Is it possible that The Halo Effect could make a claim for one of the best albums of 2025 with “March Of The Unheard” arriving on 10th January via Nuclear Blast? The Swedish Melodic Death Metal act who put together former members of In Fames with Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity fame seem to think
If it wasn’t obvious with the announcement of their “Halos Over Europe 2025” tour announcement which sees them joined by Pain and Bloodred Hourglass in January, it’s now official. A new album “March Of The Unheard” will arrive from Melodic Death Metal heroes The Halo Effect on 10th January via Nuclear Blast. The first single
Fresh from the 70,000 Tonnes Of Metal Cruise and armed with their very own Shadowminds Session IPA created by Odd Island Brewing, Swedish Melodic Death Metal supergroup The Halo Effect are in a celebratory mood. A new single from the members of Dark Tranquility and formerly In Flames titled “Become Surrender” has been released via
Previously unreleased in studio form any yet a staple of their live set, Swedish Melodic Death Metal supergroup The Halo Effect (Dark Tranquillity, ex-In Flames) have finally unveiled “The Defiant One” as recorded in the “Days of the Lost” sessions. A music video shot at Pustervik in the bands home town of Gothenburg during a
There was the possibility that with the Dark Tranquillity machine cranking up the gears after the great plague years that the pair of side projects that Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal icon Mikael Stanne has joined in Grand Cadaver and The Halo Effect would fall away. However that is a vision that hasn’t come to fruition
“We never even planned to release a full-length album, and here we are with our second! “Deities of Deathlike Sleep” was conceived and recorded with the same mindset and the same team as our previous recordings, keeping it quick, spontaneous and enjoyable. This time it turned out a bit more dynamic, with the pummelling fury interspersed
Treblinka, Expulsion, The Grifted, Novarupta, Let Them Hang, CHILD, Vordor, Disrupted, Katatonia, Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect, Pagandom. Quite the list? These are the bands that the musicians who make up Swedish Death Metal outfit Grand Cadaver are known for. Majestic Mountain Records will be releasing their sophomore album “Deities Of Deathlike Sleep” on 25th
As this year’s incarnation of Wacken Open Air Festival approaches on the night side, the powers that be have shared pro-shot footage from the set of The Halo Effect from last year’s event. “Days Of The Lost“, “Feel What I Believe” and “Shadowminds” are the cuts of choice from the supergroup who feature members of
Bassist Peter Iwers is under the FBI integration spotlight with Heavy New York to discuss new music from Swedish Melodic Death Metal supergroup The Halo Effect who feature in their ranks prisoners know for their convictions in Dark Tranquillity and In Flames. But that’s not all as the conversation goes off on a tangent about what it’s like to
Naming and shaming them, Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity and The Halo Effect) Stefan Lagergren (The Grifted, Treblinka, Tiamat, Expulsion), Alex Stjernfeldt (Novarupta, Child, Mr. Death) Christian Jansson (Pagandom, Dark Tranquillity) and Daniel Liljekvist (Disrupted, Vorder, Katatonia) founded Swedish Death Metal super group Grand Cadaver amid the great plague years. EP ”Madness Comes” dropped in 2021 followed by their full-length debut
