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1. Empire’s Doll
2. Realigning
3. The Hollow
4. Wheels of Impermanence
5. The Healing
6. Compass
7. The Mad Machine
8. Consequence
9. Catalyse
10. A Glimpse of Hope
“Heaven’s Cry was formed in the beginning of the 90′s as a
progressive rock band with a metal tangent. From a French part of Canada in the city of Montreal , Pierre St-Jean(vocals, guitars) and
Sylvain Auclair(vocals, bass) decided to join their efforts, building a dual
voice oriented band. Both had played clubs in several bands before HC and had
various experiences in songwriting. The time had come to get on track with a
serious project that would reflect their aspirations in a proper way. The band
has been performing live for a while in front of considerable crowds, opening
for bands like Marillion and Saga. In 1995, the band signed with a Canadian
label (Hypnotic Records) and recorded their first album called “Food For
Thought Substitute” in 1996. The album was released in Japan the same year and
earned 13th metal album of the year in the reputed “Burrn! Magazine”. It was
released in Europe and Canada
the following year. In 1997, most important European magazines finally got their
hands on the album. Reviews were more than flattering for HC, voted album of
the month in Germany , Italy , Holland ,
Czech Republic Europe in October 2002 on the
reputed Dutch label, DVS Records. The feedback has been enormous. They
travelled to Europe to be part of the “ProgPower Festival” in The Netherlands
followed by a tour supporting “Threshold” in Belgium ,
Germany and Denmark . The
album was released in North America in March 2003 and the band performed in Canada in
support for bands like Anvil, Planet X, Arena and Nightwish throughout 2004. After
a seven-year hiatus, the band decided it was time to reform to offer brand new
music to their loyal fans that kept on supporting them while the members were
busy crafting their art under other musical projects. The band performed for
the occasion at the legendary Montreal
club, Les Foufounes Electriques, on September 18th 2011 as support act for
Swedish band, Katatonia. The re-formed band includes Pierre St-Jean, Sylvain
Auclair, Eric Jarrin and René Lacharité and is scheduled to release their third
album in the fall of 2012 through Prosthetic Records. The future will bring
much more for Heaven’s Cry, as they could not be more present with their lyrics
and music, through these troubled times of change.”
To open off the album we get a mellow introduction with
atmospheric keys and lead guitar with “Empire’s Doll.” The vocals are clean but
they sound great. They have really progressive feel to them which is a nice
change from the stuff I’ve listened to as of late. The guitars are really
catchy on “Realigning” and the vocals are nicely done. The organ half way
through added to the epic sound. “The Hollow” has incredible lead guitar and
piano. This track had its heavy and mellow parts which mixed well. The solo
three quarters of the way was a nice touch.
The first bit of the title track, “Wheels of Impermanence,”
with the keys and guitar was very amazing. It’s a very mellow track with
perfect vocals as well as guitars. The heavy bits in “The Healing” are really
great sounding and the mellow bits have a nice groove and atmospheric feel to
them. Accompanying backing vocals just added to the already impressive vocals.
There is a really great bit about three quarters the way through. The bass
sticks out in “Compass” song and sounds really awesome especially at the points
the piano played along. The solo was really long and sounded cool playing along
with the vocals.
“The Mad Machine” is another really great track for bass. This
track has a groove incomparable to anything I’ve heard in a while. The lead was
great and keyboard solo half way through was awesome, with its darting between
left and right head phones. The guitar solo after was as well. The
progressiveness really shine through on “Consequence.” I really like the
vocals, switching between clean and a little bit of a scream kept it
interesting. The saxophone and guitar solos were really good. I have no idea
where the saxophone was hiding for seven tracks but please bring more!
Next is “Catalyse,” a very mellow track but the guitars and
bass stay really amazing. The vocals and everything about this track is very
relaxing. It is so relaxing I left reviewing mode and chilled out for half of
it. The last track is “A Glimpse of Hope,” with a mix between heavy and mellow.
It was a really nice way to end and was a really good instrumental.
This album was one of the best I have heard in a while. The
guitars and keyboard were always great and the vocals were perfect. My
favourite tracks were “Compass,” “The Mad Machine”, and “Consequence.” This is
a must buy for progressive listeners for sure!
