Artist description Haunting, dark ethereal goth.

Music Style Gothic/Darkwave

Musical Influences Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil, Sisters of Mercy, John Carpenter, Beethoven, The Cure, The Church, The Swans, The Jesus and Mary Chain

Similar Artists Siouxie and the Banshees, Switchblade Symphony, PJ Harvey, yo mama

Artist History Randy said, "Do you wanna be in a band?"....... Stacye said, "OK." ...... that was 10 years ago this spring. We have formed our own sound since then combining deep bass with lofty strings , intricate giutar work and fem vocals.

Group Members Stacye Bedford and Randy Ashberry. Michael Otley has joined on guitar- so look forward to some new rockin' heaven..hehe.

Instruments Keyboards, Keyboards and more Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Natural light cans, windchimes, a sheet of metal ...........

Albums colder( a compilation of the best of Descent and Alastor, our first two releases), Hollow Whispers (LIVE) and In Memoriam (currently being recorded)

Press Reviews Heaven Falls Hard ‘Colder’ ~reviewed by Matthew Heilman for WWW.STARVOX.NET …………. Heaven Falls Hard is a female fronted darkwave project from Virginia, and it was not too hard to fall for the soothing and calming moods captured on what I believe is there first official release, ‘Colder’ The music of HFH is sparse and minimalistic, utilizing waves of oceanic synthesizers and simple yet effective drum loops, with bass guitar leads to fill in the spaces and carry many of the central melodies of the songs. A strong female voice, peppered with an appropriate amount of catches and diversity of range, adds the final and emotive touch. I was impressed with how well the bass guitar took the place of a usual guitar throughout many of the tracks, and the overall feel of Heaven Falls Hard is similar in spirit to classic 4AD acts like This Mortal Coil, and modern bands like Faith & Disease that evoke the same kind of overcast moods. Though Heaven Falls Hard are exploring familiar territories, it’s nice that someone still produces music of this kind. The overall CD has a very fluid consistency, however, the songs at times drone into one another, and it seems like a very long sixty some minutes when the CD at last draws to it’s close. This is most likely do to a rather weak mid section on the CD. The first eight tracks are all taken from a previous EP release entitled ‘Descent’ where the last five songs originate from another EP called ‘Alastor’. Around tracks 8 through 10, I began to get a bit restless. The first six or so songs held my earnest attention, especially the more beat driven ‘Guilt And Wilderness,’ the distorted bass lines of the mischievous ‘Open’ and the reverberated gloom of ‘I Died For You.’ But after that, there is a brief period of excessively ambient tracks, including the nine-minute plus ‘Without You’ which is a fine song, but I have to admit it drags a bit and disrupts the flow of the disc. I was stirred back to attentiveness with the stronger track ‘Infatuation’ with its slinky rhythms, static filtered synths, awesome Cocteaus-esque bass line, and a more assertive and edgy vocal performance from Stacye. The final track, ‘If Only’ is a piano driven ballad, very romantic and dreary, deeply effective and truly gorgeous. These two songs, along with the earlier track ‘Guilt And Wilderness’ in my opinion, represent the distinct and different stylistic strengths of the band, and I hope in the future, they pick up where these songs left off. Heaven Falls Hard is an unmistakably talented band, with a confident vocalist, a keyboardist with a keen sense of atmosphere and a bassist that would make Peter Hook and Simon Raymonde proud. I would like to hear HFH with a slightly fuller production, a greater variety of pace in their songs, and perhaps a smidgen more energy (without betraying their mastery of creating poignant atmospheres). Definitely worth checking out, and a band to keep an eye on…………………. Track List: 1.) Fade Away 2.) Three To Midnight 3.) Guilt And Wilderness 4.) Believe (live) 5.) Open 6.) Colder 7.) I Died For You 8.) Uneasy 9.) Without You 10.) Death And The Maiden 11.) Gorgeous 12.) Infatuation 13.) If Only… 08/10/01…………………FOR MORE REVIEWS PLEASE VISIT WWW.STARVOX.NET

Additional Info To contact Randy write to GhettoVamps@att.net....... stacye - stacye@heavenfallshard.com

Location Norfolk, Virginia - USA

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