Peculiar, thoughtful and breezy openings with the acoustic intro, and then a s0lid wall of metal which reminds me a little of Mordred's classic 'Falling Away', before melting into a melodic chug. This German act only released a clutch of albums, but the burning thrash of this opus makes it my favourite, a good, crunchy record that takes alot from the Bay Area scene in the US. The more I listen to the record though I'm reminded of early Mordred, via 'Fools Game' with those jerking almost soulful riffs, the chanted choruses, and the almost funkiness of the melodies. Vocally it's all rather bland however, 'Search For Perfection' is pure Mordred, a huge amount of familiarity in the chorus, whilst 'The Burning' again builds slow acoustically. Although rather formulaic throughout and distinctly American, 'Heresy' is a very good record mainly because of it's catchiness, and for what it lacks in originality it makes up in energy.
7/10
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