Dead Heart in a Dead World
{{Short description|2000 studio album by Nevermore}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox album|
| name = Dead Heart in a Dead World
| type = studio
| artist = Nevermore
| cover = Dead_Heart_in_a_Dead_World_album_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 17, 2000
| recorded = July 2000
| venue =
| studio = *Village Productions, Tornillo, Texas
| genre = Progressive metal, heavy metal, groove metal
| length = 56:30
| label = Century Media
| producer = Andy Sneap
| prev_title = Dreaming Neon Black
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Enemies of Reality
| next_year = 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".{{Cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/firewind-s-cover-version-of-nevermore-s-believe-in-nothing-available-for-streaming/|title=FIREWIND's Cover Version Of NEVERMORE's 'Believe In Nothing' Available For Streaming|date=September 11, 2008|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}
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 is based on the 1975 Banqiao Dam failure and the lyrics of the song criticize human errors.{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780765602053/page/24/mode/2up | title=The river dragon has come! : The three gorges dam and the fate of China's Yangtze River and its people | date=1998 }}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r502081}}
| rev2 = Chronicles of Chaos
| rev2Score = {{Rating|9.5|10}} {{Cite web|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-1808|title=CoC : Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World : Review|website=www.chroniclesofchaos.com}}
| rev3 = Sputnikmusic
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/9539/Nevermore-Dead-Heart-In-A-Dead-World/|title=Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World (album review 2) | Sputnikmusic|website=www.sputnikmusic.com}}
|rev4 = Rock Hard
}}
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.{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=Rock Hard|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=65}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_lyrics = Warrel Dane except "The Sound of Silence" by Paul Simon
| all_music = Jeff Loomis except "The Sound of Silence" by Paul Simon and Jeff Loomis
| title1 = Narcosynthesis
| length1 = 5:31
| title2 = We Disintegrate
| length2 = 5:11
| title3 = Inside Four Walls
| length3 = 4:39
| title4 = Evolution 169
| length4 = 5:51
| title5 = The River Dragon Has Come
| length5 = 5:05
| title6 = The Heart Collector
| length6 = 5:55
| title7 = Engines of Hate
| length7 = 4:42
| title8 = The Sound of Silence
| length8 = 5:13
| title9 = Insignificant
| length9 = 4:56
| title10 = Believe in Nothing
| length10 = 4:21
| title11 = Dead Heart in a Dead World
| length11 = 5:06
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Bonus tracks
| total_length =
| title12 = Love Bites
| note12 = Judas Priest cover
| writer12 = Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton
| length12 = 5:22
| title13 = All the Cowards Hide
| length13 = 5:56
| title14 = Chances Three
| length14 = 3:03
}}
=Bonus videos (2012 reissue)=
- "Next in Line" (video) - 3:58
- "What Tomorrow Knows" (video) - 4:36
=Limited edition live track list=
- "The River Dragon Has Come"
- "Dead Heart in a Dead World"
- "Inside Four Walls"
- "Narcosynthesis"
- "The Heart Collector"
- "Engines of Hate"
Personnel
Band
- Warrel Dane - vocals
- Jeff Loomis - guitars
- Jim Sheppard - bass
- Van Williams - drums
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
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://nevermore.tv/disc_deadheart.php Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060712183707/http://www.nevermore.tv/disc_deadheart.php |date=July 12, 2006 }}
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Category:Century Media Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Andy Sneap