Thrash metal legends Heathen bring their classic and modern hits to X-Ray Arcade.
Heathen, a cornerstone of the Bay Area thrash metal scene, is set to electrify X-Ray Arcade. Known for their intelligent yet aggressive sound, Heathen blends melody with the raw power of thrash. Their performance promises a journey through their storied career, from early classics to their latest releases.
Joining Heathen are Void, Egodeath, and Parasite, each bringing their unique thrash styles to the stage. This lineup offers a full spectrum of thrash metal, from vampiric power thrash to crossover styles. X-Ray Arcade provides an intimate setting, perfect for metal fans to experience the intensity up close.
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For the past 40 years, the venerated Thrash Metal outfit Heathen has abided by its never-say-die attitude. Formed in 1984 in San Francisco’s Bay Area—home to Exodus, Metallica, Testament, and Death Angel—Heathen quickly separated itself from the pack by expertly fusing David White’s distinctive vocals with a melody-driven and forward-thinking musical style. The band’s first two albums, Breaking the Silence and Victims of Deception, are widely regarded as Bay Area Thrash classics. The Heathen brand of intelligent yet aggressive Thrash appealed not only to the genre’s core demographic, but also to Metal fans looking for brains behind the brawn. The modern-era albums, The Evolution of Chaos and Empire of the Blind, continued to push the boundaries of the genre, expanding their audience while restoring faith in vicious yet brainy Thrash Metal, the very kind that put Heathen on the map. In recent years, the band has toured the world extensively with contemporaries such as Testament, Exodus, Overkill, and Symphony X, culminating in the release of the Bleed the World: Live album. Now, with a new label home at Napalm Records, Heathen continues to deliver its brand of heavy yet melodic Thrash Metal with the new 12” Maxi Single Never a God. Produced by guitarist Kragen Lum and mixed by Zeuss, Never a God serves as a bridge between the past and the present, as well as the pathway leading toward a bright future: the next Heathen album.
