Dead Heart in a Dead World

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.

Dead Heart in a Dead World
Studio album by Nevermore
Released	October 17, 2000
Recorded	July 2000
Studio	Village Productions, Tornillo, Texas Robert Lang Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Progressive metal, thrash metal
Length	56:30
Label	Century Media
Producer	Andy Sneap
Nevermore chronology
Dreaming Neon Black (1999) Dead Heart in a Dead World (2000) Enemies of Reality (2003)

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.

The River Dragon Has Come is based on the 1975 Banqiao Dam failure and the lyrics of the song criticize human errors.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Chronicles of Chaos	[4]
Sputnikmusic	[5]
Rock Hard	9.5/10[6]

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.^[7]

Track listing

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

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

Limited edition live track list

1. "The River Dragon Has Come"
2. "Dead Heart in a Dead World"
3. "Inside Four Walls"
4. "Narcosynthesis"
5. "The Heart Collector"
6. "Engines of Hate"

Personnel

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

Chart	Peak position
German Album Charts[8]	57