HEAVEN SHALL BURN - Counterweight-Live at Rockstadt Extreme Fest-Romania 2026

Heaven Shall Burn Country of origin: Germany Location: Saalfeld/Erfurt/Weimar, Thuringia Formed in: 1998 Genre: Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore Themes: Society, Politics, Anti-fascism, Anti-racism, Animal rights, Inner struggles, Depression Current label: Century Media Records Years active: 1995-1997 (as B4 the Fall), 1997-1998 (as Consense), 1998-present The band name was inspired by the title of the Marduk album Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered. Original drummer Matthias Voigt once commented on the band’s name, stating that “It's not that we're huge Marduk fans, but we liked the name. It sounds a bit provoking and so people ask us again and again for the meaning behind our name. We use the term "heaven" as a metaphor for some kind of a fake paradise that people create in their heads. Some people close their eyes and don't see the truth surrounding them. So this kind of fake heaven should burn. Some people might think that our name is an anti-religious statement, but it isn't.” #HeavenShallBurn #RockstadtExtremeFest #counterweight