---
title: "American Heritage"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/american-heritage"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1997
---

# American Heritage

**American Heritage** is a progressive metal band, from United States, active 1997 to present.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | American Heritage |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Chicago, United States |
| Formed | 1997 |
| Releases in catalog | 9 |

## Genres

[Mathcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/mathcore) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal) · [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Adam Nordén](https://themetalnet.com/musician/adam-norden) |  |  | Current |
| [Erik Bocek](https://themetalnet.com/musician/erik-bocek) |  |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1998 | [American Heritage](https://themetalnet.com/album/2d988234-43c2-41c4-96a5-0ba8f078587c) | EP |
| 1999 | [Why Everyone Gets Cancer](https://themetalnet.com/album/5911fd1d-70fe-3a05-a148-def5e85b4aa1) | Album |
| 2000 | [We Will Pay You $125 to Watch You Deteriorate](https://themetalnet.com/album/0ab073a1-e27c-3649-9e62-cdfe35ceee30) | EP |
| 2001 | [Through the Age of Quarrel and Into the Era of Putting Up With It](https://themetalnet.com/album/affc6081-a254-3492-ae93-80f5dc2e6100) | Album |
| 2003 | [Mastodon / American Heritage](https://themetalnet.com/album/03680dc4-4f62-4eae-9662-354772b06c6f) | EP |
| 2003 | [The Combined Stupidity of Spiteful Men](https://themetalnet.com/album/8439f5f8-05d2-3c8a-9a18-101e4e2a67c8) | Album |
| 2006 | [Millenarian](https://themetalnet.com/album/2057a15f-bce4-3198-947a-c4c37fcc4308) | Album |
| 2011 | [Sedentary](https://themetalnet.com/album/8d3a8de4-0bb5-4a9e-820f-c73dc46717bd) | Album |
| 2014 | [Prolapse](https://themetalnet.com/album/87a25d76-b939-4ce6-8191-aa7ca2c7359c) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Mastodon](https://themetalnet.com/band/mastodon) (listened together)
- [Weekend Nachos](https://themetalnet.com/band/weekend-nachos) (listened together)
- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)
- [Properties of Nature](https://themetalnet.com/band/properties-of-nature) (same tags)
- [Exosphere](https://themetalnet.com/band/exosphere) (same tags)
- [The Guts](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-guts) (same tags)
- [Mothman and the Thunderbirds](https://themetalnet.com/band/mothman-and-the-thunderbirds) (same tags)
- [A Lo Lejos el Jinete](https://themetalnet.com/band/a-lo-lejos-el-jinete) (same tags)
- [Telomēre](https://themetalnet.com/band/telomere) (same tags)
- [Given Chain](https://themetalnet.com/band/given-chain) (same tags)
- [Quantifier](https://themetalnet.com/band/quantifier) (same tags)
- [Sun Guts](https://themetalnet.com/band/sun-guts) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- bandcamp: https://americanheritage.bandcamp.com/
- x: https://twitter.com/fuckingheritage
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/americanheritageband

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/american-heritage](https://themetalnet.com/band/american-heritage). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt