 | Heathen The Evolution of Chaos
3.9
excellent
| Ranking: #178 for 2010 | |
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| 3.5 great | KILL | February 2nd 10 |
holy fuck omfg omfg
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| 4.0 excellent | Resident Metalhead Piranha | July 3rd 17 |
Heathen created a criminally overlooked cornerstone in progressive/technical metal, and they disappear off the grid. Enter The Evolution of Chaos almost two decades later. Opener "Intro" than "Dying Season" reminds us of their perfection for punishing introductions. A frantic look on the fatalities and outlook of war, Heathen once again show how well they handle heavy-handed subjects and present no restrain on their guitar-heavy compositions. An excellent song indeed. "Control By Chaos," from this point forward, brings back their interest in longer compositions, and amid the flashy riffing and wild drumming, vocalist David White sounds like a grittier Bruce Dickinson, and the result is better than you think as he spits out memorable lyrics. "No Stone Unturned" is their longest composition yet at over 11 minutes, and it has the footstomping vibe of Pantera's "Walk" while grinding with a progressive outfit. The rest of the material plays out in typical yet exciting Heathen fashion. The album may lack the freshness of Victims of Deception, and the production is unfortunately brickwalled and bearable at best, The Evolution of Chaos is a leading example of veterans reminding us who are the best of the best despite the huge wave of competent newcomers.
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| 4.0 excellent | FirstStrikeIsDeadly | May 12th 14 |
Good album, though it doesn't match their previous albums (Particularly the mega ultra masterpiece that is Victims of Deception), and the production is ass incarnate. One interesting bit of trivia is that, judging by the lyrics to A Hero's Welcome, they seem to have done a political 180 from the days when they were writing songs like Pray For Death ("The government builds machines that kill/And they use our money against our will!").
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| 0.0 | chambered89 | April 17th 10 |
victims of deception mops the floor with this however this is heathen so this fcking rules
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| 4.0 excellent | Voivod STAFF | March 5th 10 |
Heathen are back for good. "Evolution of Chaos" is a worthy heir of "Victims of deception".-
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| 5.0 classic | Vortex | January 7th 10 |
All the promises they gave with 2005 demo are fulfilled.
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| 4.0 excellent | MaSuPe | August 17th 25 |
| 3.5 great | phylyps | November 26th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryan P STAFF | September 5th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Elmo | July 29th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Dantrex | February 11th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | gk1979 | October 20th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | vegaRiV | July 13th 20 |
| 3.5 great | SuzyC | June 21st 20 |
| 2.5 average | jmal00 | June 17th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Mac55 | April 15th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ziopsis | January 27th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | vegaa | January 23rd 20 |
| 3.0 good | Bossie | September 29th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | bde1314 | November 2nd 18 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | August 7th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Samppa | July 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flave | February 20th 18 |
| 3.5 great | jayt851 | September 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ElSomni | August 15th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | ICDD | March 14th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | chanson | February 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | reafer | December 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | GxTxK | October 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faenrir | October 11th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | trve | June 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | April 12th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | mEyck97 | December 13th 15 |
| 3.5 great | gas83 | December 2nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | OvTrvth | October 13th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | JIMMI | September 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | JKoppe | April 1st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tasty | March 22nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Abraxas | December 26th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | mikep87 | November 20th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Titan | October 22nd 14 |
| 3.5 great | Nash J! | September 22nd 14 |
| 3.5 great | jmh886 | August 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | WoolGun | August 4th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jackus | July 22nd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | zdebo3 | March 30th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Weirman | February 11th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | llima | January 29th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Shabz | December 29th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Digis | December 9th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Smial | September 4th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dunpeal | August 2nd 13 |
| 5.0 classic | tz2002 | January 12th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | zackseb | December 30th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | SWAGBRVH | November 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aether | July 15th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | vdop | July 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | jopower | June 15th 12 |
| 3.5 great | gedlee | June 11th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | zyklzy | April 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | amp112 | April 4th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | itsdark | January 7th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | October 11th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | tribszn | September 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | September 1st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | seifer | August 25th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tib | August 15th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | LWR | June 29th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | ev0ken | April 25th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Zaltys | March 24th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | leycec | March 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Demerick | November 29th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Luffy | October 9th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Jin | September 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | noisy | September 6th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | lkd | August 16th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | DBlitz | July 31st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Smevin | July 17th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | b35ty | June 5th 10 |
| 3.0 good | lobby | April 6th 10 |
| 3.5 great | blinky | April 1st 10 |
| 3.5 great | Nach0 | February 25th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | aeuk | January 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | met65 | January 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | RedSky | January 15th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | drewkar | January 12th 10 |
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