Heretic (Morbid Angel album)
Heretic is the seventh studio album by the Florida death metal band Morbid Angel. This would be their last under Earache Records, as the band decided not to renew its contract, and also the last to feature Pete Sandoval and with Steve Tucker until his return on 2017's Kingdoms Disdained.
| Heretic | ||||
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| Studio album by Morbid Angel | ||||
| Released | September 23, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | DOW Studios, Seffner, Florida | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 53:12 1:09:44 (Bonus tracks) 32:20 (Bonus Levels) | |||
| Label | Earache | |||
| Producer | Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez, Morbid Angel | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 9/10 |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Metal.de | 9/10 |
| Ox-Fanzine | 10/10 |
| Rock Hard | 9.5/10 |
| Sputnikmusic | |
The album was recorded at Diet of Worms Studios by Juan Gonzalez. Heretic is the band's first album not recorded at Morrisound Recording.
The second track, "Enshrined by Grace", is featured on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre soundtrack. It also had a music video which received airplay in the months following the album release.
Nile vocalist/guitarist Karl Sanders, played the outro guitar solo of "God of Our Own Divinity".
The song "Born Again" is actually the outro guitar solo from the song "Secured Limitations" from 2000's Gateways to Annihilation.