Heimat LP

Edition LP .

«Heimat» = “home / homeland / native land” in German, a term that simply refers to a relationship between people and spaces but which has, nevertheless, always been charged with great emotion. Often misused, it sometimes causes discomfort, lively discussions and interpretive battles. Maik Weichert (guitar) comments: «'Heimat' is not intended to be the narrow-minded endpoint in the sense that agitators and populists have used it, but the starting point for observations and perspectives. The album deals with a much broader sense of the term 'Heimat': homelands for many different people and also about spiritual home, something that shapes and determines our thoughts and actions».

HEAVEN SHALL BURN took their time with the follow-up to «Of Truth And Sacrifice», which reached number 1 on the official German album charts in 2020. «Heimat» was produced in the band's own studio, The Dude Ranch, run by guitarist Alexander Dietz. As in the past, Danish producer Tue Madsen was responsible for mixing and mastering.

For the artwork, the Thuringians relied on the renowned artist Eliran Kantor, who had already created the artwork for «Of Truth And Sacrifice». The centerpiece of the impressive triptych is a rearing stag - in its roaring variant a classic motif of wildlife painting, an epitome of 19th and 20th century kitsch and trivial art, and interpreted by some as a symbol of patriarchy and capitalist competition, but here placed as a vital allegory of resistance in the midst of an apocalyptic scene. It is flanked by a hunting lynx and a watchful owl, which complete the highly symbolic concept of the work as additional elements of the triptych.