Heart Is My Compass" | 1:10 |
| 9. | "Save Me" | 4:57 |
| 10. | "Corium" | 5:28 |
| 11. | "Extermination Order" | 3:20 |
| 12. | "A River of Crimson" | 4:28 |
| 13. | "The Cry of Mankind" (My Dying Bride cover) | 7:35 |
| 14. | "Battle of Attrition" (bonus track on Ltd. deluxe edition) | 3:48 |
| Total length: | 58:44 | |
| No. | Title | Original artist (date) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Whatever That Hurts" | Tiamat (1994) | 6:02 |
| 2. | "Valhalla" (feat. Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian) | Blind Guardian (1989) | 5:30 |
| 3. | "Black Tears" | Edge of Sanity (1994) | 3:06 |
| 4. | "European Super State" (feat. Katharina Radig) | Killing Joke (2010) | 4:32 |
| 5. | "Straßenkampf" (German for "Street Fight"; feat. Patrick Schleitzer) | Die Skeptiker (1991) | 2:02 |
| 6. | "Nowhere" | Therapy? (1994) | 2:27 |
| 7. | "True Belief" | Paradise Lost (1993) | 4:31 |
| 8. | "Not My God" | Hate Squad (1995) | 3:55 |
| 9. | "Destroy Fascism" | Endstand (1998) | 1:55 |
| 10. | "Dislocation" | Disembodied (1998) | 3:35 |
| 11. | "Auge um Auge" (German for "An eye for an eye"; feat. Mille Petrozza from Kreator) | Dritte Wahl (1994) | 2:52 |
| 12. | "Downfall of Christ" | Merauder (1996) | 3:11 |
| 13. | "River Runs Red" | Life of Agony (1993) | 1:51 |
| Total length: | 45:30 | ||
Personnel
[edit]- Heaven Shall Burn
- Marcus Bischoff – vocals
- Alexander Dietz – guitars, production, engineer
- Maik Weichert – guitars, co-production
- Eric Bischoff – bass
- Christian Bass – drums
- Additional musicians
- René Liedtke - lead guitars, additional vocals
- George Corpsegrinder Fisher - vocals (track 6)
- Aðalbjörn Tryggvason - vocals (track 13)
- Nick Hipa - guitar (track 9)
- Frank Blackfire - guitar (track 7)
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] | 9 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[4] | 57 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[5] | 97 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] | 3 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] | 200 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] | 15 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Heaven Shall Burn – Wanderer – Metal Blast!". September 17, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "Heaven Shall Burn: Wanderer – NO CLEAN SINGING". August 24, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Heaven Shall Burn – Wanderer" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Heaven Shall Burn – Wanderer" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Heaven Shall Burn – Wanderer" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Heaven Shall Burn – Wanderer" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Heaven Shall Burn - albums" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Heaven Shall Burn – Wanderer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
