Thrashcast Episode 5: Heathen's "Victims of Deception" from 1991
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Show Notes:
Episode Five: Heathen's Victims of Deception (1991). This is the second studio album released April 12th, 1991 on Roadrunner Records as part of the San Francisco Bay area thrash scene. Heathen were mentioned among other distinguished acts like Testament, Violence, Death Angel and Forbidden. This album is considered to be a landmark release based on moving towards a more technical and progressive direction than it's predecessor. The record features many tempo changes, complex song structures, odd time signatures, longer songs and more guitar solos.
The group consisted of Lee Altus and Doug Piercy on guitars, David White on vocals, Darren Minter on drums and the bass parts were recorded by Blind Illusion's Marc Biedermann. Heathen did not have a regular bass player and struggled at that position, however Marc agreed to record bass for the album. Unfortunately, the band had many bassists on tour; including Randy Laire from the band Vision.
The album had two singles and one of them was a cover of Rainbow's Kill the King and the other single being Prisoners of Fate. Victims did receive high praise from many critics, despite the constant line-up issues and many hail this as one of the best progressive thrash albums ever produced.
Fun Fact: The album is often considered a twin to Metallica's ...And Justice For All for it's bold musical direction and style. There is also a B-side recording of the cover song Hellbound from The Tygers of Pan Tang that was added to the Japanese Edition.
Kenneth Gallant, HMS
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