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The San Francisco Bay Area has produced what is arguably the greatest lineage Heavy Metal in the 30-odd years of the peteras Rainbow, the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) and the first wave of Thrash Metal (Metallica and Exodus), Heathen was formed in late 1984 by Russian-born Lee Altus (guitars) and Carl Sacco (drums). Vocalist Sam Kress and guitarist Jim Sanguinetti joined the duo and this primordial version of Heathen played one gig in April 1985. Within the year, Kress and Sanguinetti (who moved on to Mordred)were replaced with Dave White of Blind Illusion and Doug Piercy of Anvil Chorus/Control; and Eric Wong (Specter) was enlisted as Heathen's first bass player. This revamped lineup of Heathen debuted at the Mabuhay Gardens in SanpeterHeadbangers' Ball.


Heathen have their albums available for free download on their Official Site

Great Band, My fav. Album is Breaking The Silence.

Awesome band, alot of the parents of this generation that like thrash know Heathen; and when conversing with someone from that era, mentioning Heathen will earn you props biggrin