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HEATHEN
CURRENT NAME	Heathen
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	San Francisco, California, USA
STATUS	Active
FORMED IN	1984
LABEL	Mascot Records
GENRE	Thrash metal
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2006-02-01, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2011-07-18, 12:33

Band biography

Heathen was an American thrash metal band that was formed in San Fransisco in late 1984. They quickly became one of the most prominent Bay Area bands before splitting up sometime around 1991 as the interest for real metal was beginning to fade (another source says that they didn't break up until 1996). They reunited in the year 2000 and a new self-financed album was released in 2004. In the morning of May 23rd, 2005, former Heathen bassist Mike "Yaz" Jastremski sadly passed away. In late January 2006 the band signed a new contract with the French label Season Of Mist.

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Current members Add - Fetch
Jon Torres	2004-	Bass	See also Angel Witch, Laaz Rockit, Lord Weird Slough Feg, The
Ira Black	-1992-, 2000-	Guitars	See also Lizzy Borden
Lee Altus	1984-1991, 2000-	Guitars	See also Angel Witch, Exodus
David Godfrey	1985-1988, 1989-1991, 2000-	Vocals
Kragen Lum	2007-	Guitars
Mark Hernandez	2007-	Drums	See also Forbidden, Technocracy, Torque, Vio-lence

Former members Add - Fetch
Paul Baloff	1988-1989	Vocals	See also Exodus, Hirax
Mike "Yaz"	1986-1991, -2003-2004	Bass
Doug Piercy	1984-1991	Guitars	See also Angel Witch, Anvil Chorus, Company, The
Carl Sacco	1984-1987	Drums
Eric Wong	1985-1986	Bass	See also Unjust
James Sanguinetti	1984-1984	Guitars	See also Mordred
Sam Kress	1984-1985	Vocals
Darren Minter	1987-1991, 2000-2007	Drums	See also Brutal Groove, Deconstruct
Terry Lauderdale	2005-2007	Guitars

Session musicians Add - Fetch
Thaen Rasmussen		Guitars	On Victims.
Marc Biedermann		Guitars	On Victims.

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Official releases Add
1986	Pray For Death	No label
1987	Breaking The Silence	Combat Records
1991	Victims Of Deception	Roadrunner Records
2004	Recovered	Heathen Inc.
2009	The Evolution Of Chaos 9.5 / 10 Read our review here	King

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Heathen performing live in 1987.

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