Breaking the Silence (album)  Breaking the Silence is the debut album by American thrash metal band Heathen released in 1987 by Combat Records. As of 1987, the album sold about 100,000 copies worldwide. The 1999 CD re-issue by Century Media Records has been manufactured in two countries with different barcodes, matrix numbers, master(ing) and mould SID codes. Same labelcode. Barcodes starting with 7: Czech Republic, barcode starting with 5: Germany