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1) Heathen is a North American thrash metal band originating from the Bay Area California, founded in 1984 by guitarist Lee Altus and drummer Carl Sacco. They have released two critically acclaimed albums, “Breaking The Silence” (1987) and “Victims Of Deception” (1991).
First Era (1984-1992)
Heathen was formed in 1984 by two friends, guitarist Lee Altus (who was a native of Ukraine (U.S.S.R. then)) and drummer Carl Sacco (formerly of Metal Church). The pair later recruited lead vocalist Sam Kress and second guitarist Jim Sanguinetti. The band did not have a bass player in their early years, and this would carry on later when the band had notorious amounts of trouble finding a permanent bass player. This first lineup only played one gig in 1985.
Shortly after this first gig Sam Kress and Jim Sanguinetti (the later of which went on to form the funk-thrash combo Mordred) left the group and were replaced by new vocalist David Godfrey (formerly of Blind Illusion) and new guitarist Doug Piercy (formerly of Anvil Chorus and Control). The bands also recruited their first bassist, Eric Wong around the same time. This lineup debuted in early 1986.
Now finally with a stable lineup, the band played many shows around the Bay Area and gained notoriety as an excellent act, their early style largely combined the aggression of thrash metal with the sophistication and melodic vocal style of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement.
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Victims Of Deception
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The Evolution Of Chaos
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Breaking The Silence
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Orgnum
The leads on Victims of deception album are absolutely astonishing.
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skoro1975
German old school (1988) speed/thrash metal band: - S.D.I. - MEGAMOSH mosh mosh mosh mosh listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SezopZSHK04
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[Mercy Is No Virtue] LYRICAL （´・ω・）
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Thank you for helping Chuck Billy
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metalinvader34
Victims of Deception!
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InfernalDemon
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MetalFranker
Death By Hanging + Goblins Blade > all :p
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Runoflife
Best US thrash metal band.
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Arkrotep
Best thrash band out of the second wave of the bay area scene.[2]
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BoubouMacoute
Dying Season \m/
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soullessmate
Best thrash band out of the second wave of the bay area scene.
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Kilgorer
Victims of deception is THE best thrash album for me without a doubt.
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adrian1265
New album is great \m/
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AusMetal96
Personally, I found The Evolution of Chaos to be a breath of fresh air. Their sound is definitely more modern, but it still kicks ass. A lot of other bands have come back with modernised Thrash albums and sound pretty bad. The new Slayer albums for example (just my opinion), but TEOC definitely one of the best comeback albums.
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Mikorn
@blackdeathrash, weird. i thought it was the best comeback album in years. it does sound modern compared to the older ones, but hey music sound has developed since 1980s-90s and theres not lot we can do about it.
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blackdeathrash
Breaking the Silence and Victims of Deception are both great. I didn't like the songs that I heard from The Evolution of Chaos because of the guitar sound and vocals.
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