Veto (album)

Veto
Studio album by Heaven Shall Burn
Released April 19, 2013 (2013-04-19)
Recorded Early 2013
Studio Chemical Burn Studios, Germany (recording), Antfarm Studio, Denmark (mixing)
Genre Melodic death metal,[1] metalcore,[2][1] deathcore
Length 49:22
Language English, German
Label Century Media
Producer Alexander Dietz, Maik Weichert
Heaven Shall Burn chronology
Invictus (Iconoclast III)
(2010)String Module Error: Match not found2010		 Veto
(2013)		 Wanderer
(2016)Wanderer2016
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim!6/10[2]
Metal Hammer6/10[3]
Rock Hard9.0/10[4]
Sputnikmusic3.9/5[1]

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 tracks written by Heaven Shall Burn.

Standard Edition CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Godiva" 4:20
2."Land of the Upright Ones" 4:09
3."Die Stürme rufen Dich" (German for "The storms call out for you") 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 Guardian5:30
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

Personnel

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

Heaven Shall Burn
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
Production (500.Live)
  • Lars Dietrich – live recording
  • Sebastian "Seeb" Levermann – live recording
  • Alexander Dietz – mixing, mastering
  • Christian Thiele – photography
Production (Blizzard Over England Mix)

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 Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[5] 14

References

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

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