Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered

Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered is the fourth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at The Abyss in January 1996 and released on July 1 that year by Osmose Productions. It was re-released in digipak format with bonus tracks on June 27, 2006. Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered is the first Marduk album to feature Legion, formerly of Ophthalamia, on vocals and Peter Tägtgren as mixer. This album marked a shift in style for what Marduk are popularly known for; hyper-blast blast beats and furious drum work, sheer brutality over melody (compared to previous releases), and raw vocals.[3]

Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered
Studio album by
Marduk
ReleasedJuly 1, 1996
RecordedJanuary 1996
StudioThe Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden
GenreBlack metal
Length35:42
LabelOsmose Productions (Standard)
Regain Records (Reissue)
ProducerMarduk and Peter Tägtgren
Marduk chronology
Opus Nocturne
(1994)		 Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered
(1996)		 Glorification
(1996)
Digipak Cover
Digipak cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
AllMusic[2]

The music for "Glorification of the Black God" is an adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain". The first guitar riff is from a score in the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz. Furthermore, the lyrics of the song are clearly inspired by "Bald Mountain's" basic theme (a witches' Sabbath on St. John's Night). The title of the album is a reference to the Bathory song "Dies Irae" from Blood Fire Death.[4] It has also inspired the name of German melodic death metal/metalcore band Heaven Shall Burn.[5]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Summon the Darkness" (instrumental)0:21
2."Beyond the Grace of God"5:17
3."Infernal Eternal"4:41
4."Glorification of the Black God"4:52
5."Darkness it Shall Be"4:40
6."The Black Tormentor of Satan"4:15
7."Dracul va Domni Din Nou in Transilvania"5:39
8."Legion"5:55
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Beyond the Grace of God" (Demo-Version; Reissue bonus track)5:21
10."Glorification" (Demo-Version; Reissue bonus track)4:07
11."Black Tormentor/Shadow of our Infernal King" (Demo-Version; Reissue bonus track)4:20
12."Infernal Eternal/Towards the Land of the Damned" (Demo-Version; Reissue bonus track)4:36

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Personnel
Marduk
  • Legion – vocals
  • Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – guitar
  • B. War – bass
  • Fredrik Andersson – drums

References
  1. http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/mardukheaven.htm
  2. Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered at AllMusic
  3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/heaven-shall-burnwhen-we-are-gathered-mw0000764960
  4. https://genius.com/Bathory-dies-irae-lyrics
  5. "Heaven Shall Burn - Kazy - DecoyMusic.com" (Interview). Interviewed by Mike Molnar. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  6. http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Marduk/Heaven_Shall_Burn..._When_We_Are_Gathered/1722



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