Heavy Water Factory: Author of Pain
- Author of Pain
- Place of Torment
- The Second Death
- Control
- Delusions
- Control Pt. 2
- Connected
- Strange
- Waking Up in Darkness
- Revenge
- Open Fire
- Away
- The Individual
- Vampire
- Alone
- Better than Dead
- Gradual Agony
- Forgotten
Even though this album clocks in at over 77 minutes, words such as boredom or
monotony are not ones you can associate with it. This second release by the
Michigan band Heavy Water Factory has basically been trimmed down to a solo
project (although the former member helps out on engineering and production
for a couple of tracks), but the music does not lose anything in the process.
The band still exhibits the ability to create both a restrained aggressive
style as well as more mellow, ambient impressions --often within a single
track, a strong feature they showed on their debut album. They also incorporate
a few techno and synth-pop components, which helps in developing a stronger
identity of their own on this album. The vocal duties are now shared between
three people, which creates a nice contrast while listening to the album; you
go from the subdued aggressiveness of Jesse's vocals, to the up-front and
strong emotional sounds from Scott Hixson (from World of Hurt), to the sweet,
almost other-worldly sensations from Maria Azavedo (from Battery). As with
their last album, they include many instrumental tracks, which are presented in
such a way that they fit in well with the overall moody atmosphere of the
entire album. (Kevin Congdon)
Heavy Water Factory is: Jesse McClear
Contact:
Energy Records
545 8th Ave., 17th Floor
New York, NY 10018
E-mail: energyrec@aol.com
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