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released in 1979. (Reissued in 2010 as a remix with bonus track) It features heavy use of dissonance and dark, brooding and extremely complex melodies. Its title is often written as ''Hérésie'' (because in lowercase ''heresie'' like a centuries-old version of the word, whereas in another edition of the album, the spelling ''HERESIE'' looks it follows a habit of dropping accents when using uppercase, even in today's French).

Track listing

# "La Faulx" (Daniel Denis) – 25:18 # "Jack the Ripper" (Daniel Denis, Roger Trigaux) – 13:29 # "Vous le saurez en temps voulu" (Roger Trigaux) – 12:56 # "Chaos hermétique" (Roger Trigaux) - 11:52 (bonus track included on the 2010 remaster, recorded in 1975) "La Faulx" translates as "The Scythe", although it is using an archaic spelling from Middle French; "Vous le saurez en temps voulu" translates as "You'll Know It in Due Course"; "Chaos hermétique" translates as "Hermetic Chaos".

Personnel

* Roger Trigaux:

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* Guy Segers:

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* Patrick Hanappier:

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* Daniel Denis:

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Production

* Produced By Eric Faes * Engineered By Etienne Conod * Mixed By Univers Zero & Etienne Conod * Mastered By Roger Seibel * Remixed and remastered by Didier de Roos (2010)

External links

Heresie
''Heresie at Univers Zero's official homepage''. {{Authority control 1979 albums Univers Zero albums