I can't believe it's over three weeks into 2025 before I caught my first live show. At least I made it a good one with a very strong lineup, and at a nice venue with good sound. It was icy cold outside in Glasgow, but once down the steps unto the underground bunker that is … Continue reading Gig Review: The Halo Effect / Pain / Bloodred Hourglass – Slay, Glasgow (22nd January 2025)
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The Halo Effect have announced the details of their first ever headline tour across the UK & Europe for 2025. Fans can expect a set packed with all the hits from their debut album [review here], alongside some brand new songs. Special guest on this tour will be industrial metal outfit and label mates Pain, … Continue reading The Halo Effect to bring Pain on UK dates
When it was announced, the ‘Vikings and Lionhearts’ tour may have had some scratching their heads. An unusual combination of melodic death metal, aggressive Bay Area thrash influenced metal and the Gothenburg sound looked a bit unwieldy on paper. In reality, it worked a treat, and the Cardiff metal community responded with a fervour not … Continue reading Gig Review: Machine Head / Amon Amarth / The Halo Effect – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff 9th September 2022
Bring together of some of the most influential melodic death metal bands of the 1990s and you get a supergroup, a term that may not be the most helpful but most certainly applies to The Halo Effect. Comprising Dark Tranquility vocalist Mikael Stanne, and former and current In Flames Niclas Engelin, Jesper Strömblad, … Continue reading Album Review: The Halo Effect – Days of the Lost