Of Truth and Sacrifice

Of Truth and Sacrifice is the ninth studio album by German extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn, released on 20 March 2020 through Century Media Records. The album consists of two parts; volume one titled "Of Truth" with ten tracks and volume two called "Of Sacrifice" with nine tracks. Both parts include all but one original song; on volume two the band covered Nuclear Assault's 1989 song "Critical Mass". At 97 minutes runtime, the band released their longest album to date.

Of Truth and Sacrifice
Studio album by
Released20 March 2020 (2020-03-20)
GenreMelodic death metal, metalcore
Length97:33
Language
  • English
  • German
LabelCentury Media
Producer
  • Alexander Dietz
  • Maik Weichert
Heaven Shall Burn chronology
Wanderer
(2016)
Of Truth and Sacrifice
(2020)
Singles from Of Truth and Sacrifice
  1. "Weakness Leaving My Heart"
    Released: 10 January 2020
  2. "Protector"
    Released: 10 January 2020
  3. "My Heart and the Ocean"
    Released: 7 February 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Kerrang!2/5
Metal.de8/10
Metal Hammer6.5/7
Sputnikmusic4.0/5

The album was supported by the singles "Weakness Leaving My Heart", "Protector" and "My Heart and the Ocean" released in January and February 2020, respectively. The music video for "Eradicate" was made by famed Ugandan ultra-low budget studio Wakaliwood.

Commercially, the album debuted at number one in Germany, becoming the band's first album to do so.

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