Heretic (Morbid Angel album)

Heretic
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2003[1]
RecordedDOW Studios, Seffner, Florida
GenreDeath metal
Length53:12
1:09:44 (Bonus tracks)
32:20 (Bonus Levels)
LabelEarache
ProducerJuan "Punchy" Gonzalez, Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel chronology
Gateways to Annihilation
(2000)
Heretic
(2003)
Illud Divinum Insanus
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chronicles of Chaos9/10[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Metal.de9/10[6]
Ox-Fanzine10/10[7]
Rock Hard9.5/10[8]
Sputnikmusic[9]

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.

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.

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  2. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "Morbid Angel Heretic". Allmusic. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
  3. ^ Smit, Jackie (March 23, 2004). "CoC : Morbid Angel - Heretic : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 331. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Morbid Angel". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5 (4th ed.). MUZE. pp. 886–887. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  6. ^ Sickinger, Norman. "Morbid Angel - Heretic Review". metal.de. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  7. ^ Vollmer, Carsten (December 2003). "Review - Morbid Angel - Heretic CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  8. ^ "Heretic". Rock Hard (Vol. 197) (in German). 2003. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  9. ^ Voivod staff. "Morbid Angel Altars of Madness". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved June 19, 2014.