Whatever It May Take

Whatever It May Take
Studio album by
Heaven Shall Burn
Released10 December 2001 (2001-12-10)
RecordedOctober 2001
StudiosRape of Harmonies Studios, Germany
Genres
Length48:24
LabelLifeforce
ProducerPatrick W. Engel
Heaven Shall Burn chronology
Asunder
(2000)		 Whatever It May Take
(2001)		 Antigone
(2004)
Alternative cover
Cover of the 2007 Re-Release
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star
Rock Hard8.0/10
Sputnikmusic5/5

Whatever It May Take is the second studio album by German melodic death metal band Heaven Shall Burn, released via Lifeforce Records in 2001. Initially planned for a December 3 release, the digipacks were destroyed in an accident on the way to the pressing plant, postponing the release date to December 10, 2001. A limited vinyl variant was released in February 2002, but due to a mistake by the pressing plant, the label only received 870 of 1000 copies, 200 of them on coloured vinyl. The album also received a South American release via Liberation Records, with an additional intro and the bonus track "Pass Away".

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Maik Weichert.

No.TitleLength
1."Behind a Wall of Silence"3:42
2."The Worlds in Me"4:22
3."The Martyrs' Blood"4:16
4."It Burns Within"4:29
5."Implore the Darken Sky"5:08
6."The Few Upright"2:16
7."Whatever It May Take"3:44
8."Ecowar"3:22
9."Naked Among Wolves"4:16
10."The Fire"4:12
11."Casa de Caboclo" (Point of No Return cover)2:46
12."Implore the Darken Sky" (Classic version)5:08
Total length:47:35
South American Version
No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:49
14."Pass Away" 
2007 Re-Release
No.TitleLength
1."The Few Upright"2:17
2."Behind a Wall of Silence"3:41
3."The Fire"4:11
4."Naked Among Wolves"4:17
5."The Martyr's Blood"4:15
6."The Worlds in Me"4:20
7."Implore the Darken Sky"5:07
8."Ecowar"2:59
9."It Burns Within"4:28
10."Whatever It May Take"3:44
11."io"2:01
12."Casa de Caboclo" (Point of No Return cover)2:47
13."Implore the Darken Sky" (Classic version)5:07
Total length:49:14

Notes

Personnel

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

References

  1. 1 2 Whatever It May Take at AllMusic. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Heaven Shall Burn Whatever It May Take". www.sputnikmusic.com. Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ Albrecht, Frank. "Rock Hard - Whatever It May Take review". www.rockhard.de (in German). Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ "News". www.heavenshallburn.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2001. Retrieved August 26, 2026. OUT DECEMBER 3RD ON LIFEFORCE RECORDS NEW ALBUM ...whatever it may take.
  5. ↑ "Newsflash". www.visions.com (in German). Visions.de. Retrieved August 23, 2026.
  6. ↑ ">> NEWS 02/27/02". www.impressionrec.com. Impression Records. Archived from the original on December 5, 2002. Retrieved August 23, 2026. Unfortunately the pressingplant fucked up something and we got only a total amount of 870 copies (200 of them on coloured vinyl and 100 of them are already gone).

Whatever It May Take at AllMusic