Breaking Point

by Heretic

Breaking Point cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1988
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:57
  • Community rating: 3.31/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The sole studio full-length from the Los Angeles outfit serves as an energetic benchmark for the traditional American power metal subgenre. The album balances high-speed thrash riffs with powerful vocal deliveries from frontman Mike Howe before his subsequent recruitment by Metal Church. The heavy, precise production represents the aggressive pinnacle of the Southern Californian underground scene during this window.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Heretic (3:31)
  2. And Kingdoms Fall (4:52)
  3. The Circle (5:15)
  4. Enemy Within (3:16)
  5. Time Runs Short (6:30)
  6. Pale Shelter (3:36)
  7. Shifting Fire (3:55)
  8. Let 'Em Bleed (3:03)
  9. Evil For Evil (3:50)
  10. The Search (7:05)

Credits

  • Heretic - primary artist, arranged by
  • Dennis O'Hara - bass, twelve-string guitar, performer, written-by
  • Rick Merrick - drums, performer
  • Bobby Marquez - guitar, performer
  • Brian Korban - guitar, twelve-string guitar, performer, written-by
  • Stuart Fujinami - keyboards, noises [additional background noises]
  • Mike Howe - performer, vocals

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