Heathen "Breaking The Silence"

Heathen is an American thrash metal band originating from the San Francisco Bay Area, active from 1984 to 1993 and again from 2001 onwards. Despite never achieving commercial success, the band is often credited – alongside Exodus, Testament, Forbidden, Death Angel and Vio-lence – as one of the leaders of the Bay Area thrash metal scene of the mid-to-late 1980s, and they have gone through several line-up changes, leaving guitarist Lee Altus as the only constant member. 

Breaking the Silence is the debut album by American thrash metal band Heathen, released in 1987 by Combat Records. As of 1987, the album sold about 100,000 copies worldwide.

Track listing

Side A

1. "Death by Hanging" 5:04
2. "Goblin's Blade" 4:34
3. "Open the Grave" 7:22
4. "Pray for Death" 3:42

Side B

1. "Set Me Free" (Sweet cover) 3:46
2. "Breaking the Silence" 5:51
3. "World's End" 7:05
4. "Save the Skull" 5:22

Total length: 42:46

CD bonus track

1. "Heathen" 6:33

Total length: 49:19

The 1999 CD reissue by Century Media Records was manufactured in two countries with different barcodes, matrix numbers, master(ing) and mould SID codes. Same labelcode. Barcodes starting with 7: Czech Republic, barcode starting with 5: Germany.

Recording information:

Drum tracks recorded at Studio D, Sausalito, CA, other tracks recorded at Music Annex, Menlo Park, CA.