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Dead Heart in a Dead World
Dead Heart in a Dead World
Studio album by Nevermore
Released	October 17, 2000
Recorded	July 2000
Studio	Village Productions, Tornillo, Texas and Robert Lang Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Progressive metal, heavy metal, thrash metal
Length	56:30
Label	Century Media
Producer	Andy Sneap
Nevermore chronology

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".^[1]

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.

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	^[3]
Sputnikmusic	^[4]
Rock Hard	9.5/10^[5]

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.^[6]

Track listing edit

All lyrics are written by Warrel Dane except "The Sound of Silence" by Paul Simon; all music is composed by Jeff Loomis except "The Sounds of Silence" by Paul Simon and Jeff Loomis

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Narcosynthesis"	5:31
2.	"We Disintegrate"	5:11
3.	"Inside Four Walls"	4:39
4.	"Evolution 169"	5:51
5.	"The River Dragon Has Come"	5:05
6.	"The Heart Collector"	5:55
7.	"Engines of Hate"	4:42
8.	"The Sound of Silence"	5:13
9.	"Insignificant"	4:56
10.	"Believe in Nothing"	4:21
11.	"Dead Heart in a Dead World"	5:06

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Love Bites" (Judas Priest cover)	Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton	5:22
13.	"All the Cowards Hide"		5:56
14.	"Chances Three"		3:03

Bonus videos (2012 reissue) edit

"Next in Line" (video) - 3:58
"What Tomorrow Knows" (video) - 4:36

Limited edition live track list edit

"The River Dragon Has Come"
"Dead Heart in a Dead World"
"Inside Four Walls"
"Narcosynthesis"
"The Heart Collector"
"Engines of Hate"

Personnel edit

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 edit

Chart	Peak position
German Album Charts^[7]	57

References edit

^ "FIREWIND's Cover Version Of NEVERMORE's 'Believe In Nothing' Available For Streaming". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. September 11, 2008.
^ Dead Heart in a Dead World at AllMusic
^ "CoC : Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
^ "Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World (album review 2) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com.
^ Kaiser, Boris. "Rock Hard review". issue 161. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Rock Hard. 2005. p. 65. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
^ "charts.de". Retrieved May 25, 2013.^{[dead link]}