Why Do the Heathen Rage? (album)

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Why Do the Heathen Rage?
Studio album by The Soft Pink Truth
Released	June 17, 2014 (2014-06-17) [1]
Recorded	2013
Studio	Baltimore
Genre	Intelligent dance music [1]
Length	39:39
Label	Thrill Jockey
The Soft Pink Truth chronology
Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth? (2004) Why Do the Heathen Rage? (2014) Why Pay More? (2015)

Why Do the Heathen Rage? is a 2014 album by The Soft Pink Truth of house and techno renditions of black metal songs. ^[1]

Track listing

Track listing adapted from AllMusic. ^[1]

No.	Title	Original artist	Length
1.	"Invocation for Strength"	Moonrose Shaundel Angeles	2:02
2.	"Black Metal"	Venom	3:13
3.	"Sadomatic Rites"	Beherit	4:01
4.	"Ready to Fuck"	Sarcófago	4:52
5.	"Satanic Black Devotion"	Sargeist	4:11
6.	"Beholding the Throne of Might"	Darkthrone	4:48
7.	"Let There Be Ebola Frost"	AN	5:17
8.	"Buried by Time and Dust"	Mayhem	5:22
9.	"Maniac"	Hellhammer	4:49
10.	"Grim and Frostbitten Gay Bar"	Impaled Northern Moonforest	1:04
Total length:			39:39

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Exclaim!	9/10 [3]
Fact	[4]
The Line of Best Fit	8.5/10 [5]
Paste	8.9/10 [6]
Pitchfork	8.2/10 [7]
PopMatters	8/10 [8]
Q	[9]
Resident Advisor	4/5 [10]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[11]

The album received "universal acclaim", according to review score aggregator Metacritic. ^[2]

References

1. Phares, Heather. "Why Do the Heathen Rage?". AllMusic . Retrieved December 21, 2019.
2. "Critic Reviews for Why Do the Heathen Rage?". Metacritic . Archived from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
3. Sylvester, Daniel (June 13, 2014). "The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do the Heathen Rage?". Exclaim! . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
4. Kalev, Maya (July 8, 2014). "The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do the Heathen Rage?". Fact . Archived from the original on July 10, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
5. Lampiris, Steve (June 9, 2014). "The Soft Pink Truth - "Why Do The Heathen Rage?"". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
6. Ham, Robert (June 17, 2014). "The Soft Pink Truth: Why Do the Heathen Rage?". Paste . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
7. Currin, Grayson Haver (June 20, 2014). "Why Do the Heathen Rage? - The Soft Pink Truth". Pitchfork . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
8. Ezell, Brice (June 20, 2014). "The Soft Pink Truth: Why Do the Heathen Rage?". PopMatters . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
9. A vigorously thought-provoking record. [Aug 2014, p.113]
10. Ryce, Andrew (June 24, 2014). "The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do The Heathen Rage?". Resident Advisor . Archived from the original on June 24, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
11. Chandler, Simon. "The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do The Heathen Rage?". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved August 10, 2025.

External links

• Official website