Ravenheart is the second studio album by German symphonic metal band Xandria, released on 24 May 2004 via Drakkar Entertainment label.
With their second album Xandria suddenly became known in the gothic and metal scene, acquiring many new listeners thanks to the title track and its accompanying music video.
Recorded and mixed in the Belgian studio of producer José Alvarez-Brill (Wolfsheim, among others), in the months of December 2003 to February 2004, the album presents many different musical styles; in fact, together with the producer the band experimented with soundtrack-like tracks, bombastic arrangements, modern guitar riffs, and rhythmic samples.
About the making of Ravenheart, Xandria's main composer and guitarist Marco Heubaum said: We didn't want to stand still.
The debut album was like a well-knit statement on whose basis new territory could be opened up, further musical dreams could be realized now.