Heathen had a meeting with Mascot Records in San Francisco, Heathen is slated to record Oct/Nov 2007 with a release in March 2008. It's still a hand shake agreement.

HEATHEN is playing a benefit show for KILLDREN publisher Tina Sullivan who suffered a terrible accident while at work in which she lost the tips of a few fingers. This show will be a historic event in which Heathen's line-up will consist of Dave White on vocals, Lee Altus, and Doug Piercy on guitars, Jon Torres on bass, and Carl Sacco on drums. This line up has not played together in almost 20 years. Then the Heathen version of Angel Witch will perform with Tom Hunting on drums. Being held Sat. March 31st, at Annie's social club 917 Folsom @ 5th St, San Francisco doors at 7pm show @ 8pm. Heathen is scheduled to perform at 10pm. $8-$20 sliding scale admission.

Heathen will not be signing a deal with Season's Of The Mist. That deal broke down after they sent a ridiculous contract and Mascot came in with another offer. However, Mascot is just sitting on a contract signed by Heathen and have not done anything with it ie send the contract back signed by them or any recording money. Heathen is now ready to find another label.

HEATHEN is sad to loose another member of their metal family Sam Cress Heathen's original singer who passed away after Thanksgiving when he just didn't feel good. Not sure of the exact cause of death. He will be missed but never forgotten.

OK, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE CAT GOT OUT OF THE BAG. SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE POSTS REGARDING HEATHEN SIGNING WITH SEASON OF MIST. THIS MESSAGE IS TO INFORM EVERYONE THAT HEATHEN HAS NOT SIGNED ANYTHING YET. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL OFFERS AND WE NOW HAVE A VERBAL AGREEMENT AFTER NEGOTIATING A PRICE. THE BAND STILL NEEDS TO GET TOGETHER LOOK OVER THE CONTRACT AND SIGN IT....WHEN THAT HAPPENS WE WILL MAKE THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.

Guitar virtuoso Terry Lauderdale will be touring with Heathen this summer. After auditions Terry Lauderdale stepped up to the plate and hit a home run. Heathen is very excited about having Terry on board. You may remember Terry, when by the age of 18, caught the attention of hard rockers Sabotage who recruited the young guitarist for the lead guitar position and was soon burning up the stage. Terry then moved on to join forces with Carl Socco (Heathen/Murder), Bob Clic (The Lewd/Murder) and Dane Petersen (BloodBath) to form the thrash metal band Die Sieger. Terry Lauderdale continues to awe and inspire audiences wherever he performs. Besides his reputation as a professional musician, he is also known as a dynamic performer, who gives nothing less than 110% at every performance. He has also received countless praise from his peers, professional relationships and dedicated fans. Now he plans to rip up the stage with Heathen.

UK Heathen tour dates with Nuclear Assault:

27.06.UK LONDON @ UNDERWORLD
28.06.UK NOTTINGHAM @ ROCK CITY
29.06.SCH GLASGOW @ CATHOUS
30.06.UK MILTON KEYNES @ THE PITS
01.07.UK BRIGHTON 2 ENGINE ROOM

March 16-1963 - May 23,2005

The service for Yaz ( Michael Wayne Jastremski) are at:

Chapel of the Valley
20359 Lake Cabot Road
Castro Valley, CA 94546

Ph: 510-581-0900

Schedule and events:

Monday:

Open walking in viewing, pay final respects, tribute (from Pub owner one block down):

Snacks, Cocktails and toast will be at:

The Valley Inn
2650 Castro Valley Blvd.
Castro Valley, CA 94546

Tuesday:

Formal services start at 1:00 at Chapel of the Valley.

People are then welcome to join us at Yaz’s final resting place:

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
26320 Mission Blvd
Hayward, CA 94544

Ph: (510) 581-2488

R.I.P Mike "Yaz" Jastremski (3/16/1963 - 5/23/05)

We are numb and deeply saddened by the death of our brother Mike "Yaz" Jastremski, who passed on May 22, 2005 of a heart attack while going through detox. We are shocked at the news, because Yaz left us, HEATHEN, in June 2004 after deciding to seek rehabilitation. We felt it was more important to have Yaz clean as a friend than have him in the band, so we fully supported his decision. It hurts to know he died trying.

It is within these moments we strive for some heartfelt expression or to say something meaningful, but find the loss of such words. How do you put into words the feelings you have about losing someone that has walked beside you for so many years? We always feel we have another day. We don't think about the words we hope never to have to write.

There are so many things to say about Yaz, it could not possibly be said in any one statement. To know Yaz was to deeply love him. To say that Yaz was nothing short of amazing would understate the depth of who he was. No matter what we all remember about Yaz, we all agree on how he made us feel and how he touched our lives with his ability to make us laugh and cry.

Yaz made every journey an adventure. We are sure this journey will be no different.

Yaz, we will miss but not forget all that you were.

R.I.P Mike "Yaz" Jastremski (3/16/1963 - 5/23/05)

HEATHEN have been confirmed to play several European shows with Nuclear Assault.

The dates are as follows:

04.07. PARIS @ LA MAROQUINERIA - FRANCE
05.07. STUTTGART @ ROHRE - GERMANY
06.07. MUNCHEN @ BACKSTAGE - GERMANY
07.07. ESSEN @ ZECHE CARL - GERMANY
09.07. TILBURG @ 013 - HOLLAND
10.07. NIJMEGEN @ DOORNROOSJE - HOLLAND

Heathen is booked to play a show at The Pound on Saturday, 8/20/05. Other bands set to play are Embers of Euphoria, Jungle Rooster, Kaos, and more to come!

Heathen has a new website courtesy of Chris at OPB Graphic & Web Design! The new website will feature more info than the previous in that it should contain a complete discography, interviews, reviews, etc. The website is not 100% done at this time as you can see, but it should be totally finished in the coming weeks! If you notice anything wrong with the website, please email the webmaster so it can be fixed asap! Thanks!

HEATHEN has added more dates to their 2005 tour.

SATURDAY JULY 2 - BAD HERSFELD - GERMANY
FRIDAY JULY 8 - HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR FESTIVAL - GERMANY
THURS. JULY 14 - THE STARZ - SINT-NIKLAAS - BELGIUM
FRI JULY 15 - ED & ROCCO'S - GELEEN - HOLLAND
For complete list see the tour section of this website.

HEATHEN just struck a new distribution deal with TWO FAT MEN DISTRIBUTION for exclusive distribution of "Recovered" in The Netherlands

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