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Friday, July 25, 2025

Out today: HEAVY HALO - Damaged Dream


Damaged Dream, the new album by Heavy Halo, is out today on Silent Pendulum Records.

Buy the album, here: https://silentpendulumrecords.com/collections/heavy-halo

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Heavy Halo consists of vocalist McKeever and producer Gosteffects. With metallic guitars, frenetic beats, and yearning vocals, the duo creates industrialized alt-rock anthems that explore the lines between human vulnerability and electronic power. The band is currently wrapping up an East Coast US tour with darkwave phenom Light Asylum.

"One hell of an enjoyable listen. Imagine Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, and a dash of (early) New Order, put that all together and you get Heavy Halo... One of the things that I love most is the use of melody throughout, which brings a different light to the genre."
–Audioeclectica

"The dynamic duo of McKeever and Gosteffects have something special in store for you... Melodic, vocally influenced by The Cure and the Smashing Pumpkins, yet keeping in mind modern heavyweights such as HEALTH and Poppy."
–Brutal Resonance

"Thundering, soaring industrial metal sounds... [Heavy Halo] lives in that place of purgatory between devastation and resilience."
–CVLT Nation

"Brooklyn’s Heavy Halo continues to blur the boundaries between human and machine with [its] signature fusion of alt-rock and industrial elements."
–Idioteq

"Hailing from the busy streets of New York City, Heavy Halo is a duo featuring vocalist McKeever and producer Gosteffects, who fuse... the power of rock, the slickness of electronic elements, and McKeever’s clean, crisp vocals."
–New Noise

"An alt-industrial vibe, in the spirit of artists such as Nine Inch Nails or HEALTH."
–Outburn

"The ghosts of ‘90s rebellion flicker in its DNA, yet its spirit is welded to the digital age, where raw emotion fuses with cold machinery. In this, Heavy Halo also finds kinship with HEALTH and Poppy, reveling in that chaotic crossroads where flesh meets electric power."
–Post-Punk.com

"The Brooklyn duo of McKeever and Gosteffects continue to forge a distinctly industrialized alt-rock sound as Heavy Halo, with the Damaged Dream album scheduled to arrive in 2025."
–ReGen

"Chunky riffs and EBM-panicked beatwork... Nihilistic yet melodic vocals about diving headfirst into the chaos that surrounds us every day."
–Revolver

"A space where alt-rock, post-punk, industrial, goth, metal, EDM and more all meet — an underground lair fashioned by producer Gosteffects. It’s a dungeon where the drum machines relentlessly hammer out irresistible grooves, the synths pulse and throb and swarm like insects, and the guitars are sharper than the spikes on a punk’s wristband. As these elements swirl and surround you, vocalist McKeever paints a lyrical picture of loneliness and anguish."
–Tinnitist

"The stage is set and it’s looking like a monumental year for Heavy Halo... It’s all been building toward the release of Damaged Dream, the twosome’s brand-new studio record. Defined by jagged guitars, raw electronics, and melodic vocals, the music of Heavy Halo might remind you of the past. Natural points of reference are acts like Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, and The Prodigy. But their music should not be thought of as some tribute to 1990s industrial rock. McKeever and Gosteffects make sure to keep things progressive and forward-thinking."
–V13

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