Victims of Deception is the second album by the American thrash metal band Heathen, which was released in 1991 by Roadrunner Records.

The band began work on the album in 1988 after David White was replaced by former Exodus singer Paul Baloff.

Two singles were released: First a cover of Rainbow's "Kill the King", described by Q Magazine as "imbued with ferocious power",[1] and second Heathen's own composition "Prisoners of Fate".

It is considered among the most technical thrash albums ever, and part of the so-called "technical/progressive thrash" movement of the late 1980s, early 1990s (other pivotal albums in this era [chronologically] included Metallica's ...And Justice for All, Deathrow's Deception Ignored, Toxik's Think This, Watchtower's Control and Resistance, Megadeth's Rust in Peace, Dark Angel's Time Does Not Heal and Coroner's Mental Vortex).

Although the band had many personal issues prior to the making of this album, it didn't stop them from producing beast; longer songs, complex time signatures and fantastic musicianship which saw the band stand alongside the likes of Watchtower, Toxik, Metallica and Megadeth with even a cover of Rainbow's 'Kill the King' not even feeling out of place.