Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered

Infobox Album | Name = Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered
Type = studio
Artist = Marduk


Released = July 1, 1996 (Standard) June 27, 2006 (Reissue)
Recorded = January 1996 at The Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden
Genre = Black metal
Length = 35:42 (Standard) 54:04 (Reissue)
Label = Osmose Productions (Standard) Regain Records (Reissue)
Producer = Marduk
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wns9kext0q7q link]
Last album = "Opus Nocturne" (1994)
This album = "Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered" (1996)
Next album = "Glorification" (1996)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Background = lightsteelblue


Lower caption = Reissue cover

"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. Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered marked the shift in style for what Marduk are popularly known for, hyper-blast blast beats and furious drum work, sheer brutality (over melody than in previous releases), and much rawer vocals from third vocalist Legion.

Track listing

# "Summon the Darkness" – 0:21
# "Beyond the Grace of God" – 5:17
# "Infernal Eternal" – 4:41
# "Glorification of the Black God" – 4:52
# "Darkness it Shall Be" – 4:40
# "The Black Tormentor of Satan" – 4:15
# "Dracul va Domni Din Nou in Transilvania" – 5:39
# "Legion" – 5:55

Bonus tracks

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"Beyond the Grace of God" (Demo-Version; Reissue bonus track) – 5:21
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"Glorification" (Demo-Version; Reissue bonus track) – 4:07
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"Black Tormentor"/"Shadow of our Infernal King" (Demo-Version; Reissue bonus track) – 4:20
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"Infernal Eternal"/"Towards the Land of the Damned" (Demo-Version; Reissue bonus track) – 4:36

Trivia

* The German Death metal band Heaven Shall Burn named themselves after the title of this album.
* The music for "Glorification of the Black God" is an adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain". Furthermore, the lyrics of the song are clearly inspired by "Bald Mountain's" basic theme (a witches' Sabbath on St. John's Night).

Personnel

* Legion – vocals
* Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson – guitar
* B. War – bass
* Fredrik Andersson – drums
* Peter Tägtgren – mixing