Invictus (Iconoclast III)

Invictus (Iconoclast III) is the sixth studio album by German extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn and is the last part of the Iconoclast trilogy, following their previous studio album Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance) released in 2008 and the live CD/DVD Bildersturm – Iconoclast II (The Visual Resistance) released in 2009.

It was released on May 21, 2010 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On June 8, 2010 it was released in the United States. The band uploaded the songs "Combat" and "The Omen" on their Myspace profile as a preview.

The album entered the German Media Control Charts at No. 9. Selling 900 copies in the first week Invictus entered the US Top Heatseekers at No. 48

Track listing
The limited edition includes, a wristband, a sticker and a bonus DVD containing a special live performance in Vienna with the theme "Defending Sparta". Inspired by the movie 300, the band chose 300 fans, gave them special T-shirts and let them have a battle on the band's music.

Credits
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.


 * Heaven Shall Burn
 * Marcus Bischoff – vocals
 * Alexander Dietz – guitars, producer, engineer
 * Maik Weichert – guitars, producer
 * Eric Bischoff – bass
 * Matthias Voigt – drums


 * Production
 * Tue Madsen – mixing, mastering
 * Patrick W. Engel – engineering, additional guitars and bass
 * Ralf Müller – engineering
 * Red Design – box design
 * Joshua Andrew Belanger – digipak design
 * Stefan Wibbeke – additional design


 * Additional musicians
 * Sabine Weniger (Deadlock) – additional vocals on "Given in Death"
 * Sebastian Reichl (Deadlock) – additional guitar on "Given in Death"
 * Patrick Schleitzer – additional vocals
 * Ólafur Arnalds – "Intro" and "Outro"


 * Production ("Defending Sparta")
 * Alexander Dietz – recording, mixing
 * Patrick W. Engel – mixing, mastering
 * Werner Stockinger – show production
 * Benjamin Mahnert – show production
 * Maik Weichert – show production
 * Steffen "Slayer" Jochmann – FoH sound
 * Martin Kames – light design