The Heavy Menace is the most versatile distortion pedal Empress ever created.  It’s an evolution of our original Heavy with new features and a compact enclosure. 
In addition to the original Heavy and Heavier modes, the Heavy Menace adds a new Lite(ish) mode, covering any high-gain sound from classic hard rock to searing modern metal.
 
KEY FEATURES
Three versatile distortion modes - Lite(ish), Heavy, and Heavier
Footswitchable noise gate
Three-band EQ with sweepable mid frequency
Weight control to sculpt low frequency response
Linked or independent switching of the distortion and gate
Gate key input (⅛” TS or TRS)
True bypass or buffered bypass