Dead Heart in a Dead World

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Dead Heart in a Dead World
Studio album by
Nevermore
ReleasedOctober 17, 2000
RecordedJuly 2000
Studio
GenreProgressive metal, heavy metal, thrash metal
Length56:30
LabelCentury Media
ProducerAndy Sneap
Nevermore chronology
Dreaming Neon Black
(1999) 		Dead Heart in a Dead World
(2000) 		Enemies of Reality
(2003)

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 criticizes human errors.[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [3]
Chronicles of Chaos [4]
Sputnikmusic [5]
Rock Hard9.5/10[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

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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.TitleLength
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
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Love Bites" (Judas Priest cover)Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton5:22
13."All the Cowards Hide" 5:56
14."Chances Three" 3:03

Bonus videos (2012 reissue)

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  1. "Next in Line" (video) - 3:58
  2. "What Tomorrow Knows" (video) - 4:36

Limited edition live track list

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  1. "The River Dragon Has Come"
  2. "Dead Heart in a Dead World"
  3. "Inside Four Walls"
  4. "Narcosynthesis"
  5. "The Heart Collector"
  6. "Engines of Hate"

Personnel

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Band

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

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Chart Peak position
German Album Charts[8] 57

References

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  1. ^ "FIREWIND's Cover Version Of NEVERMORE's 'Believe In Nothing' Available For Streaming". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. September 11, 2008.
  2. ^ "The river dragon has come! : The three gorges dam and the fate of China's Yangtze River and its people". 1998.
  3. ^ Dead Heart in a Dead World at AllMusic
  4. ^ "CoC : Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
  5. ^ "Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World (album review 2) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com.
  6. ^ Kaiser, Boris. "Rock Hard review". issue 161. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  7. ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Rock Hard. 2005. p. 65. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
  8. ^ "charts.de". Retrieved May 25, 2013.[dead link‍]
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