Victims of Deception [SEP] record label
Victims of Deception
Victims of Deception is the second album by the American thrash metal band Heathen, which was released in 1991 by Roadrunner Records. It was re-issued by Metal Mind Productions in 2006, as a digipak in a limited amount of 2000 numbered copies.
The bonus track "Hellbound" is a cover of Tygers of Pan Tang. The intro of "Hypnotized" features excerpts from a speech by evangelist Jim Jones. It was the band's last studio album for 18 years until the 2009 release of
's vocalist. They also briefly toured with late Metal Church vocalist David Wayne. In late 1988, Rick Weaver was recruited from The Dispossessed who had opened for the Midwest leg of the Heathen's national tour. He left amicably in 1989 citing creative differences. In 1990, Godfrey (now going by "David White") returned to Heathen.
History "Victims of Deception" and breakup (1991–1993).
In order to record their album "Victims of Deception", Heathen recruited Blind Illusion mainman Marc Biedermann to play bass