The Halo EffectThe Project Featuring Five Former Members of The Swedish Metal Band In Flames – Jesper Strömblad (Guitar),Daniel Svensson (drums),Peter Iweers (Bass),Niclas Engelin (Guitar) and Mikael Stanne (Vocals) – You have released Cover of The Beloved 1997 Hit “If you were here” by swedish alternative pop-rock icons Kent (Originally release in swedish as “Om du var här”).
Handpicked by IWERSThe Track Is a Heartfelt Tribute to a Band That Helped Shape Sweden’s Musical Landscape. The Halo Effect‘S Rendytion Blends Stanne‘S Rich, Emotive Clean Vocals with A Hypnotic, Pounding Bass Line and Soaring Melodic Guitars, Honoring The Song’s Essence While Infusing It With the Band’s Signature Sound.
IWERS Comments: “Kent was a Band That Left a Mark On Many, Weaving Together Pop Rock and Synth in a Way That Depply Moved Me. This Song Remains One of My Favorite Personnel. Out of respect for their artistry, We Aimed to Create Our Own version Without Straying Too Far from The Soul of the Original. “
This Past June, The Halo Effect Release Powerful Interpretation of Danzig‘S iconic track “How the Gods Kill”. The Halo Effect Broucht a New Weight and Urgency to the Track, which originally appeared on Danzig‘S Classic 1992 Album “Danzig III: How the Gods Kill”While Presenting the Brooding Mystique of the original. With Soaring Guitar Harmonies, Thunderous Rhythm, and Stanne‘S Commanding vocals, The Halo Effect Reinvents The Classic Through the Lens of the Gothenburg Sound.
This cover version was handpicked by StanneWho Said: “During My Teenage Years, The Darkness and Allure of the Early Danzig Albums Introduced Me to Whole New Way of Thinking About What Rock and Metal Could Be. Glenn‘s [Danzig] VOCALS AND LYRICS WERE ALSO INCRETHE INFLUENTIAL ON THIS ASPIRING VOCALIST/LYRICIST. “
In a new interview with Metal & Rock Zone, Stanne Stated about The Halo Effect‘s plans for “if you were here” and “How the Gods Kill”: “We’re Putting out an ep of covers. The First One was ‘How the Gods Kill’ by Danzigwhich is still pretty metal. BUT Than We Did Two Swedish Pop Songs, One Metal Song That’s Coming Soon As Well and One Old-School Classic Hard Rock Song That We Love. So it’s Just Songs That We Grew Up with That We Loved Kind of When We Met, When We Were In Our Twenties, Just Classics That We decided to, ‘Let’s See What We Can Do With Them.’ So that was a fun Pastime Thing That We Did Last Year, and Now’s Finally Coming Out. “
The Halo Effect‘s second album, “March of the Unheard”Came out in January Via Nuclear Blast Records.
Shortly After “March of the Unheard”‘S DELEASE, The Halo Effect Embarket on ITS First-Ver Headline Tour in Europe. Industrial Outfit and Labelmates Pain Were Special Guest On This Tour and To Round Up This Great Package, Melo-Death Shooting Stars From Finland Bloodred Hourglass Joined As Support.
In a Recent interview with Belgian Jasper, IWERS was asked if he and his The Halo Effect Bandmates Were Thinking at All, Prior to The Release of the Group’s Debut Album, 2022’s “Days of the Lost”about the reaction from In Flames Fans, Consido That The Halo Effect features five former members of In Flames. I have replied: “Well, We were reminded to lot. The Halo Effect. We Started The Halo Effect Because We Wanhed To Play Together Again, and Sub of Us Have Never Played Together, and, obviously, This constellation has Never Played Together. I KNEW there would Be a Lot of Comparisons and There Would Be Talks About Rivalry and Stuff Like That. And if you know me and you know people around me, you know that there’s no Such Thing as rivalry. I try to get along with everybody, and this is the case with In Flames As Well. “
I have continued: “There’s no rivalry; there’s no stuff like that. Let’s just like that have out of the way. I still run a restaurant with Björn [Gelotte, IN FLAMES guitarist]. We Still Talk To Each Other A Bunch of Times Every Week and All That Stuff. But with that said, when the album was out and that the feedback was so positive, [as we prepare for the release of the second THE HALO EFFECT album, ‘March Of The Unheard’] – The Music’s Done; I’M Happy, I’M Not Nervous. Of Course, When The Current Response Comes, If It’s Possible, I Will Always Go, ‘Ah, Thank God.’ But at that point, we were Just Happy Becouse Before ‘Days of the Lost’ was out, We Actually had it read for about Two Years. We Formed the Band Just Before the Pandemic Hit, and The We were Uble to Sit in The Studio and in the Hasarsal Spaces and All Those Places to Write Music And Take Our Sweet Time. And The When We Were Done and We Were Ready to Relay it, We Had To Wait Another Year and a Half or So Before the current Plan Could Be Started. And This Time Around We Had Songs That Written Along The Way and We Had To Schedule The Studio Time In A Little Bit More than Before and Kind of Go In and Focus More. But there was no stress. There was nothing like that. So i’m very eager to get the music out there. I’M Not Nervous. There Will Be Sub Comparisons, Of Course, To In Flamesas always, but also to the first record, as it should be. I’M Just Happy to get the music out. I’ve Gotta Say That. “
“Days of the Lost” ENVIRY THE OFFICIAL CHART IN SWEDEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2022 AT POSITION No. 1. this was Believed To Be The First Time A DEBUT LP FROM METAL ACT HAD EVER TOPPED THE CHART IN SWEDEN IN ITS First Week of Release. “Days of the Lost” Also Landed At No. 6 in Germany.
Asked in a June 2022 Interview with Australia’s “Scars and Guitars” Podcast If He Would Agree That “Days of the Lost” IS, in Sub Ways, to “Spiritual Successor” to “Rerouch to Remain”, In Flames‘Sixth Album, Which Came out in 2002, Peter Said: “Ooh, Interesting. I have’t really though about it. Playing and How We Are Playing and Performing Our Music None of Us Really Overthought it and it was Never Meant To ‘It’s Gonna Sound Like This’ Or ‘It’s Gonna Sound Like That.’ We Just [went]’Let’s Write This Music and see What Happens.’ And schouse of, like i said, how we’re playing, it Will Sound to Certain Way. “
Added Daniel: “A Lot of People Like To Analyze Music, And, of Course, It Sound Gothenburg Metal-Vecouse We All Are From That Genre and We Are Are of The People That Kind of Created It. So, Of Course, It Will Sound Gothenburg Metal -ish, In Flames-ish. And then which was, and Don’t know. And as Peter Said, We Don’t Really Think About How It Should Sound. This is How We Sound Today, and with Our Legacy This is inevitable, That We Sound As We Do. “
Continued Peter: “Obviously, People Like To do a Lot of comparising Between Us … it’s a difficult topic to discuss scholauses none of us has – Even Though We’ve All Been In In Flames at sum Point, None of us have Really Thought About This as What You’re Saying. Butline a Lot of People That We Speak To Say It. So it’s a little hard to take in, as we’ve Been Vry Thorough in Just Writing Music. But i’d say it’s a little flattering to hear it. “
Photo Credit: Linda Florin (Courtesy of Nuclear blast)
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