Invictus (Iconoclast III) is the sixth studio album by German melodic death metal band Heaven Shall Burn and is the last part of the Iconoclast trilogy, following their previous studio album Iconoclast released in 2008 and the live CD/DVD Iconoclast II -Bildersturm (The Visual Resistance)- released in 2009. The band uploaded the songs "Combat" and "The Omen" on their Myspace profile as a preview. It was released on May 21, 2010 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On June 8, 2010 it was released in the United States. The album entered the German Media Control Charts at No. 9. Selling 900 copies in the first week Invictus entered the US Top Heatseekers at No. 48
Track listing
The limited edition includes, a wristband, a sticker and a bonus DVD containing a special live performance in Vienna with the theme "Defending Sparta". Inspired by the movie 300, the band chose 300 fans, gave them special T-shirts and let them have a battle on the band's music.
Credits Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
Heaven Shall Burn Marcus Bischoff – vocals Alexander Dietz – guitars, producer, engineer Maik Weichert – guitars, producer Eric Bischoff – bass Matthias Voigt – drums
Production Tue Madsen – mixing, mastering Patrick W. Engel – engineering, additional guitars and bass Ralf Müller – engineering Red Design – box design Joshua Andrew Belanger – digipak design Stefan Wibbeke – additional design
Additional musicians Sabine Weniger (Deadlock) – additional vocals on "Given in Death" Sebastian Reichl (Deadlock) – additional guitar on "Given in Death" Patrick Schleitzer – additional vocals Ólafur Arnalds – "Intro" and "Outro"
Production ("Defending Sparta") Alexander Dietz – recording, mixing Patrick W. Engel – mixing, mastering Werner Stockinger – show production Benjamin Mahnert – show production Maik Weichert – show production Steffen "Slayer" Jochmann – FoH sound Martin Kames – light design
Release history Region Date Germany, Austria, Switzerland May 21, 2010 United Kingdom, Belgium,Netherlands, Luxembourg, France,Greece, Denmark, Norway,Portugal, Europe May 24, 2010 Spain, Italy May 25, 2010 Sweden, Finland, Hungary May 26, 2010 North America June 8, 2010
Chart performance Chart (2010)Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)48
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