Of Truth and Sacrifice
{{Infobox album
| name = Of Truth and Sacrifice
| type = studio
| artist = Heaven Shall Burn
| cover = Heaven Shall Burn - Of Truth and Sacrifice.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2020|3|20|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Melodic death metal, metalcore, deathcore
| length = 97:33
| language = {{hlist|English|German}}
| label = Century Media
| producer = {{hlist|Alexander Dietz|Maik Weichert}}
| prev_title = Wanderer
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Of Truth and Sacrifice
| type = studio
| single1 = Weakness Leaving My Heart
| single1date = 10 January 2020
| single2 = Protector
| single2date = 10 January 2020
| single3 = My Heart and the Ocean
| single3date = 7 February 2020
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Kerrang!
| rev1score = 2/5{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/reviews/album-review-heaven-shall-burn-of-truth-and-sacrifice/|title=Album Review: Heaven Shall Burn – Of Truth and Sacrifice|last=Slessor|first=Dan|website=Kerrang!|date=23 March 2020|accessdate=26 March 2020}}
| rev2 = Metal.de
| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/heaven-shall-burn-of-truth-sacrifice-403777/|title=Heaven Shall Burn - Of Truth & Sacrifice|last=Klaas|first=Michael|website=Metal.de|language=de|date=23 March 2020|accessdate=26 March 2020}}
| rev3 = Metal Hammer
| rev3score = 6.5/7{{cite web|url=https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/heaven-shall-burn-of-truth-and-sacrifice/|title=Heaven Shall Burn: Of Truth and Sacrifice|last=Kessler|first=Sebastian|website=Metal Hammer|language=de|date=23 March 2020|accessdate=26 March 2020}}
| rev4 = Sputnikmusic
| rev4score = 4.0/5{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/81041/Heaven-Shall-Burn-Of-Truth-and-Sacrifice/|title=Heaven Shall Burn: Of Truth and Sacrifice|last=Garland|first=Robert|website=Sputnikmusic|date=23 March 2020|accessdate=26 March 2020}}
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.metal.de/interviews/heaven-shall-burn-mit-der-homoeopathischen-dosis-weiterentwicklung-405397/|title=Heaven Shall Burn: Mit der homöopathischen Dosis Weiterentwicklung|last=Gieseler|first=Björn|website=Metal.de|language=de|date=20 March 2020|accessdate=26 March 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.centurymedia.com/artist.aspx?IdArtist=110|title=Heaven Shall Burn: Of Truth and Sacrifice|website=Century Media|accessdate=26 March 2020}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.heaven-shall-burn-von-der-bereitschaft-sich-fuer-die-wahrheit-zu-opfern.938f3b40-0046-4fa9-b4e6-f4b914f68492.html|title=Von der Bereitschaft, sich für die Wahrheit zu opfern|last=Bernhardt|first=Stefanie|website=Stuttgarter Zeitung|date=20 March 2020|accessdate=27 March 2020}} 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.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = Of Truth
| all_writing = Heaven Shall Burn, except where noted
| total_length = 48:41
| title1 = March of Retribution
| length1 = 1:21
| title2 = Thoughts and Prayers
| length2 = 4:58
| title3 = Eradicate
| length3 = 4:32
| title4 = Protector
| length4 = 5:26
| title5 = Übermacht
| length5 = 5:25
| title6 = My Heart and the Ocean
| length6 = 5:51
| title7 = Expatriate
| length7 = 8:53
| title8 = What War Means
| length8 = 5:31
| title9 = Terminate the Unconcern
| length9 = 4:42
| title10 = The Ashes of My Enemies
| length10 = 2:02
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Of Sacrifice
| total_length = 48:42
| title1 = Children of a Lesser God
| length1 = 6:35
| title2 = La Résistance
| length2 = 5:06
| title3 = The Sorrows of Victory (Featuring Chris Harms of Lord of the Lost)
| length3 = 8:25
| title4 = Stateless
| length4 = 3:49
| title5 = Tirpitz
| length5 = 5:54
| title6 = Truther
| length6 = 2:41
| title7 = Critical Mass
| writer7 = {{hlist|Anthony Bramante|Daniel Lilker|Glenn Evans|John Connelly}}
| length7 = 3:35
| title8 = Eagles Among Vultures
| length8 = 5:06
| title9 = Weakness Leaving My Heart
| length9 = 7:31
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Sales chart performance for Of Truth and Sacrifice |
| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Austria|4|artist=Heaven Shall Burn|album=Of Truth & Sacrifice|rowheader=true|accessdate=2 April 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|157|artist=Heaven Shall Burn|album=Of Truth & Sacrifice|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 March 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|1|id=401175|artist=Heaven Shall Burn|album=Of Truth & Sacrifice|rowheader=true|refname=ger|accessdate=27 March 2020}} |
| scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616204902/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/364201/rank/album/ |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/364201/rank/album/|title=Heaven Shall Burn - albums|publisher=Oricon|language=Japanese|accessdate=16 June 2020 |archive-date=June 16, 2020}}
| 180 |
| scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4348-%C3%81lbumes-semana-13-2020|title=Top 100 Albumes – Semana 13: del 20.3.2020 al 26.3.2020|publisher=Productores de Música de España|language=Spanish|accessdate=1 April 2020}}
| 25 |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|6|artist=Heaven Shall Burn|album=Of Truth & Sacrifice|rowheader=true|accessdate=1 April 2020}} |
= Year-end charts =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2020 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 2020|language=de |publisher=GfK Entertainment |access-date=18 December 2020}}
| 96 |