THE HALO EFFECT releases rendition of Phenomena's "Dance With The Devil"
23-10-2025
THE HALO EFFECT continue to reveal tracks from their forthcoming cover EP We Are Shadows, out November 21. Each band member has chosen a personal favorite song to reinterpret, and this time it’s guitarist Niclas Engelin’s turn. His choice: the 1985 classic ‘Dance With The Devil’ by the legendary “supergroup” PHENOMENA, featuring Glenn Hughes, Mel Galley (Whitesnake), and Cozy Powell, among others.
Watch a visualizer for ‘Dance With The Devil’ below.
THE HALO EFFECT’s version transforms the iconic track into a crushing, melodic storm — with Mikael Stanne’s ferocious growls and the band’s trademark guitar-driven intensity breathing new life into the timeless song.
Niclas Engelin recalls the song’s lasting impact:
“I got hit by lightning in the 7th grade when I got to borrow the album by Phenomena from my friend Emil Olsen. The song Dance With The Devil struck me hard, and I recorded the whole album on cassette — which I played into dust.”
Watch the previously released covers for W.A.S.P.‘s 1984 anthem “I Wanna Be Somebody”, ‘If You Were Here’, originally by Swedish alternative pop-rock icons Kent and the cover of the DANZIG classic ‘How the Gods Kill’ below.
The “We Are Shadows” EP will be released digitally and on a limited vinyl version.
The track listing is as follows:
01. How The Gods Kill
02. If You Were Here
03. I Wanna Be Somebody
04. Dance With The Devil
05. Shoreline
Also watch the previously released “What We Become”, “Cruel Perception”, “March Of The Unheard” and “Detonate” below.
“March Of The Unheard” will be made available in the following formats:
– CD Jewel case
– CD Digi, including three bonus tracks, 24-page booklet, UV spot varnish & parchment paper **
– 1 LP Crystal Clear (Retail)
– 1 LP Curacao/Ocean Blue/White Splatter (NB shop)
– 1 LP Curacao (Band shop)
– 1 LP Yellow (Sweden Rock) + 1 Bonus Track *
– 1 LP Light Green (Nordics)
All vinyls come with 24-page booklet, UV spot varnish and parchment paper
“March Of The Unheard” track listing:
01. Conspire To Deceive
02. Detonate
03. Our Channel To The Darkness
04. Cruel Perception
05. What We Become
06. This Curse Of Silence
07. March Of The Unheard
08. Forever Astray
09. Between Directions
10. A Death That Becomes Us
11. The Burning Point
12. Coda
Bonus tracks:
* “Not Yet Broken”
** “Path Of Fierce Resistance”
** “The Defiant One”
** “Become Surrender”
THE HALO EFFECT is currently on the road.
Here are the dates:26.06. GR Thessaloniki – Rockwave Festival28.06. FI Helsinki – Tuska Festival17.07. DE Neunkirchen Vlyn – Dong Open Air18.07. DE Weil am Rhein – Baden in Blut07.08. ES Alicante – Leyendas del Rock08.08. GER Büdesheim – Krawall ‘O’ Open Air09.08. CZ Jaromer – Brutal Assault10.08. SLO Bratislava – Majestic Music Club12.08. LUX Luxembourg – Dem Atelier (**Machine Head support)13.08. GER Dinkelsbühl – Summer Breeze14.08. GER Lindau – Club Vaudeville15.08. GER Sulingen – Reload Festival16.08. GER Cudrefin – Rock the Lakes Festival
29.08. RO Campulung Muscel – Posada Rock Festival
30.08. GER Schramberg-Tennenbrom – Metalacker Festival
21.11. BU Sofia – Joy Station
22.11. TUR Istanbul – If Besiktas
25.11. JP Osaka – Bigcat
26.11. JP Tokio – Toyosu Pit
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