The Halo Effect (band)

The Halo Effect
Origin	Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres	Melodic death metal
Years active	2021–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast
Spinoff of	In Flames
Members	Niclas Engelin Peter Iwers Mikael Stanne Jesper Strömblad Daniel Svensson
Website	thehaloeffect.band

The Halo Effect is a Swedish melodic death metal band formed by former members of In Flames. They are signed to the Nuclear Blast label.

History

The Halo Effect was founded by five former members of the Swedish metal band In Flames. Jesper Strömblad was a founding member of In Flames in 1990, and in 1993 Mikael Stanne (who founded the band Dark Tranquillity and remains its sole founding member today) worked as a session vocalist on In Flames' demo tape and debut album. Niclas Engelin and Peter Iwers joined In Flames in 1997, and Daniel Svensson joined In Flames in 1998 after Niclas Engelin quit. Subsequently, Strömblad, Iwers, and Svensson played together in In Flames for over 10 years by the time Strömblad quit that band in 2010.

The Halo Effect coalesced in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and according to press releases, the motivating idea behind the band was to return to the roots of the 1990s "Gothenburg sound" that pioneered the melodic death metal genre. According to an interview on Robb Flynn's No F'n Regrets podcast, the band's name comes from the song off Rush's album Clockwork Angels.

The band released their debut single, "Shadowminds" on 9 November 2021 ahead of their debut album, Days of the Lost, released on 12 August 2022. To support the album, the band toured Europe and the UK with Amon Amarth and Machine Head in September and October.

On 22 November 2023, the band released the first single, "The Defiant One" from their as of yet untitled second studio album, which is set to be released in 2024.

Members

Current members

• Niclas Engelin – lead guitar (2021–present)
• Peter Iwers – bass guitar (2021–present)
• Mikael Stanne – lead vocals (2021–present)
• Jesper Strömblad – rhythm guitar (2021–present)
• Daniel Svensson – drums (2021–present)

Current live members

• Patrik Jensen – rhythm guitar (2022–present)
• Anton Roos – drums (2023–present)

Discography

Studio albums

• Days of the Lost (2022)
• TBA (2024)

Singles

• "Shadowminds" (2021)
• "Feel What I Believe" (2022)
• "Days of the Lost" (2022)
• "The Needless End" (2022)
• "Path of Fierce Resistance" (2023)
• "The Defiant One" (2023)
• "Become Surrender" (2024)