Heaven Shall Burn : Heimat

Heimat’ = German for ‘home / homeland / native land’ – a term that merely refers to a relationship between people and spaces but has nevertheless always been highly emotionally charged. Often misused, it sometimes causes discomfort, lively discussions and battles over interpretation. Maik Weichert (guitar) comments: ”Heimat’ is not meant as the narrow-minded end point in the sense it has been used by agitators and populists, but the starting point for observations and perspectives. The album is about a much wider sense of the term ‘Heimat’: the homelands for many different people and also about the 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 in the Official German Album Charts in 2020. ‘Heimat’ was produced at the band’s own studio, The Dude Ranch, which is run by guitarist Alexander Dietz. Like in the past, Dan