Dead Heart in a Dead World
Dead Heart in a Dead World | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 17, 2000 | |||
Recorded | July 2000 | |||
Studio | Village Productions, Tornillo, Texas and Robert Lang Studios, Seattle, Washington | |||
Genre | Progressive metal, heavy metal, thrash metal | |||
Length | 56:30 | |||
Label | Century Media | |||
Producer | Andy Sneap | |||
Nevermore chronology | ||||
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Dead Heart in a Dead World is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Nevermore, released in October 2000. In a style comparable to a darker, heavier Queensrÿche, its songs range topics such as criticism of drug possession penalties to rejection of religion. The album also features a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's hit, "The Sound of Silence". It is also notable for being Nevermore's first record utilizing seven-string guitars.
The album featured one single in the track "Believe in Nothing", which was covered by All That Remains on their 2008 album, Overcome. The song was also covered by Firewind in 2008, on the Century Media covers album "Covering 20 Years of Extremes".[1]
The bonus track Chances Three had been previously recorded under the title Three Chances in a 1990 demo by Sanctuary, as well as with its current title in the 1992 Nevermore demo entitled Utopia.
The River Dragon Has Come named song from album is based on 1975 Banqiao Dam failure and lyrics of this song critizes human errors. [2]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
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Rock Hard | 9.5/10[6] |
In 2005, Dead Heart in a Dead World was ranked number 361 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[7]
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by Warrel Dane except "The Sound of Silence" by Paul Simon; all music is composed by Jeff Loomis except "The Sounds of Silence" by Paul Simon and Jeff Loomis
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Narcosynthesis" | 5:31 |
2. | "We Disintegrate" | 5:11 |
3. | "Inside Four Walls" | 4:39 |
4. | "Evolution 169" | 5:51 |
5. | "The River Dragon Has Come" | 5:05 |
6. | "The Heart Collector" | 5:55 |
7. | "Engines of Hate" | 4:42 |
8. | "The Sound of Silence" | 5:13 |
9. | "Insignificant" | 4:56 |
10. | "Believe in Nothing" | 4:21 |
11. | "Dead Heart in a Dead World" | 5:06 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Love Bites" (Judas Priest cover) | Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton | 5:22 |
13. | "All the Cowards Hide" | 5:56 | |
14. | "Chances Three" | 3:03 |
Bonus videos (2012 reissue)
[edit]- "Next in Line" (video) - 3:58
- "What Tomorrow Knows" (video) - 4:36
Limited edition live track list
[edit]- "The River Dragon Has Come"
- "Dead Heart in a Dead World"
- "Inside Four Walls"
- "Narcosynthesis"
- "The Heart Collector"
- "Engines of Hate"
Personnel
[edit]Band
- Warrel Dane - vocals
- Jeff Loomis - guitars
- Jim Sheppard - bass
- Van Williams - drums
Other
- Andy Sneap - production, engineering, mixing, mastering
- Justin Leeah - additional engineering
- Bobby Torres - additional engineering
- Travis Smith - illustrations, design, layout
- Karen Mason-Blair - band photography
- Neil Sussman - legal representation
Charts
[edit]Chart | Peak position |
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German Album Charts[8] | 57 |
References
[edit]- ^ "FIREWIND's Cover Version Of NEVERMORE's 'Believe In Nothing' Available For Streaming". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. September 11, 2008.
- ^ https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780765602053/page/24/mode/2up [bare URL]
- ^ Dead Heart in a Dead World at AllMusic
- ^ "CoC : Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
- ^ "Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World (album review 2) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com.
- ^ Kaiser, Boris. "Rock Hard review". issue 161. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
- ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Rock Hard. 2005. p. 65. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
- ^ "charts.de". Retrieved May 25, 2013.[dead link]
External links
[edit]- Official website Archived July 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine