Heathen-Opiate Of The Masses

[bluefukingreene]

these guys need more attention...great band..they have influenced my band orion...if anyone cares to here a new band who remembers the way it was and wears the influence proudly...i have 3 demos posted...2 of which are from our debut record...rise of the monarch slaves...a melodic thrash tune about celebrity influence on society...lies within thre lies is about media prophaghanda and martial law....i appreciate those who take the time to listen..support metal with a message....

[Hughesy16LFC]

@bluefukingreene Gave it a lesson and im quite impressed. Obviously the vocals aint a strong point but they do the job. I like the themes you write about and its kl that your band is educated about conspiracies, media brainwashing, 3rd eye etc. Btw if you like technical, melodic thrash covering similar themes i suggest the albums "Think This" and "For Whose Advantage" if you havent heard them.

[Hughesy16LFC]

@bluefukingreene Yeh i look forward to it. Im a drummer too and i have to say your very talented from what ive heard, can really hear the Gene Hoglan influence in your playing. I'll subscribe to you so that i can hear/purchase your new songs.

[bluefukingreene]

@Hughesy16LFC thanks alot.i appreciate that very much.we got 8 tunes on the record... 9 if you include the intro.about an hour worth of music....this is our first record..an ep will follow by fall.

[mario1136]

Fags can argue about the better band all they want, but Heathen and Metallica are both fucking amazing

[TrollandDie]

Thrash metal fans: Being able to make any thrash metal video on YouTube turn into an argument about Metallica since 2005.

[9ELECTRICxxx]

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[Larsi1k]

Does the mainriff remind anyone else of Wake Up Dead ?

Still kicks ass ! \m/

[DeathRaiderMMT]

@Larsi1k Hey your kinda right now that i think of it. Good ear dude.

[ios4ever]

Smells like Mesa boogie...

[ccraven95]

These slower paced, driving, bludgeoning, thrash songs are definitely more heavier to me than most of the fast ones. That fucking groove @ 3:36 drives me nuts. So powerful.

Is it weird I like slow thrash?

[boltsfan39]

That. Fucking. Tone. *drools*

[LORDGOAT1976]

Was this out before Justice For All?

[mario1136]

@LORDGOAT1976 This is from 1991

[theemperorofdarkness]

@LORDGOAT1976 Nop, this record is from 1991, And Justice For All I Think is 1989

[1962Galaxie514ciMPFI]

@theemperorofdarkness ajfa is 1988

[TotalRecallArnie]

Metallica are posers. When metal was out of the mainstream in the mid nineties, Metallica abandoned it and started playing alternative rock, then after dicking around with covers and symphonies, they re-entered the studio with SHIT Anger, further selling out by giving into the Nu-Metal trend of NO solos. They finally started getting their act back together with the mediocre Death FAGnetic when thrash started going back in style. Fuck Metallica! Only their 80's stuff is worth listening to

[MegaParanoid666]

@TotalRecallArnie I've been a long time Metallica fan, but I couldn't agree more on what you said here ! you nailed it !!! old school

[aculturemind]

@TotalRecallArnie

Arguably, the death of Cliff irrevocably changed Metallica/left them destitute. I bet they thought of quitting, and thought, cliche-like, that 'Cliff wouldn't want them to give up....', but they obviously should have.

[sergeantbatman]

@aculturemind I disagree somewhat, in my opinion justice might be their best album (that or kill em' all), but yeah, It went downhill from there.

[aculturemind]

@sergeantbatman

Kill 'em All was more speed metal, infused with rock (the blues element), whereas Justice was akin to DRI's Thrash Zone - belabored and largely un-inspiring. Read the documentation on Justice. Even the band hated the title track because it was 'too long'. I don't think it was too long; it didn't have great material in it...and then it went on forever.

Ultimately, from a metal standpoint, let alone regarding 'Classical' influence (a la Cliff), Justice failed/s.

[Hughesy16LFC]

@aculturemind Blues element on Kill em All? Wtf. Kill em All is straight up thrash bro.

[aculturemind]

@Hughesy16LFC

Dude, just cos you were born without the ability to hear the same kind of harmonic figures across genres isn't my fault.

[Hughesy16LFC]

@TotalRecallArnie Oh well, their 1st 3/4 albums were great. I care about the music on masterpieces like Ride the Lightning, not if they became faggots.

[WBWFenterainment]

they got like a metallica styled intro going on.

[OVER9000VIDEOS]

finally, some thrash without all that screaming growling bullshit

[mario1136]

@OVER9000VIDEOS I know right? We need more thrash bands like Heathen, Metallica, Testament, and Tankard.

[colomo7]

Perus kiva heavy biisi...no hö......aika huikee

[Dezatomun]

This band is awesome, really reminds me of Anthrax.

[21MetalMania12]

@Dezatomun BEST COMMENT EVER, everyone else says it sounds like metallica. honestly it sounds like you mixed both

[wilbawild1]

the bands totally sick they remind me of a young metallica but the singer tops but not for this band they write sick music but there lyrics and there timing of threw theres songs seems off not likemetallica and james just seem to roll and match there music were this doesn't

[rutbuck12]

AT 1:10...I FUCKIN' BLACKED OUT!!!

[5249178]

i hate metallica and guess why.. they are t(h)rash

[MetalAttack1986]

@5249178 their new crap is definitely t(h)rash. I hear they do it for the money and that they don't even care about thrashing anymore. Dumb greedy 50 year olds!! >:(

At least there are awesome thrash bands like these that still thrashard! \m/

[jline623]

@5249178 Finally someone who knows what Metal is and who (metallicant) isn't Metal!

[elvarwinston]

I fucking love this band but i just cannot seem to like the vocals although i like this kind of high pitched vocals

[ThrashTillDeath322]

this album is considerably better than master of dogshit and justice for all.

[degenerate315]

@ThrashTillDeath322 yeah, Metallica is overrated to fucking death, but still Master and Justice are thrash masterpieces.

[cephestus]

@ThrashTillDeath322 you mean INjustice for all ahahah loll

[metallica10028]

this song kicks asshole

[halfdeadjp]

i listened to these guys before a few months ago and almost ignored them, now that i gone and listened to them for a 2nd time...im addicted

[Thomas99Anderson]

The guitar tone has a "...And Justice for All" sound to it, but the vocals sound a lot like Joey Belladona of Anthrax.

[RippedSupreme]

they kinda have an anthrax-like sound in the vocals. as for the instruments, they're decent, but it seems like they need to compose riffs a lil better, it feels like something is missing here.

[BSUOSUlover]

@RippedSupreme I think you just need to listen to them a little more. A lot of their guitar work is very dense and technical, so it definately takes some time and focus to work out any real catchy riffs.

[cephestus]

@RippedSupreme maybe a guitar solo here and there or maybe another guitar but yeah i see what your saing

[ShadaZs]

there should be tabs for this track

[ZiggyStdu]

sounds alot like sex to my ears

[arrestedshrimp]

"this album is a better "and justice for all"" as quoted by ryan waste

[blackmeatdude]

@arrestedshrimp no comparison mettalica's, side, tho haha i love em both

[metalhead158622]

this album rapes MOP and all other Metallica albums

[EvisceratorBand]

@metalhead158622 So then...this album just rapes Metallica. Just like Accuser's Repent album does, too.

[metalhead158622]

@EvisceratorBand yep

[TerrorizerGrindspeed]

@EvisceratorBand alot of albums from the 80s shits on metallica lol

[themetalman34]

i am christian but this is good

[EvisceratorBand]

@themetalman34 I actually like Believer more than I like Heathen, though. And I'm NOT Christian.

[dieseldrummer1500]

Great tune man!

[AQMikke55]

any1 got tabs for this song??? cant find the tab :((

[MasterMetallicaCover]

This is not even close MoP, More like And justice for all (y) anyways, ajfa pwns MoP in the ass :)

[metllica333]

sound like anthrax with a feel of megadeth . . sweetness

[85ihateposeurs]

That riff at 7:00 it's the opening riff of Lobotomy by Sepultura! I've been trying all day to remember where I heard that riff from, and I finally figured it out! Go and listen for yourself you'll see what I mean.

[Luis444Felipe]

@85ihateposeurs awesome song by sepultura

[dickbonerstein]

Wow this album is awesome, I didn't think they would be able to top Breaking the Silence, which is also very very good.

[Shovelheaded666]

Rather than constantly ripping on other bands we should look at other bands that are doing well, Kreator and Overkill have both released a killer album and Sodom is soon to release an album in fall of 2010 which i'm excited for

[MrMetallica124]

Sounds alot like Anthrax

[EvisceratorBand]

@MrMetallica124 Yeah, it's basically Anthrax if they were better.

[timothy316666]

@MrMetallica124 sounds more like metallica's ...and justice for all

[kzone15243]

everyone stop comparing bands to metallica. this song is awsome, metallica is also. This is thrash at it's best. And for those of you say metallica are sellouts, well basically they do whatever the fuck they want, just like they always did, and they still are making good music going on 30 plus years. Who's to say they sold out. Lets just enjoy this song instead of bitching back and forth.

[ZiggyStdu]

why is almost every metal song or album compared to something by metallica? metallica is overated and you can pretty much walk down your street or block and find somebody that has more talent than metallica.

[nedwardo642]

@ZiggyStdu everything is compared to metallica because they are the most over rated band in the world and that makes them better than every1 ( apparrently ) .. tho tbh ive heard 13 year olds play guitar and write better songs than them .. and heathen are a million times better than metallica because heathen are unreal

[EvisceratorBand]

@nedwardo642 Haha, exactly. "They make way more sales, so they must be better," talk about illogical. I guess Justin Bieber (or however you spell his stupid last name) is hella talented. I mean for fuck's sake, my friend's band is getting signed but everyone except their bassist (who hasn't listened to my music yet) fucking worships my music and I'm not even getting anywhere with it, business wise. I probably couldn't if I tried, because I'm not a business man. I'm a musician.

[JuditasPriest]

I really enjoyed the music but I dont like that much the voice.. dont know why... I like bands that have clean voices, for example anthrax, flotsam &jetsam, Vio-lence, etc... I'll keep listening his band, maybe I'll like the voice later.

[alexguerreiro15]

this reminds me a lot of metallica´s master of puppets album

[robbysharolaid]

any album does haha naw i like metallica saw them in o8 with lamb of god bad ass it was

[MrSetAbominae]

@raglfragloo

The riffs are indeed similar, but are not identical. In my opinion, this song is better than Frayed Ends of Sanity. No disrespect to early 'tallica though. Without albums like Kill Em All or ...And Justice For All, this song wouldn't exist!

[supremetit]

@MrSetAbominae not nessarily, all thrash metal doesnt have to be inspired by metallica lol

[MasterAtheist]

metallica and heathen both slay ass, no hating \m/

[jline623]

@MasterAtheist metallica doesn't slay any ass except each others! They're fucking gay! Heathen on the other hand is still playing intense fucking Metal!

[mario1136]

@MasterAtheist Thank you! Fuck these ignorant Metallica haters. Heathen, Testament, Kreator, Vio-lence, Metallica, and so many other bands kick ass

[jongmagee]

intro,

i thought of Mop lol

[raglfragloo]

uhmmmm...y does it end with frayed ends of sanity opening riff?????

[Mutahnt]

metallica is shit, don't compare their shitty music with this Masterpiece of Heathen please

[jesusvalles54]

the vocalist has an anthrax voice

[corprlfish]

Rolfl youtube flame war XD

[hesher8]

wow this shit kicks major ass

[FahlazadDO]

This album has got the best riffs I've ever heard.

[robinzhooded]

Decent song, main riff is too slow and repetitive though, great solos, last riff sounds like metallicas harvester of sorrow, hell this sounds alot like and justice for all.

[ThrashTillDeath322]

this albums probably a little bit better than than justice to me

but i love AJFA

harvester of sorrow is my favourite off that album too.

[WakingPast]

great band!!!!!

[aidanyoubetterreply]

ur a great band!

[WakingPast]

;D thanks dude

[aidanyoubetterreply]

np man, any news on getting onto a digital store so i can buy ur stuff?

[aidanyoubetterreply]

no problem man, i look forward to its release. i'll be the first to buy it!

[ThrashTillDeath322]

this band hasn't got one bad song let alone a bad album.

if this album alone "victims of deception" hasn't sold more than 50 million albums then there is something wrong with this fucking world, where is everyone? listening to the jonas brothers and nickleback

[Acisor]

3:35

[black6light]

Hey if you like a bit of thrash check out underground Scottish metal band INSANITA on youtube. Loads of original songs up and a few covers too! your comments would be appreciated, thanks! :) and we have a song called heathen....

[toddfuknturner]

anthrax ripp off lmao its pretty good though

[KoolDudester]

@toddfuknturner doesn't even sound like anthrax dude, are you braindead.

[toddfuknturner]

@KoolDudester it does to not only me bro i remember when this band was out and alot of us thought they sounded simalar accept anthrax is wayyyy better

[supmayne1]

Anthrax is terrible

[toddfuknturner]

yah i like some of there stuff!! im not like a huge anthrax fan but some older anthrax isnt bad niether is heathen but as i was saying there sound is very simalar especially the vocals!!

[tylr322]

yea the douche face retard scott ian wants to form a band with fall out boy now?

anthrax is lost and gone now

luckily megadeth, kreator and testament are still good, and overkill are still kicking ass too!

[supmayne1]

I think Testament lost their spark ...

And I bought a new album of Overkill

for like 2 bucks ... And to my suprise wasnt that terrible

Not as good as Feel the Fire of course but still decent job

Called like Relix somethin

[gmmiszalig]

ReliXIV is how it's called. Go pick ub their freshly released album Ironbound. It kicks major ass.

[AnuclypseMetal]

@gmmiszalig

i bought ironbound couple days back.

it kicks maximum ass

[CorporalKenner]

their most recent album is better than RelixIV

[TillmannBTVdrums]

don't forget slayer man! world painted blood kicks ass.

and war bringer with their new album waking into nightmares.

[OphidianLord]

and SLAYER and DESTRUCTION and EXODUS

[55bored]

@toddfuknturner Are you a troll?

[toddfuknturner]

no im blood elf nome lmaaaoo

[metallibanger]

metallica make all in thrash metal ALL

fast, short songs, long and intricade, harmonys, instrumentals, ballads

they are the kings

[zoidburg111]

ummm....metallica sux ASS now......noisey discordant crap they spew out

[12341234123456789101]

nah dude they got a few songs i dnt really care for half of them but they got a couple good songs and you no it so dont piss your pants saying how bad they are and these guys kinda suck

[thrashcunt1]

yeah fuck metalica

[MetallicAbeatLP]

@zoidburg111

MetallicA r the best son

[FreekillPT]

ahahahahah thanks dumbass i never laughed so much, you made my day, i never thought than human stupidity never has been so high!

[zeth205]

favorited in 10 sec new record lol

[supmayne1]

Heathen is good but jesus fuckin crist they have like intros like Torture(another underrated thrash band listen to Terror Kingdom) does ...

[Gianfrancoco]

Great song! I love the album cover.

[thrashtildethxx]

way better than MOP best part is these guys never sold out which makes it that much better, in simple terms heathen>metallica

[wentusdude]

Dude whats with the bash metallica thing? I mean metallica has produced good records KEA, RTL, MOP, AJFA, The black album and DM. sure load and reload were a bit weaker but u still have to admit that without metallica many other great thrash bands would never have existed. And please explain how metallica are sell outs.

[Austeenob]

Mettalica (mainly lars) sued napster because people were downloading free mettalica music, he wanted them to pay.. he wanted the money..

[Bobbe92]

man Really if you spent a shitload of your time making your music wouldnt you be fucking pissed if ppl just got it for free ? hell man artists also need to earn something to put the bread on their tables... I would have sued also If I spent my whole life writing music and ppl where just downloading for free

[razorslice17]

I've never seen a bigger fanboy. "artists also need to earn something to put bread on the table" LOL Metallica certainly wasn't running out of money anytime soon. They're just money hungry pigs. Fun fact: going on a nation-wide tour will bring in a LOT more money than good album sales. Unfortunately Ulrich doesn't live in reality.

[Bobbe92]

So being against downloading music is being a Fanboy?, I would also be pissed if I knew the stuff I worked hard to put out was just being given away, but well that's just me, it has nothing to do with Metallica being well Metallica since I didnt even listened to Metallica when that happened (I was little xD I have 17 years btw) and I agree with you on the Lars Fact xD he is Just a douchebag, although I'm cool with James Kirk and Rob

[Mortal0121]

I don't know about all of you, but if I was able to sustain my lifestyle with tour proceeds, I wouldn't care if people downloaded my work, hell I'd probably make it available myself.

[XsavagistX]

youre a moron. record labels end up stealing MORE money from bands "mouths" than fans do. labels as middlemen completely rip bands off big time. the whole industry is a piece of crap.

[Bobbe92]

man really you missed my whole point xD I know Labels keep with the majority of the money what I was trying to say is that I would also be pissed off if something I worked so hard was being given away for free, Think as if you were a Doctor, you discover a medicine(Awesome Meds) so you start selling it, then you discover that someone is giving it for free, of course ya' earn more from surgery's health exams etc.. but how would ya' feel?

[KoolDudester]

@Bobbe92 yeah well guess what, in this day and age the artists will probably make more money and find it easier to get publicity as well as have artistic freedom by going the route of selling their music off their own website and spreading it through myspace and message boards.

Especially thrash bands because god knows they're not going to end up playing this on the radio. In fact we're lucky most of the time if we even get more mainstream heavy bands on the radio these days.

[Austeenob]

but furst 4 records were insanely good, your so right

[Morthelion]

MOP 1986

VOD 1991

wow Metallica was 5 years ahead with MOP...even in this song are so many parts i've heard in metallica songs before...so METALLICA>>>heathen

[CMStrike316]

lol, of course some dickhead gave me a thumbs down. Apparently it's illegal to like Metallica on the internet.

[supmayne1]

finally u figured it out

[TRUEMETALHEAD666]

Agreed.

[ThrashHard08]

This Album owns master of puppets... well i think so anyway...

[psycho4life91]

I heard the whole album,and i have to igree it is better than MOP.

[KingBizarre]

yes it does. Heathen is one the most underrated bands ever.

[ThrashTillDeath322]

@ThrashHard08 no doubt...

[Metallicafan2910]

@ThrashHard08 Well, It really depends since MOP isn't a fully thrash album. I love both.

[jiminey6969]

@Metallicafan2910 what do you consider a "fully thrash album?" whatever wikipedia tells you?

[Metallicafan2910]

@jiminey6969 I would say Reign In Blood or Bonded By Blood

[jiminey6969]

@Metallicafan2910 Technicality does not make you any less thrash.

case in point: Heathen, Voivod, Annihlator, Dark Angel.

Sure Kill 'Em All and Ride the Lighting are better albums, but saying Master of Puppets is 'less thrash' than the above does nothing but make you a complete shithead.

[Metallicafan2910]

@jiminey6969 Master Of Puppets is my favorite album of all time. But it's not my favorite Thrash album. I would not call Sanitarium or Thingy thrash songs, therefore i don't see mop as a fully thrash album.

[jiminey6969]

Metallicafan2910 confirmed for complete shithead.

since when the fuck does having a ballad void your album from being "full" thrash? I guess you think Heathen's new album isn't "full" thrash either, because it has a ballad?

[Metallicafan2910]

@jiminey6969 You know what? I don't even going to answer you. You are the one who's the total shithead here. Here I am, just telling me opinion, and you are calling me all kinds of shit ? Grow up dude. And go to a concert.

[jiminey6969]

@Metallicafan2910 Ah, of course. you lack any form of argument and give up. also lol @ you thinking i've never been to a show before.

[Metallicafan2910]

@jiminey6969 Beat my list if you please: Metallica x5 Gojira x 2 Fear Factory x 2 Lamb Of God x 2 Mastodon x 3 Slayer x 1 Down x 1 The Sword x 1 Trivium x 1 Amon Amarth x 1

[jiminey6969]

@Metallicafan2910

1) "grr i've seen more bands live than you i HAVE to bee WAYY MORE RAD THAN YOU BITCH" you've got to be extremely butthurt to play that card.

2) hahahahahaha trivium. that right there just voided any opinion on metal you might have had.

i've won this argument. there is nothing you can do or say to prove otherwise.

[Metallicafan2910]

@jiminey6969 Yeah, Trivium sucks dick, I agree on that one. But the main thing is that we both think this song by Heathen is awesome, right ?

[jiminey6969]

@Metallicafan2910 yea, i can agree with you there...

[italydudes]

@ThrashHard08 yeah the first note remind me that too! cooool

[ThrashTillDeath322]

@ThrashHard08 so do i

[FuckinMetal3694]

@ThrashHard08 why cuz its not as popular ? get ur mind out of your ass...

[chickenfetusnarr]

@ThrashHard08 and justice for all maybe, but Master of puppets.....

[themetalman34]

@ThrashHard08 master of puppets was alright. the best album was rust in peace, and then probably alice in hell