The Halo Effect, Featuring Former Members of In Flames and Dark Tranquillity, Announces Epic Headline UK and Europe Tour!
Welcome to Music Nation 365, where we bring you the latest updates from the world of music! Today, we are thrilled to announce that Swedish melodic death metal band, The Halo Effect, is gearing up for an epic headline tour of the UK and Europe in 2025.
The Halo Effect, consisting of former In Flames members, including current Dark Tranquillity vocalist Mikael Stanne, will be hitting the road in January with support from Peter Tägtren’s industrial project Pain and rising melodeath stars Bloodred Hourglass. This tour is definitely one you do not want to miss!
The band, formed in 2020, released their debut album, ‘Days Of The Lost,’ the following year via Nuclear Blast. Comprised of five veteran melodeath musicians from Gothenburg, The Halo Effect is a powerhouse of talent and creativity.
Stanne shared with Metal Hammer in 2021 how the band came to be: “We started talking, like, ‘Hey, we should do something together,’ like you do after a few beers. Then you realise that, of course, you don’t have time for anything like that, but it still sounds fun. But I was in, because I was really in writing mode. I was just finishing all the lyrics for the latest DT album [2020’s Moment]. I was sitting here writing anyway and screaming into a microphone, so I was like, ‘Yeah, send me some stuff and I’ll see what I can do.’”
Days Of The Lost, the debut album by The Halo Effect, received rave reviews upon its release, with Metal Hammer journalist, Rich Hobson, giving it an 8/10 rating. Hobson praised the album, stating: “It’s testament to just how enduring Gothenburg’s influence is that Days Of The Lost doesn’t sound dated – if anything, the album is a marvellous display of the same elements that have seen everyone from Arch Enemy to Amon Amarth conquer massive crowds over the past 20 years.”
The band has also delighted fans with three standalone singles in the past year, including Path Of Fierce Resistance, The Defiant One, and Become Surrender. Fans can look forward to their second studio album, slated for release in 2024.
Having previously shared the stage with heavyweights like Machine Head, Amon Amarth, and Meshuggah, The Halo Effect is no stranger to electrifying live performances. And with Dark Tranquillity gearing up to release their next album, ‘Endtime Signals,’ the excitement just keeps on building.
Check out The Halo Effect’s ‘Halos Over Europe 2025’ tour dates below:
- Jan 16: Amager Bio, Copenhagen
- Jan 17: Hamburg Markthalle, Germany
- Jan 18: Cologne Essigfabrik, Germany
- Jan 19: Haarlem Patronaat, Netherlands
- Jan 21: Bristol The Fleece, UK
- Jan 22: Glasgow Slay, UK
- Jan 23: Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill, UK
- Jan 24: Manchester Club Academy, UK
- Jan 25: London Electric Ballroom, UK
- Jan 26: Antwerp Trix, UK
- Jan 28: Paris Bataclan, France
- Jan 29: Frankfurt Batschkapp, Germany
- Jan 31: Stuttgart LKA Longhorn, Germany
- Feb 01: Munich Backstage, Germany
- Feb 02: Solothurn Kulturfabrik Kofmehl, Switzerland
- Feb 04: Berlin Kulturbrauerei Kesselhaus, Germany
- Feb 05: Leipzig Hellraiser, Germany
- Feb 06: Vienna Arena Wien, Austria
- Feb 07: Budapest Barba Negra Blue Stage, Hungary
- Feb 08: Brno Sono Centrum, Czech Republic
- Feb 09: Warsaw Progresja, Poland
Mark your calendars and secure your tickets when they go on sale this Wednesday at 9 am UK time / 10 am CEST. It’s going to be an unforgettable experience, filled with the raw energy and power of melodic death metal!
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