Be a true menace to society with Heavy Menace from Empress Effects, a versatile distortion pedal that delivers any high-gain tone, from crunch to crushing, via three modes: Lite(ish), Heavy, and Heavier. With a sweepable mid EQ band and footswitch-activated adaptive gate, Heavy Menace offers far more than your standard distortion pedal.

With the addition of Weight control, you can easily sculpt your low-end frequencies for any playing style. A Gate Key input lets you trigger the gate with external signals via either 3.5mm TS or TRS input. And with both true and buffered bypass options, you can choose to maintain a pure, transparent signal (true bypass) or maintain strong signal integrity for long cable runs or complex pedalboard setups (buffered bypass).