#014 - Ascension of the Watchers

And then another Fear Factory related artist just after Arkaea. Ascension of the Watchers is a band formed by Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell together with keyboardist John Bechdel whose back catalogue is really impressing at least in industrial metal environment. He's been in Ministry, Fear Factory, Killing Joke, Prong, Murder, Inc. among others. They also added guitarist Edu Messi to the lineup later.

After self released early career EP Iconoclast they've released one album Numinosum throught former Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen's label 13th Planet Records. Numinosum is really ambient influenced album, some might say also gothish. I fell in love with their sound immediately. There's something really catchy in their works. Bell's vocals are also much more cleaner compared to Fear Factory and that just works perfectly with the backgrounds.

Here's one example from that debut album. An animated video for the song Residual Presence.








Some links:
http://www.thewatchers.org
http://www.myspace.com/aotw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_of_the_Watchers
http://www.last.fm/music/Ascension%20of%20the%20Watchers
http://open.spotify.com/artist/0O8vxTRA2m8oHMPquL6tlz