#thehaloeffect — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #thehaloeffect, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/fi/259100/ Kaaos Festival julkaisi päiväkohtaiset aikataulut sekä viimeisen artistikiinnityksen #AlexiLaiho #AnetteOlzon #BeastInBlack #BeforeTheDawn #DeadByApril #Diabolisher #EnemiesEverywhere #Entertainment #FI #Finland #Finnish #illdisposed #InbornTendency #insomnium #KaaosFestival #MachinaeSupremacy #Misantropia #nicole #Nightwish #RottenSound #RyojiShinomoto #Ryujin #ScarSymmetry #Suomi #TheCrown #TheHaloEffect #Thyrargo #viihde #warmen #WhatLiesBeneath
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Our pick this week is a slice of melodeath from #TheHaloEffect ... which some could argue is essentially In Flames from the good timeline (jokes, we still love you #InFlames). No further questions, Your Honour.
Drop your suggestions in the comments and follow us for weekly picks from across the world of #rock and #metal!
#musicblog #melodicdeathmetal #nowplaying #songoftheweek
https://rocksongoftheweek.com/song/the-halo-effect-shadowminds/
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Nach drei Jahren sind HEAVEN SHALL BURN endlich wieder im Wiener Gasometer zu Gast. Im Rahmen ihrer „Heimat over Europe“ Tour werden die Thüringer von der schwedischen Melodic-Death-Metal-Supergroup THE HALO EFFECT, der amerikanischen Melodic-Death-Metal-Band THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER und den amerikanischen Death-Metallern FROZEN SOUL begleitet. Wir waren für euch beim drittletzten Konzert dieser epischen Tour dabei.
#heavenshallburn #thehaloeffect #theblackdahliamurder #frozensoul #deathmetal #melodicdeathmetal
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Nach drei Jahren sind HEAVEN SHALL BURN endlich wieder im Wiener Gasometer zu Gast. Im Rahmen ihrer „Heimat over Europe“ Tour werden die Thüringer von der schwedischen Melodic-Death-Metal-Supergroup THE HALO EFFECT, der amerikanischen Melodic-Death-Metal-Band THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER und den amerikanischen Death-Metallern FROZEN SOUL begleitet. Wir waren für euch beim drittletzten Konzert dieser epischen Tour dabei.
#heavenshallburn #thehaloeffect #theblackdahliamurder #frozensoul #deathmetal #melodicdeathmetal
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The Halo Effect announce a 2027 European tour.
Lacuna Coil and Omnium Gatherum join as support.
#TheHaloEffect #LacunaCoil #OmniumGatherum #Metal #TourAnnouncement
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The Halo Effect announce a 2027 European tour.
Lacuna Coil and Omnium Gatherum join as support.
#TheHaloEffect #LacunaCoil #OmniumGatherum #Metal #TourAnnouncement
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https://www.europesays.com/es/498993/ THE HALO EFFECT y LACUNA COIL confirman 2 conciertos en España: ciudades, fechas y entradas #DeathMelodico #Entertainment #Entretenimiento #ES #España #GothicMetal #LACUNACOIL #Music #Música #Spain #THEHALOEFFECT
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Grüße aus dem #Zenith. Up next #TheHaloEffect and #HeavenShallBurn mit @Bullkay
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Grüße aus dem #Zenith. Up next #TheHaloEffect and #HeavenShallBurn mit @Bullkay
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Grüße aus dem #Zenith. Up next #TheHaloEffect and #HeavenShallBurn mit @Bullkay
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Grüße aus dem #Zenith. Up next #TheHaloEffect and #HeavenShallBurn mit @Bullkay
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Grüße aus dem #Zenith. Up next #TheHaloEffect and #HeavenShallBurn mit @Bullkay
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„Politisch eine klare Ansage – Musikalisch ein Knie ins Fressbrett“ Heaven Shall Burn haben sich auf ihrer Tour vorgenommen die Porsche Arena in Stuttgart in Schutt und Asche zu legen.
#Konzert #Konzertbericht #Concert #LiveMusic #LiveMusik #Konzertfotografie #ConcertPhotography #HeavenShallBurn #TheHaloEffect #TheBlackDahliaMurder #Metalcore #DeathMetal
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„Politisch eine klare Ansage – Musikalisch ein Knie ins Fressbrett“ Heaven Shall Burn haben sich auf ihrer Tour vorgenommen die Porsche Arena in Stuttgart in Schutt und Asche zu legen.
#Konzert #Konzertbericht #Concert #LiveMusic #LiveMusik #Konzertfotografie #ConcertPhotography #HeavenShallBurn #TheHaloEffect #TheBlackDahliaMurder #Metalcore #DeathMetal
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„Politisch eine klare Ansage – Musikalisch ein Knie ins Fressbrett“ Heaven Shall Burn haben sich auf ihrer Tour vorgenommen die Porsche Arena in Stuttgart in Schutt und Asche zu legen.
#Konzert #Konzertbericht #Concert #LiveMusic #LiveMusik #Konzertfotografie #ConcertPhotography #HeavenShallBurn #TheHaloEffect #TheBlackDahliaMurder #Metalcore #DeathMetal
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https://www.europesays.com/at/36296/ Galerie: Heaven Shall Burn live – Metal Hammer #AT #Austria #bilder #Entertainment #fotos #FrozenSoul #HeavenShallBurn #LiveGalerie #Music #Musik #Österreich #TheBlackDahliaMurder #TheHaloEffect #Unterhaltung
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Heaven Shall Burn am 27. Februar 2026 in der Inselpark-Arena in Hamburg
Heaven Shall Burn am 27. Februar 2026 in der Inselpark-Arena in Hamburg – frontstage-magazine.de Cookie Hinweis Diese Website…
#Hamburg #Deutschland #Deutsch #DE #Schlagzeilen #Headlines #Nachrichten #News #Europe #Europa #EU #frozensoul #Galerie #Germany #hamburg #HevaenShallBurn #TheBlackDhaliaMurder #thehaloeffect
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Nattradio – The Longest Night Review
By Andy-War-Hall
It doesn’t seem to take long for the “wee hours” of the night to kick in these winter days. With them comes a very specific, almost hypnotic sadness that anyone who sleep has forsaken knows well. That tag-team of coldness and isolation brought on by the night just can’t be beat sometimes. Swedish goth/doom duo Nattradio know this sensation intimately, as their new album The Longest Night was written and shaped exclusively in the latest hours of the night. Injecting their Katatonia-inspired Gothic doom with elements of ambient music and noir jazz, Nattradio crafted their sophomore record to reflect the somberness of wakeful late nights, framing its ideal listening time in those hours. But will their efforts echo the sadness of the insomniac, or will The Longest Night just make them only long for sleep that much more?
Though Nattradio don’t skirt the qualifications of a metal band like Sleep Token or Ghost do, I am nonetheless reminded of more non-metal bands/artists than metal ones while listening to The Longest Night. Yes, Nattradio’s closest comparison is Katatonia, as songs like “Sketches from the Dark” and “Shifting Baseline” recall the slow, gloomy riffing of The Great Cold Distance, but The Cure seems to seep into The Longest Night’s formula just as often. Take the electronic drumming and wacky guitar effects of “Dark Streets” or the dreamy, heartbroken strings of “Rainbirds” and tell me you can’t picture Robert Smith listlessly crooning over them. Vocally, Martin Boman doesn’t have the grit typical to metal, but rather sits in the breathy middle of David Bowie and Thom Yorke. When engaged in ambient movements, Nattradio bring out the keys for spacious, dark atmospheres of jazzed-up smoothness that recall Poe and, similarly, could slide into the Alan Wake II soundtrack. Nattradio probably won’t hit for metal purists, but listeners of a wider range of genres might find a delightfully varied affair on The Longest Night.
Nattradio lean into their witching-hour moodiness above all else on The Longest Night. Slow, pensive progressions are imbued with mellow synths and Niklas Brodd’s layered guitars, while cold, bright piano chimes away on the interlude “All for You” and the ten-plus-minute title track. Boman’s high, soft delivery lends a precarious edge to The Longest Night, though his approach can feel unsuited for heavier moments and even plain off-key on “Sketches from the Dark.” Further, the soft vocals paired with Nattradio’s consistent bent towards melancholy mean The Longest Night is short on big, memorable moments. Even on The Longest Night’s most rocking tracks, “Shadow Speaker” and “Alright for Now,” the former featuring brisk double-kicks and the latter playing uber-catchy melodeath riffs that The Halo Effect would peddle, everything slows down eventually, and Boman’s wilting voice always brings back the melancholia before too long. In short, Nattradio’s brand of doom doesn’t dish out the riffs or theming meant to Fvneral Fvkk yov vp, but The Longest Night instead deals in a cozy melancholy, coldness you can settle into for a while.
Nattradio’s greatest strength on The Longest Night, however, is striking a compelling balance between busy and airy passages. Quiet verses and loud choruses are nothing new, but Nattradio always nail its execution, whether it’s moving from thumping bass to fist-pumping arena rock in “Alright for Now,” mournful piano to driving guitars on “The Longest Night,” or minimalist ambience giving way to thunderous tremolos on “Shadow Speaker.” The Longest Night’s dynamic mix really helps this end, allowing the big emotional shifts on “Night” and “The Longest Night” the breathing room needed to make it work. Nattradio know how to pace an album, and The Longest Night runs smoothly through its whole 52-minute runtime. Though lacking in powerful, “there it is” moments, The Longest Night is still an engaging record due to its expert balance not in light and dark but in fullness and ethereality.
The Longest Night isn’t anything to ruin your sleep schedule over, but Nattradio are a good group to turn to if you ever find yourself there already. Easy listening and sweetly sad, this is a record I found myself slightly more eager to get back to for each listen. Fans of Katatonia and anything under Goth’s sequined umbrella should consider checking this out. Nattradio knew what they were doing dropping The Longest Night at this time of year, and I’m sure I’ll return to it on some of my own long nights this winter.
Rating: Good
DR: 11 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s MP3
Label: Darkness Shall Rise Productions
Websites: nattradio.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/Nattradio
Releases Worldwide: December 12th, 2025#2025 #30 #Ambient #DarknessShallRiseProductions #Dec25 #DoomMetal #FvneralFvkk #GothicMetal #Katatonia #Nattradio #Poe #Review #Reviews #SleepToken #SwedishMetal #TheCure #TheHaloEffect #TheLongestNight
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Cemetery Skyline and Tribulation: Joint Finland tour announced for May 2026 https://www.byteseu.com/1601318/ #Amorphis #CemeterySkyline #DarkTranquillity #DimmuBorgir #Entombed #Finland #GrandCadaver #Hammerfall #IAmTheNightHorde #InFlames #Insomnium #OmniumGatherum #Satyricon #Sentenced #TheAbbey #TheHaloEffect #TheManEatingTree #Tribulation #witchery
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The #melodeath band The Halo Effect put out an EP of 5 cover songs called We Are Shadows. It's really good, and the original songs are really good, too, so I put together a playlist of the original songs (on YouTube Music, plz don't hate me): https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPafNdcRyRP7_QPh5pyV-WVERvAXo2stL&si=oJ20oNrfrtfayRjK
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The #melodeath band The Halo Effect put out an EP of 5 cover songs called We Are Shadows. It's really good, and the original songs are really good, too, so I put together a playlist of the original songs (on YouTube Music, plz don't hate me): https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPafNdcRyRP7_QPh5pyV-WVERvAXo2stL&si=oJ20oNrfrtfayRjK
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THE HALO EFFECT (Suècia) presenta nou EP: "We Are Shadows" #TheHaloEffect #MelodicDeathMetal #Novembre2025 #Suècia #NouEp #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic
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Dark Tranquillity, The Crown & The Halo Effect set for Tomas Lindberg tribute concert:
#DarkTranquillity #TheCrown #TheHaloEffect #AtTheGates #TomasLindbergTribute
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THE HALO EFFECT (Suècia) presenta nou single: "Dance With The Devil" #TheHaloEffect #MelodicDeathMetal #Octubre2025 #Suècia #NouSingle #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic
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The Halo Effect lanza versión de “Dance with the devil” (Phenomena) | vía #iRock
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The Halo Effect lanza versión de “Dance with the devil” (Phenomena) | vía #iRock
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¡Debut oscuro y poderoso! Cemetery Skyline anuncia su primer concierto en Chile | vía #SonidosOcultos
#amorphis #cemeteryskyline #darktranquillity #dimmuborgirysentenced #ictorbrandtdimmuborgir #insomnium #liveinchile #markusvanhalainsomnium #mikaelstannedarktranquility #santerikallioamorphis #t2025 #thehaloeffect #vesarantasentenced #witchery
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¡Debut oscuro y poderoso! Cemetery Skyline anuncia su primer concierto en Chile | vía #SonidosOcultos
#amorphis #cemeteryskyline #darktranquillity #dimmuborgirysentenced #ictorbrandtdimmuborgir #insomnium #liveinchile #markusvanhalainsomnium #mikaelstannedarktranquility #santerikallioamorphis #t2025 #thehaloeffect #vesarantasentenced #witchery
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Record(s) o’ the Month – January 2025
By Angry Metal Guy
The tradition at Angry Metal Guy has been the strong start to the year where, like so many people with New Year’s Resolutions, you stick with ’em for a while, and then they taper off, sliding later and later as the year goes on. But this year, even the dopamine kick of listing everything in some kind of ranking order and getting lots of positive feedback from readers didn’t help me shake my funk. Alas, that means that I got way behind, and no one was available to pick up my slack. I apologize. However, since I am breaking the trend this year, maybe that means that 2025 will be significantly different!1 So, here’s your R(s)otM for January. It’s a beautiful time to be alive, my friends.2
Mutagenic Host // The Diseased Machine [January 3rd, 2025 | Gurgling Gore | Dry Cough | Memento Mori | Bandcamp] — The death metal newcomers in Mutagenic Host are already impressing with their brand of old school-inflected, death metal-fueled technological cynicism. With such timely, relevant themes for this nightmare fueled hellscape that we’re living in as the backdrop to the rifftacular and muscular tuneage contained on The Diseased Machine—out January 3rd, 2025, from a melange of labels [buy it here on Bandcamp!]—the whole package dropkicks the listener from the opening strains to the final moments and has entranced the staff of Angry Metal Guy (as well as a-me, Angry Metal Guy). As the recently demoted n00b Tyme opined in his review:3 “Mutagenic Host has released a death metal album that checks all the boxes, a rifferously frenzied affair of epic proportions. It will not be the only thing I recommend in 2025, but it’s undoubtedly the first. I will be intently eyeing Mutagenic Host, anticipating their next evolution, and fans of this style should, too.” Set up those Google alerts, folks!
Runner(s) up
The Halo Effect // March of the Unheard [January 10th, 2025 | Nuclear Blast | LOL, you want to own lossless digital files? No chance of that, loser!] — You can’t imagine that I moved to Gothenburg only to not begin shilling for everything that comes from this beautiful city. Let’s not kid ourselves, it’s actually a requirement of being Swedish that you shill for your home territory.4 Some things—like the In Flames discography following Colony—make the task of shilling hard; March of the Unheard makes it easy.
As a fan of the Gothenburg sound embodied in the conjoining of Dark Tranquillity and In Flames that builds the root of The Halo Effect’s sound, this is a delicious meal loaded with everything you need in a melodeath record. Add to that that Mikael Stanne is one of the best vocalists in metal whose performance raises the level of the record at every turn, and you’ve got yourself a Record o’ the Month. Fellow old Steel Druhm was equally impressed, if in his particularly understated way: “You can appreciate March of the Unheard as a lost Dark Tranquillity album or as a slick homage to a specific moment in metal history, and it works well both ways. This is a superior album to Days of the Lost with a much greater replay potential, and I’ve been surprised by how vital and fresh it is. Not bad for a bunch of olde dawgs retreading their own ancient stomping grounds. Here’s to the olden ways in these confusing modern days.”
Faithxtractor // Loathing and the Noose [January 10th, 2025 | Redefining Darkness Records | Bandcamp] — Faithxtractor—the band with the worst name since Fvneraryy Fvnkk—has returned with Loathing and the Noose, an ambitious evolution of their old-school death metal sound. Building on their 2023 record Contempt for a Failed Dimension, these Ohio death metallers have upped their game by fusing blackened thrash, melodeath, and bedeathened doom into a relentless (yet surprisingly dynamic!) assault. Faithxtractor balances brutality with surprising melody, innovating without losing their edge. And one guy—our very own Maddog, who I was shocked and a little disappointed to learn is both quite sane and human—sees this as the proof that they are carving out a place for themselves in the modern death metal landscape. He proselytized (more or less) pithily: “Faithxtractor makes it work by whole-assing their every move. Loathing and the Noose’s gargantuan death metal riffs, smooth songwriting, and excellence throughout its genre romp won me over.”
#2025 #Faithxtractor #Jan25 #LoathingAndTheNoose #MarchOfTheUnheard #MutagenicHost #RecordSOTheMonth #RecordsOfTheMonth #TheDiseasedMachine #TheHaloEffect
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Record(s) o’ the Month – January 2025
By Angry Metal Guy
The tradition at Angry Metal Guy has been the strong start to the year where, like so many people with New Year’s Resolutions, you stick with ’em for a while, and then they taper off, sliding later and later as the year goes on. But this year, even the dopamine kick of listing everything in some kind of ranking order and getting lots of positive feedback from readers didn’t help me shake my funk. Alas, that means that I got way behind, and no one was available to pick up my slack. I apologize. However, since I am breaking the trend this year, maybe that means that 2025 will be significantly different!1 So, here’s your R(s)otM for January. It’s a beautiful time to be alive, my friends.2
Mutagenic Host // The Diseased Machine [January 3rd, 2025 | Gurgling Gore | Dry Cough | Memento Mori | Bandcamp] — The death metal newcomers in Mutagenic Host are already impressing with their brand of old school-inflected, death metal-fueled technological cynicism. With such timely, relevant themes for this nightmare fueled hellscape that we’re living in as the backdrop to the rifftacular and muscular tuneage contained on The Diseased Machine—out January 3rd, 2025, from a melange of labels [buy it here on Bandcamp!]—the whole package dropkicks the listener from the opening strains to the final moments and has entranced the staff of Angry Metal Guy (as well as a-me, Angry Metal Guy). As the recently demoted n00b Tyme opined in his review:3 “Mutagenic Host has released a death metal album that checks all the boxes, a rifferously frenzied affair of epic proportions. It will not be the only thing I recommend in 2025, but it’s undoubtedly the first. I will be intently eyeing Mutagenic Host, anticipating their next evolution, and fans of this style should, too.” Set up those Google alerts, folks!
Runner(s) up
The Halo Effect // March of the Unheard [January 10th, 2025 | Nuclear Blast | LOL, you want to own lossless digital files? No chance of that, loser!] — You can’t imagine that I moved to Gothenburg only to not begin shilling for everything that comes from this beautiful city. Let’s not kid ourselves, it’s actually a requirement of being Swedish that you shill for your home territory.4 Some things—like the In Flames discography following Colony—make the task of shilling hard; March of the Unheard makes it easy.
As a fan of the Gothenburg sound embodied in the conjoining of Dark Tranquillity and In Flames that builds the root of The Halo Effect’s sound, this is a delicious meal loaded with everything you need in a melodeath record. Add to that that Mikael Stanne is one of the best vocalists in metal whose performance raises the level of the record at every turn, and you’ve got yourself a Record o’ the Month. Fellow old Steel Druhm was equally impressed, if in his particularly understated way: “You can appreciate March of the Unheard as a lost Dark Tranquillity album or as a slick homage to a specific moment in metal history, and it works well both ways. This is a superior album to Days of the Lost with a much greater replay potential, and I’ve been surprised by how vital and fresh it is. Not bad for a bunch of olde dawgs retreading their own ancient stomping grounds. Here’s to the olden ways in these confusing modern days.”
Faithxtractor // Loathing and the Noose [January 10th, 2025 | Redefining Darkness Records | Bandcamp] — Faithxtractor—the band with the worst name since Fvneraryy Fvnkk—has returned with Loathing and the Noose, an ambitious evolution of their old-school death metal sound. Building on their 2023 record Contempt for a Failed Dimension, these Ohio death metallers have upped their game by fusing blackened thrash, melodeath, and bedeathened doom into a relentless (yet surprisingly dynamic!) assault. Faithxtractor balances brutality with surprising melody, innovating without losing their edge. And one guy—our very own Maddog, who I was shocked and a little disappointed to learn is both quite sane and human—sees this as the proof that they are carving out a place for themselves in the modern death metal landscape. He proselytized (more or less) pithily: “Faithxtractor makes it work by whole-assing their every move. Loathing and the Noose’s gargantuan death metal riffs, smooth songwriting, and excellence throughout its genre romp won me over.”
#2025 #Faithxtractor #Jan25 #LoathingAndTheNoose #MarchOfTheUnheard #MutagenicHost #RecordSOTheMonth #RecordsOfTheMonth #TheDiseasedMachine #TheHaloEffect
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Record(s) o’ the Month – January 2025
By Angry Metal Guy
The tradition at Angry Metal Guy has been the strong start to the year where, like so many people with New Year’s Resolutions, you stick with ’em for a while, and then they taper off, sliding later and later as the year goes on. But this year, even the dopamine kick of listing everything in some kind of ranking order and getting lots of positive feedback from readers didn’t help me shake my funk. Alas, that means that I got way behind, and no one was available to pick up my slack. I apologize. However, since I am breaking the trend this year, maybe that means that 2025 will be significantly different!1 So, here’s your R(s)otM for January. It’s a beautiful time to be alive, my friends.2
Mutagenic Host // The Diseased Machine [January 3rd, 2025 | Gurgling Gore | Dry Cough | Memento Mori | Bandcamp] — The death metal newcomers in Mutagenic Host are already impressing with their brand of old school-inflected, death metal-fueled technological cynicism. With such timely, relevant themes for this nightmare fueled hellscape that we’re living in as the backdrop to the rifftacular and muscular tuneage contained on The Diseased Machine—out January 3rd, 2025, from a melange of labels [buy it here on Bandcamp!]—the whole package dropkicks the listener from the opening strains to the final moments and has entranced the staff of Angry Metal Guy (as well as a-me, Angry Metal Guy). As the recently demoted n00b Tyme opined in his review:3 “Mutagenic Host has released a death metal album that checks all the boxes, a rifferously frenzied affair of epic proportions. It will not be the only thing I recommend in 2025, but it’s undoubtedly the first. I will be intently eyeing Mutagenic Host, anticipating their next evolution, and fans of this style should, too.” Set up those Google alerts, folks!
Runner(s) up
The Halo Effect // March of the Unheard [January 10th, 2025 | Nuclear Blast | LOL, you want to own lossless digital files? No chance of that, loser!] — You can’t imagine that I moved to Gothenburg only to not begin shilling for everything that comes from this beautiful city. Let’s not kid ourselves, it’s actually a requirement of being Swedish that you shill for your home territory.4 Some things—like the In Flames discography following Colony—make the task of shilling hard; March of the Unheard makes it easy.
As a fan of the Gothenburg sound embodied in the conjoining of Dark Tranquillity and In Flames that builds the root of The Halo Effect’s sound, this is a delicious meal loaded with everything you need in a melodeath record. Add to that that Mikael Stanne is one of the best vocalists in metal whose performance raises the level of the record at every turn, and you’ve got yourself a Record o’ the Month. Fellow old Steel Druhm was equally impressed, if in his particularly understated way: “You can appreciate March of the Unheard as a lost Dark Tranquillity album or as a slick homage to a specific moment in metal history, and it works well both ways. This is a superior album to Days of the Lost with a much greater replay potential, and I’ve been surprised by how vital and fresh it is. Not bad for a bunch of olde dawgs retreading their own ancient stomping grounds. Here’s to the olden ways in these confusing modern days.”
Faithxtractor // Loathing and the Noose [January 10th, 2025 | Redefining Darkness Records | Bandcamp] — Faithxtractor—the band with the worst name since Fvneraryy Fvnkk—has returned with Loathing and the Noose, an ambitious evolution of their old-school death metal sound. Building on their 2023 record Contempt for a Failed Dimension, these Ohio death metallers have upped their game by fusing blackened thrash, melodeath, and bedeathened doom into a relentless (yet surprisingly dynamic!) assault. Faithxtractor balances brutality with surprising melody, innovating without losing their edge. And one guy—our very own Maddog, who I was shocked and a little disappointed to learn is both quite sane and human—sees this as the proof that they are carving out a place for themselves in the modern death metal landscape. He proselytized (more or less) pithily: “Faithxtractor makes it work by whole-assing their every move. Loathing and the Noose’s gargantuan death metal riffs, smooth songwriting, and excellence throughout its genre romp won me over.”
#2025 #Faithxtractor #Jan25 #LoathingAndTheNoose #MarchOfTheUnheard #MutagenicHost #RecordSOTheMonth #RecordsOfTheMonth #TheDiseasedMachine #TheHaloEffect
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Record(s) o’ the Month – January 2025
By Angry Metal Guy
The tradition at Angry Metal Guy has been the strong start to the year where, like so many people with New Year’s Resolutions, you stick with ’em for a while, and then they taper off, sliding later and later as the year goes on. But this year, even the dopamine kick of listing everything in some kind of ranking order and getting lots of positive feedback from readers didn’t help me shake my funk. Alas, that means that I got way behind, and no one was available to pick up my slack. I apologize. However, since I am breaking the trend this year, maybe that means that 2025 will be significantly different!1 So, here’s your R(s)otM for January. It’s a beautiful time to be alive, my friends.2
Mutagenic Host // The Diseased Machine [January 3rd, 2025 | Gurgling Gore | Dry Cough | Memento Mori | Bandcamp] — The death metal newcomers in Mutagenic Host are already impressing with their brand of old school-inflected, death metal-fueled technological cynicism. With such timely, relevant themes for this nightmare fueled hellscape that we’re living in as the backdrop to the rifftacular and muscular tuneage contained on The Diseased Machine—out January 3rd, 2025, from a melange of labels [buy it here on Bandcamp!]—the whole package dropkicks the listener from the opening strains to the final moments and has entranced the staff of Angry Metal Guy (as well as a-me, Angry Metal Guy). As the recently demoted n00b Tyme opined in his review:3 “Mutagenic Host has released a death metal album that checks all the boxes, a rifferously frenzied affair of epic proportions. It will not be the only thing I recommend in 2025, but it’s undoubtedly the first. I will be intently eyeing Mutagenic Host, anticipating their next evolution, and fans of this style should, too.” Set up those Google alerts, folks!
Runner(s) up
The Halo Effect // March of the Unheard [January 10th, 2025 | Nuclear Blast | LOL, you want to own lossless digital files? No chance of that, loser!] — You can’t imagine that I moved to Gothenburg only to not begin shilling for everything that comes from this beautiful city. Let’s not kid ourselves, it’s actually a requirement of being Swedish that you shill for your home territory.4 Some things—like the In Flames discography following Colony—make the task of shilling hard; March of the Unheard makes it easy.
As a fan of the Gothenburg sound embodied in the conjoining of Dark Tranquillity and In Flames that builds the root of The Halo Effect’s sound, this is a delicious meal loaded with everything you need in a melodeath record. Add to that that Mikael Stanne is one of the best vocalists in metal whose performance raises the level of the record at every turn, and you’ve got yourself a Record o’ the Month. Fellow old Steel Druhm was equally impressed, if in his particularly understated way: “You can appreciate March of the Unheard as a lost Dark Tranquillity album or as a slick homage to a specific moment in metal history, and it works well both ways. This is a superior album to Days of the Lost with a much greater replay potential, and I’ve been surprised by how vital and fresh it is. Not bad for a bunch of olde dawgs retreading their own ancient stomping grounds. Here’s to the olden ways in these confusing modern days.”
Faithxtractor // Loathing and the Noose [January 10th, 2025 | Redefining Darkness Records | Bandcamp] — Faithxtractor—the band with the worst name since Fvneraryy Fvnkk—has returned with Loathing and the Noose, an ambitious evolution of their old-school death metal sound. Building on their 2023 record Contempt for a Failed Dimension, these Ohio death metallers have upped their game by fusing blackened thrash, melodeath, and bedeathened doom into a relentless (yet surprisingly dynamic!) assault. Faithxtractor balances brutality with surprising melody, innovating without losing their edge. And one guy—our very own Maddog, who I was shocked and a little disappointed to learn is both quite sane and human—sees this as the proof that they are carving out a place for themselves in the modern death metal landscape. He proselytized (more or less) pithily: “Faithxtractor makes it work by whole-assing their every move. Loathing and the Noose’s gargantuan death metal riffs, smooth songwriting, and excellence throughout its genre romp won me over.”
#2025 #Faithxtractor #Jan25 #LoathingAndTheNoose #MarchOfTheUnheard #MutagenicHost #RecordSOTheMonth #RecordsOfTheMonth #TheDiseasedMachine #TheHaloEffect
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:megaphone: DEMNÄCHST!
*Zusammenfassung 31.01. bis 03.03. für BerlinBetontod
31.01.2025 Berlin / HuxleysIn Slaughter Natives, Dicephal Mortus und Unstrut
31.01.2025 Berlin / ResetNorthern Lite
31.01.2025 Potsdam / WaschhausThe Hamburg Blues Band Feat. Vanja Sky & Krissy Matthews
31.01.2025 Berlin / QuasimodoEs war Mord
01.02.2025 Berlin / SchokoladenHämatom
01.02.2025 Berlin / ColumbiahalleLoaded
01.02.2025 Berlin / Wild At HeartPinhead
01.02.2025 Berlin / BadehausPothead
01.02.2025 Berlin / HuxleysPyrecult
01.02.2025 Berlin / SupamollyThe Halo Effect, Pain und Bloodred Hourglass
04.02.2025 Berlin / Kesselhaus#Badehaus #Berlin #Betontod #Columbiahalle #EsWarMord #FRANNZClub #Hamatom #Huxleys #InSlaughterNatives #JoshuaRadin #Kesselhaus #Loaded #NorthernLite #Pinhead #Pothead #Potsdam #Pyrecult #Quasimodo #Reset #Schokoladen #Supamolly #TheHaloEffect #TheHamburgBluesB #Waschhaus #WildAtHeart #SteelFeed #SteelFeedSoon
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Gig Review: The Halo Effect / Pain / Bloodred Hourglass – Slay, Glasgow (22nd January 2025)
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
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Gig Review: The Halo Effect / Pain / Bloodred Hourglass – Slay, Glasgow (22nd January 2025)
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
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Gig Review: The Halo Effect / Pain / Bloodred Hourglass – Slay, Glasgow (22nd January 2025)
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
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About last Sunday 📍 #Patronaat #Haarlem
🇳🇱 The Netherlands
🔥 #TheHaloEffect , #PAIN , #BloodredHourglass
🗓️ 19/1/2025
📽️ Sethpicturesmusic - Seth Abrikoos#concertphotographer #concertphotos #concertphotography #musicphotography #musicphotographer #musicphoto #tourphotography #tourphotographer #bandphotography #bandphotographer #artistphotography #artistphotographer #metalmusic #metalband #festivalphotography #festivalphotographer #metalmusician #longhairmen #metalmen #metalboy
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About last Sunday 📍 #Patronaat #Haarlem
🇳🇱 The Netherlands
🔥 #TheHaloEffect , #PAIN , #BloodredHourglass
🗓️ 19/1/2025
📽️ Sethpicturesmusic - Seth Abrikoos#concertphotographer #concertphotos #concertphotography #musicphotography #musicphotographer #musicphoto #tourphotography #tourphotographer #bandphotography #bandphotographer #artistphotography #artistphotographer #metalmusic #metalband #festivalphotography #festivalphotographer #metalmusician #longhairmen #metalmen #metalboy
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About last Sunday 📍 #Patronaat #Haarlem
🇳🇱 The Netherlands
🔥 #TheHaloEffect , #PAIN , #BloodredHourglass
🗓️ 19/1/2025
📽️ Sethpicturesmusic - Seth Abrikoos#concertphotographer #concertphotos #concertphotography #musicphotography #musicphotographer #musicphoto #tourphotography #tourphotographer #bandphotography #bandphotographer #artistphotography #artistphotographer #metalmusic #metalband #festivalphotography #festivalphotographer #metalmusician #longhairmen #metalmen #metalboy
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About last Sunday 📍 #Patronaat #Haarlem
🇳🇱 The Netherlands
🔥 #TheHaloEffect , #PAIN , #BloodredHourglass
🗓️ 19/1/2025
📽️ Sethpicturesmusic - Seth Abrikoos#concertphotographer #concertphotos #concertphotography #musicphotography #musicphotographer #musicphoto #tourphotography #tourphotographer #bandphotography #bandphotographer #artistphotography #artistphotographer #metalmusic #metalband #festivalphotography #festivalphotographer #metalmusician #longhairmen #metalmen #metalboy
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📍#Patronaat #Haarlem 🗓 19/1/2025
📷 Sethpicturesmusic - Seth Abrikoos
🔥 #thehaloeffect 💿 #nuclearblastrecords
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📍#Patronaat #Haarlem 🗓 19/1/2025
📷 Sethpicturesmusic - Seth Abrikoos
🔥 #thehaloeffect 💿 #nuclearblastrecords
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An easy paced zone 2 treadmill run in the company of Gothenburg metal gods The Halo Effect and their brand new album March of the Unheard #running #easyrunning #treadmillrunning #adidasrunning #thehaloeffect #marchoftheunheard #melodeath #gothenburgmetal #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #oldguysrule
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An easy paced zone 2 treadmill run in the company of Gothenburg metal gods The Halo Effect and their brand new album March of the Unheard #running #easyrunning #treadmillrunning #adidasrunning #thehaloeffect #marchoftheunheard #melodeath #gothenburgmetal #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #oldguysrule
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An easy paced zone 2 treadmill run in the company of Gothenburg metal gods The Halo Effect and their brand new album March of the Unheard #running #easyrunning #treadmillrunning #adidasrunning #thehaloeffect #marchoftheunheard #melodeath #gothenburgmetal #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #oldguysrule
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An easy paced zone 2 treadmill run in the company of Gothenburg metal gods The Halo Effect and their brand new album March of the Unheard #running #easyrunning #treadmillrunning #adidasrunning #thehaloeffect #marchoftheunheard #melodeath #gothenburgmetal #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #oldguysrule
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An easy paced zone 2 treadmill run in the company of Gothenburg metal gods The Halo Effect and their brand new album March of the Unheard #running #easyrunning #treadmillrunning #adidasrunning #thehaloeffect #marchoftheunheard #melodeath #gothenburgmetal #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #oldguysrule
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#MetalInjection
MIKAEL STANNE Explains The Delay In Announcing The Next THE HALO EFFECT Record#MikaelStanne #TheHaloEffect #DarkTranquillity #InFlames #NiclasEngelin #PeterIwers #DanielSvensson #JesperStrömblad
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#BLABBERMOUTH
THE HALO EFFECT's Second Album To Arrive In Early 2025https://blabbermouth.net/news/the-halo-effects-second-album-to-arrive-in-early-2025
#THEHALOEFFECT #MikaelStanne #DarkTranquillity #NiclasEngelin #JesperStrömblad #PeterIwers #DanielSvensson
