Heaven's Cry is a Canadian progressive metal band from Montreal, formed in the early 1990s by Pierre St-Jean and Sylvain Auclair. The band released its debut studio album, Food for Thought Substitute, in 1996 in Japan and in 1997 in Europe and Canada. Towards the end of 2000, drummer René Lacharité and guitarist Éric Jarrin joined the group. Heaven's Cry released its second studio album, Primal Power Addiction, in 2002, followed by Wheels of Impermanence in 2012.