The Halo Effect Are Coming to Spain — The Gothenburg Sound, Played by the People Who Made It
Five former members of In Flames' classic lineup. The architects of the Gothenburg sound. One of the most anticipated melodic death metal reunions in years. The Halo Effect return to Spain in March 2027 with two shows as part of the Route Resurrection 2027 series — March 1 at Wagon (LabClub) in Madrid and March 2 at Razzmatazz 1 in Barcelona. Joining them on both nights: Italian gothic metal icons Lacuna Coil and Finnish melodic death metal veterans Omnium Gatherum.
The Halo Effect was founded in 2019 by five musicians who collectively shaped the sound of In Flames at its creative peak: guitarists Jesper Strömblad and Niclas Engelin, bassist Peter Iwers, drummer Daniel Svensson, and vocalist Mikael Stanne — who was actually In Flames' original singer on their 1993 demo before Anders Fridén took over, and who has since built Dark Tranquillity into one of the most enduring acts in the genre. The band’s stated mission was to go back to where it all started: the mid-nineties Gothenburg sound that gave birth to melodic death metal as a genre, played with the precision and instinct of the people who pioneered it. The debut album Days of the Lost (2022, Nuclear Blast) entered the Swedish charts at number one and reached the top ten across much of Europe. The second album, March of the Unheard, released January 10, 2025, was received as a deeper, more atmospheric statement — twelve tracks that balance the infectious melodic riffing of the Colony/Clayman-era In Flames with the colder electronic layers associated with Dark Tranquillity’s Fiction period, all filtered through Stanne’s trademark combination of guttural growls and gothic-tinged clean vocals. The covers EP We Are Shadows followed in November 2025.
The two The Halo Effect concerts in Spain are bookended by two guests of considerable weight. Lacuna Coil, formed in Milan in 1994, have spent three decades building one of gothic metal’s most consistent catalogues, fronted by the dual vocals of Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro. Omnium Gatherum, a Finnish quintet from Joensuu, have been one of Europe’s most reliable melodic death metal acts for over two decades, known for ambitious compositions that balance heaviness and melody in equal measure.
Tickets available from €44 at route.resurrectionfest.es. Tickets on sale now.
