Heaven Shall Burn release the single “Keinen Schritt Zurück” featuring Donots

Besides releasing their cover of Trivium‘s “Pillars Of Serpents” at the end of 2022, Heaven Shall Burn have not released any new music since the release of their last album “Of Truth And Sacrifice,” which entered the official album charts in Germany at No. 1, in Austria at No. 4 and in Switzerland at No. 6.
“Keinen Schritt Zurück” is a new song and video featuring their longtime friends from the famous German alternative/punk rock band DONOTS, available here:

The video was directed by their longtime videographer Philipp Hirsch together with guitarist and audio producer Alexander Dietz for Philipp Hirsch Films & The Dude Ranch – Music Film Graphics.

At a first glance HSB and DONOTS do not sound very compatible. However, we are on the same page when it comes to our underlying taste in music, attitude and political stance, so it is not surprising that the bands have been friends for a long time. We have been discussing doing a song together forever and it was finally time to get serious about it. It was very important to us that this wouldn’t be some kind of sterile guest musician appearance, but that both bands would really operate at eye level and shape the song. We think the result is really something special, as it differs considerably from the bands’ respective sounds without being completely wacky. It was an exciting and rewarding experiment for all of us, and we’re extremely excited to see how it goes down with the people out there. Aside from the music the lyrics are very important to us. We hope that many people can identify with them as much as we do!

Maik Weichert

For me, Heaven Shall Burn are one of the most extraordinary bands of our time and totally deserve becoming one of the biggest metal acts in the country. Their commitment against right wing policies makes the band even more valuable, because in my opinion there is still far too little clarity in the metal scene on the positioning and differentiation against backwards thinking, arch-conservative structures, racism and fascism on a broad scale. Heaven Shall Burn have clear punk and hardcore roots which are beautifully evident everywhere and which make this collaboration so logical for me. In the 30 years of our band history, DONOTS have always stood up for a peaceful, shared future and have always supported NGOs like ‘Kein Bock Auf Nazis’. Both bands are not only a great match in terms of people, but also share a very similar subcultural background. Guido and I in particular are big metal fans and enjoy bands like Entombed, Carcass, Nails, Sodom, Kreator, Slayer and co, so it was a huge pleasure for us to get to work on vocals and guitars in that style. It felt pretty intuitive thanks to the great pre-production that we received from Saalfeld. I think the result is great, I’m happy that punk and metal really do go hand in hand as well as I’ve always suspected, and we, DONOTS, are very grateful to HSB for the idea and the invitation! In return, we are happy to accept the fact that we all professionally meeting our maker in a Schützenhalle at the end of the video for ‘Keinen Schritt zurück’…” INGO DONOT

However, the digital release isn’t the only exciting news that the band has to share. “Keinen Schritt Zurück” will also be available as limited 7” via Heaven Shall Burn’s new web shop in the following variants:
1. black: 100x
2. splatter: crystal transparent / black / red: 500x
3. splatter: transparent red / black / white: 500x
4. splatter: transparent green / black / red: 200x
5. red: 200x
The B-side is a cover version of Slime’s “Schweineherbst” that Heaven Shall Burn recorded together with German noise rock duo DŸSE and that also features Elf from Slime on guitars.

’Schweineherbst’ is an evergreen. Sadly, it hasn’t lost any of its lyrical relevance and fits perfectly into the year 2024. Covering a legend like Slime together with our buddies from DŸSE has been on our to-do list for a long time! Maik Weichert

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Heaven Shall Burn are:
Marcus Bischoff – vocals
Maik Weichert – guitar
Alexander Dietz – guitar
Eric Bischoff – bass
Christian Bass – drums