Antigone (album)

For other uses, see Antigone (disambiguation).

Antigone is the third studio album by German metal band Heaven Shall Burn. It was released on 26 April 2004 through Century Media Records.

Antigone
Studio album by Heaven Shall Burn
Released	26 April 2004 (2004-04-26)
Studio	Rape of Harmonies Studios, Germany
Genre	Melodic death metal metalcore deathcore[1]
Length	48:43
Label	Century Media
Producer	Patrick W. Engel
Heaven Shall Burn chronology
Whatever It May Take (2002) Antigone (2004) Deaf to Our Prayers (2006)

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Exclaim!	Not favorable[2]
Rock Hard	9.0/10[3]
Sputnikmusic	4.5/5[4]
Sputnikmusic	4/5[5]

In 2005, Antigone was ranked number 474 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Echoes" (Intro)	Arnalds	1:29
2.	"The Weapon They Fear"		4:38
3.	"The Only Truth"		4:30
4.	"Architects of the Apocalypse"		4:01
5.	"Voice of the Voiceless"		4:53
6.	"Numbing the Pain"		5:36
7.	"To Harvest the Storm"		4:45
8.	"Rìsandi Von" (Outro)	Arnalds	1:32
9.	"Bleeding to Death"		4:15
10.	"Tree of Freedom"		4:50
11.	"The Dream Is Dead"		4:41
12.	"Deyjandi Von" (Outro)	Arnalds	3:38
Total length:			48:43

All lyrics are written by Maik Weichert

European Special Packing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Dislocation" (Disembodied cover)	Disembodied	3:35
14.	"Not My God" (Hate Squad cover)	Hate Squad	3:56
Total length:			56:13

Korean Edition

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Straßenkampf" (Die Skeptiker cover)	2:03

• Track 8's title is Icelandic and means "Rising Hope", but it contains a spelling mistake, as rísa is written with an í, not an ì. This error is present on all releases of the album.
• Track 12' title is Icelandic and means "Dying Hope".

Credits

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

Heaven Shall Burn

• Marcus Bischoff – vocals
• Maik Weichert – guitars
• Patrick Schleitzer – guitars
• 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", "Rìsandi Von", "Deyjandi Von"
• Greta Salome Stefansdottir – violin on "Echoes", "Rìsandi Von", "Deyjandi Von"
• Thordur Gudmundur Herrmannson – cello on "Echoes", "Rìsandi 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", "Rìsandi Von", "Deyjandi Von"

Artwork and design

• Spiros Antoniou (Set<'H>dEsign) – artwork
• Stefan Luedicke – layout
• Stefan Wibbeke – layout
• Simon Büttner – band photo

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog #
Europe[7]	April 26, 2004 (2004-04-26)	Century Media Records	Compact Disc	—
USA[8]	June 15, 2004 (2004-06-15)		CD, digital download	—
—	2004 (2004)[9]	Lifeforce Records	Vinyl[10]	—
Japan[11]	April 20, 2005 (2005-04-20)	Howling Bull	CD	HWCY-1189
Russia[12]	December 18, 2007 (2007-12-18)	Mazzar Records	CD	MYST CD 264
South Korea[13]	—	Dope Entertainment	CD	—
South America[10]	—	Liberation Records	CD	—

References

1. Heaven Shall Burn – Antigone at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
2. Pratt, Greg. "Heaven Shall Burn Antigone". Exclaim!. Retrieved 21 September 2014.^{[dead link]}
3. Himmelstein, Andreas. "Rock Hard – Antigone" (in German). Rock Hard. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
4. "Heaven Shall Burn Antigone". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
5. Damrod (16 January 2005). "Heaven Shall Burn – Antigone (album review 2)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
6. Best of Rock & Metal – Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 17. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
7. Staff writer(s). "Heaven Shall Burn – Antigone". centurymedia.com. Century Media Records. Select the EU flag icon at the top of the page. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
8. Staff writer(s). "Heaven Shall Burn – Antigone". centurymedia.com. Century Media Records. Select the USA flag icon at the top of the page. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
9. Staff writer(s). "2004". www.lifeforcerecords.com. Lifeforce Records. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
10. Staff writer(s) (23 January 2004). "Heaven Shall Burn: New Signing". centurymedia.com. Century Media Records. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
11. Staff writer(s). "ANTIGONE". www.howling-bull.co.jp (in Japanese). Howling bull. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
12. Staff writer(s). "Релиз HEAVEN SHALL BURN ANTIGONE – 2007". www.mazzar.ru (in Russian). Mazzar Records. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
13. Staff writer(s). "dopemusic.co.kr/zboard/zboard.php". dopemusic.co.kr (in Korean). Dope Entertainment Music Group. Go to the bottom of the page and enter "Heaven Shall Burn" in the search bar. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

External links

Antigone at AllMusic