Antigone

Heaven Shall Burn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B00024I380
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,224 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BRUTAL, March 11, 2005

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Bryan Bugaj (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antigone (Audio CD)

I have only begun listening to Heaven Shall Burn in the last few months or so, and my first purchse was the "In Battle..." disc, which I enjoyed but would not rate five stars. "Antigone", however, is another matter. On this disc, Heaven Shall Burn manage to combine a number of different metallic and non-metallic elements, yet still produce an album that hits like a ton of bricks. The band experiments with clean vocals, incorporates pianos into some of the songs, and enlists the aid of several guest artists, primarily to create an intro and two outros that are chilling and hauntingly beautiful, punctuated by melancholy violins and pianos. These instrumental pieces provide stark contrast to and give more atmosphere to the otherwise unrelenting barrage of bone-crunching metal. They also give you some time to catch your breath. This is some of the most devastating metal I have heard in a long time, forgoing so many of the niceties of modern metal and going straight for the jugular with all the subtlety of a wild elephant. Most of the songs aren't too fast, but they are full of jaw-dropping hooks, vicious dual-guitar frenzies, and hard-hitting bass drums and cymbal crashes. The singer, Marcus, does not have the stereotypical super-deep death metal voice, but rather he delivers his grim lyrics with a shrill, piercing scream that borders on the edges of human comprehension. The high points on this album for me are "Architects of the Apocalypse" and "Voice of the Voiceless", but really this album has no weaknesses. It doesn't get repetetive and the subject matter is quite varied. I love putting this disc on in my car and cranking the volume full blast and watching the more sensitive souls amongst us cringe at its sheer brutality. I cannot recommend this album highly enough for those who appreciate extreme metal. Raise those devil horns!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feakin' Awesome, July 6, 2006

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ComeClarity_Untouchables - See all my reviews

This review is from: Antigone (Audio CD)

I dont know how to explain it because I am still listening to it for the first time and Im speechless. Its that good. You should buy it now regardless of all of these reviewes. The intro alons is awesome and the riffs are crazy. The drumming also sticks out to me. Its really catchy. If you are any type of metal head being it harcore, death metal, numetal...check this out. Some say its hard core but i dont think so. Its more death metal type stuff to me but not srait death metal. Just go buy it now and see for yourself.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars just go and buy it don't bother reading my review, June 18, 2004

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L. Zimmerman "Burning Angel" (Nebraska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antigone (Audio CD)

ok u didn't listen, i'll keep it short these guys are awesome the meld so many different sounds like every other review has said before me, i hear some at the gates, in flames, soilwok and more, it's funny cause as fast and heavy as the whole damn cd is the intro , and the 2 outro's have to be heard to be believed they are so moving yet dark, i love this cd, my favorite songs are Architects of the Apocolypse, The dream is dead, and Not my god , as well as what i mentioned earlier the intro and outro's. whoeve buys this album will not be let down.