Breaking the Silence (Heathen album)
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Publication |
May 1, 1987 (rerelease 1999/2008) |
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| Label (s) | Combat Records | |||
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Title (number) |
8 (13) |
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running time |
42:37 (72:16) |
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Ronnie Montrose |
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Studio (s) |
Studio D, Sausalito Music Annex, Menlo Park |
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Breaking the Silence is the debut album by the US thrash metal band Heathen . It was released on May 1, 1987 via Combat Records .
Emergence
In 1984 Lee Altus , influenced by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the large number of Thrash bands in the Bay Area (e.g. Exodus , Metallica and many more), began to set up his own band. After various line-up changes in the beginning, Heathen finally recorded Breaking the Silence as a debut album with the line-up of David Godfrey, Lee Altus, Doug Piercy, Mike Jastremski and Carl Sacco . In 1986 the band released the demo Pray for Death , which caused a sensation in the scene.
Songs
- Death By Hanging - (5:04)
- Goblins Blade - (4:32)
- Open the Grave - (7:21)
- Pray for Death - (3:41)
- Set Me Free (Sweet) - (3:45)
- Breaking the Silence - (5:50)
- Worlds End - (7:05)
- Save The Skull - (5:20)
- Heathen - (6:32)
- Pray for Death (Demo) - (5:22)
- Goblins Blade (Demo) - (4:28)
- Open the Grave (Demo) - (7:20)
- Heathen (demo) - (6:57)
The ninth song, Heathen, is a bonus song that was not featured on the original vinyl release. Tracks 10 to 13 are included as a bonus on the 1999 and 2008 re-releases and are the original versions of the demo Pray dor Death (1986) . Through this demo the band managed to get their first record deal .
With Set Me Free , the album also includes a cover of the 1974 Sweet song. This song was released in 1987 as a single.
publication
Breaking the Silence was released on May 1, 1987 as an eight track record. The CD version contained nine songs with the title Heathen as a bonus track. After the CD had been difficult to find for a long time, new editions were released in 1999 and 2008, which also contain the complete demo Pray for Death .
reception
Breaking the Silence sold well and is now considered a classic of the genre, alongside Exodus' s Bonded by Blood .
The album received excellent reviews from the trade press. The Rock Hard awarded 9.5 out of 10 points in the review
"There are eight tracks in 'Breaking The Silence', and absolutely each one goes far beyond the normal Thrash standard."
Especially singer David Godfrey is repeatedly praised and sometimes even compared with Bruce Dickinson . The guitar duo Altus / Godfrey and drummer Piercy are also praised for their precise playing.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c laut.de
- ↑ musicmight.com ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ rockhard.de
- ↑ metalstorm.net
