The Hardest Heart Explained

The Hardest Heart
Type:	studio
Artist:	In Strict Confidence
Cover:	In Strict Confidence - The Hardest Heart.jpg
Released:	November 25, 2016
Genre:	Electronic music
Label:	Minuswelt Musikfabrik, Metropolis Records
Prev Title:	Utopia
Prev Year:	2012

The Hardest Heart is In Strict Confidence's ninth studio album.^[1] Released only a month after it was originally announced October 19, 2016. It was released as a CD, Limited Double CD and Limited Edition box which also contained Face the Fear on cassette.^[2]

Regarding the long wait between albums, front-man Dennis Ostermann told Side-Line magazine:

Artwork

The artwork was created by Stefan Heilemann who previously collaborated with In Strict Confidence with his award-winning 2011 art book "Laugh, cry and scream", which had an accompanying CD of their music.^[3] He has also created artwork for bands such as Lindemann, Kamelot, Nightwish and Megaherz.^[4]

Critical reception

The album reached number 2 album in the Deutsche Alternative Charts in early 2017^[5] and the song Herz reached number 9 as a single.^[6]

Singles and EPs

• Somebody Else's Dream
• Everything Must Change
• Herz & Frozen Kisses

Notes and References

1. Web site: In Strict Confidence - The Hardest Heart. allmusic. 23 March 2018.
2. Web site: In Strict Confidence - News. In Strict Confidence. 23 March 2018.
3. Web site: About Heilemania Healing Mania. Heilemann. 25 March 2018.
4. Web site: Heilemania Band Artwork Archive. Heilemann. 25 March 2018.
5. isc_music . 822061852578480128 . 19 January 2017 . New album "THE HARDEST HEART" climbed to position 2 of "Deutsche Alternative Charts"! Yeah! .
6. Web site: Deutsche Alternative Charts Week 11 2017. DAC. 24 March 2018. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20170314190350/http://wp1091379.server-he.de/dac/dac/. 14 March 2017.