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Gothenburg´s mettallers The Halo Effect have returned with a brand new single ‘Become Surrender’. The track has been a staple of their live shows for a while now, and has quickly become a fan-favourite.  Mikael Stanne comments:  “‘Become Surrender’ was written and recorded during the ‘Days Of The Lost’ sessions, but for some reason we left it out of the album. It …

The Halo Effect have had a brilliant year with their debut album ‘Days Of The Lost’ hitting the charts all over Europe – #1 in Sweden, #3 in UK, #6 in Germany, Austria and Finland, and #8 in Switzerland.An extensive European tour with Machine Head and Amon Amarth followed, as well as numerous festivals and headline shows. Fans are now eagerly waiting for …

The Halo Effect have returned with a visualiser for their song ´Path Of Fierce Resistance’, which was previously released as a Japanese exclusive on the band’s globally acclaimed debut album ‘Days Of The Lost’. Now, the ferocious track is finally being released to the rest of the world, before the band embarks on their first US headline run in May and gets back to the studio to …

The Lionhearts roared into Dublin and the Vikings sailed up the river Liffey like they did in 841 AD to join them and conquer the 3Arena for a night of drinking and some of the finest metal music to be found in any settlement and bringing with them a special guest. Those special guests being …

As the majority of the festivals close their doors on yet another season, what could possibly lift us out of these doldrums and inject a much-needed spark of metal mayhem back into our lives? A colossal co-headlining tour from 2 demigods of the extreme music landscape, Amon Amarth and Machine Head, oh and throw in …

Today sees the release of The Halo Effect’s debut album ‘Days Of The Lost’, the highly-anticipated release from Gothenburg’s newest supergroup. Alongside the release of their debut album, the band have also revealed a new video, that was filmed on a Gothenburg rooftop, for the standout track ´In Broken Trust’. Mikael Stanne comments: “The song is about betrayal. Either to …

The Halo Effect have shared new track ‘The Needless End’, in anticipation of the band’s debut album ‘Days Of The Lost’, due 12th August via Nuclear Blast. Frontman Mikael Stanne tells about the track:  “The Needless End deals with the crippling inability to deal with abstract problems. Issues that just seem too huge or incomprehensible falls by the wayside in order to …

The Halo Effect have announced their debut album, ‘Days Of The Lost’ due the 12th of August via Nuclear Blast. Along with the news the band have shared the third single and video for the album’s title track ‘Days Of The Lost’. Frontman Mikael Stanne explains about the song:  “Days Of The Lost” is about finding your place in life, about making …

The Halo Effect are Jesper Strömblad, Peter Iwers, Daniel Svensson, Niclas Engelin  of In Flames and Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity. After sharing their first single ‘Shadowminds’, the band return with the second release with ‘Feel What I Believe’. The band comments: “The song is basically about how it felt growing up and discovering extreme metal in …