Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance)

Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance)
Studio album by Heaven Shall Burn
Released	January 25, 2008
Studio	Rape of Harmonies Studios, Germany
Genre	Melodic death metal, metalcore, deathcore
Length	58:09
Label	Century Media
Producer	Alexander Dietz, Maik Weichert
Heaven Shall Burn chronology
Deaf to Our Prayers (2006) Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance) (2008) Invictus (Iconoclast III) (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
AllMusic	[2]
Rock Hard	9.0/10[3]
Sputnikmusic	4.0/5[4]

Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance) is the fifth studio album by the German extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn. The album was released in Europe on 28 January 2008, followed by an American release on 5 February 2008; both dates through Century Media Records.

The album entered the German Media Control chart at No. 21.

Track listing

Standard Edition CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Awoken" (Intro)	Ólafur Arnalds	1:29
2.	"Endzeit"		4:18
3.	"Like a Thousand Suns"		3:46
4.	"Murderers of all Murderers"		3:55
5.	"Forlorn Skies"		4:51
6.	"A Dying Ember"		6:57
7.	"Joel"		5:03
8.	"A Quest for Resistance"		4:51
9.	"Black Tears" (Edge of Sanity cover)	Dan Swanö	3:06
10.	"The Bombs of My Saviours"		4:22
11.	"Against All Lies"		5:08
12.	"The Disease"		2:46
13.	"Equinox"	Arnalds	3:10
14.	"Atonement"		4:35
Total length:			58:09

Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Length
15.	"No One Will Shed a Tear"	4:41
16.	"Downfall of Christ" (Merauder cover)	3:10
Total length:		66:00

Live at: Wacken Open Air 2007
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Echoes" (Intro)	1:26
2.	"The Weapon They Fear"	3:50
3.	"The Only Truth"	4:27
4.	"Counterweight"	4:52
5.	"Profane Believers"	4:38
6.	"The Seventh Cross"	5:22
7.	"Voice of the Voiceless"	6:08
8.	"Behind a Wall of Silence"	5:20
9.	"mybestfriends.com"	5:05
10.	"No One Will Shed a Tear"	5:06
11.	"Counterweight" (musicvideo)	4:30
Total length:		50:44

Personnel

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

Heaven Shall Burn Marcus Bischoff – vocals Alexander Dietz – guitars, synthesizer, piano, producer Maik Weichert – guitars, producer Eric Bischoff – bass Matthias Voigt – drums Production Tue Madsen – mixing, mastering Patrick W. Engel – co-producer Ralf Müller – co-producer Bastian "BastiBasti" Sobtzick (Callejon) – artwork, layout Ólafur Arnalds – arrangement, recording, producer, mixing on "Awoken" and "Equinox"

Additional musicians Patrick W. Engel – additional vocals on "Endzeit", additional guitar, bass Ólafur Arnalds – piano on "Awoken" and "Equinox" Margrét Soffia Einarsdóttir – violin on "Awoken" and "Equinox" Una Pétursdóffir – violin on "Awoken" and "Equinox" Arndis Hulda Audunsdóffir – viola on "Awoken" and "Equinox" Thordur Gudmundur Herrmannson – cello on "Awoken" and "Equinox"

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5]	65
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6]	21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7]	97
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[8]	30

References

1. Bowar, Chad. "Heaven Shall Burn - Iconoclast Part 1: The Final Resistance". heavymetal.about.com. About.com. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
2. Henderson, Alex. "Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast I: The Final Resistance". AllMusic. Retrieved August 2, 2015. This 58-minute CD is not designed for metalcore purists; rather, these German agitators combine metalcore with a strong death metal influence and, at times, hints of black metal. But metalcore is the dominant ingredient, and the abrasive screaming vocals of Marcus Bischoff are quite typical of metalcore and hardcore singers.
3. Albrecht, Frank. "Rock Hard - Iconoclast review". www.rockhard.de (in German). Retrieved September 21, 2014.
4. "Heaven Shall Burn Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance)". www.sputnikmusic.com. Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
5. "Austriancharts.at – Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
6. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
7. "Swisscharts.com – Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
8. "Heaven Shall Burn – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Heaven Shall Burn.

External links

Iconoclast at AllMusic