Origin:	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genres:
DISBANDED

Page online:	January 3, 2008
Last update/review:	June 21, 2015

American Heritage

American Heritage was an enigmatic band out of Chicago, the sort of slightly dissonant, jarring, art-noise-metal band that often doesn't attract a traditional metal audience even though all the elements are there. The first three albums are entirely instrumental, and on Bipolar (the album reviewed here), the vocals are sparse, distant growls, often seemingly an afterthought and almost never the focal point of the song. Don Caballero is sometimes referenced as a soundalike, which isn't too far off the mark, though American Heritage is arguably more metallic. This is heady and intense stuff, these guys clearly wanting to steer clear of standard song structures and simplistic arrangements. It appears they petered out soon after the release of Prolapse in 2014.

Last Lineup

Adam Norden

guitars/bass/vocals

Scott Shellhammer

guitars/vocals (ex-Lord Mantis)

Mike Duffy

drums

Former Members/Guests

Andrei Cabanban

guitars

Ian Tuggle

bass

Discography

Why Everyone Gets Cancer
1999 Rosewood U.

Adam Norden
Andrei Cabanban
Mike Duffy

We Will Pay You $125 To Observe You Deteriorate
2000 Class B

The Psychoactive FLow
Atrophy
Public Displays of Misanthropy
The Terminal Current
Calculating the Impact
Blame it on the Queen of England

Adam Norden
Andrei Cabanban
Mike Duffy

Through The Age Of Quarrel And Into The Era ...
2001 Troubleman

Intro
Blame It On The Queen Of England
The Terminal Current
Atrophy
Public Displays Of Misanthropy
Calculating The Impact Of The Discontent Of Dispossessed Demographics
The Psychoreactive Flow In Cavernous Passages Under The Villas, Manors, Castles, Haciendas And Mansions Of The Superpredator Class Has Poisoned The Potato Crops And Caused Eyes To Blaze With Blind Tuber Rage
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