Metal Anarchy

During an interview with MoreCore.TV, The Halo Effect’s Mikael Stanne and Niclas Engelin offered an update on the band’s new album. According to them, the effort is currently being mixed.

Stanne said the following:

“We decided to [test the water a little bit], see if people are into the new stuff that we’re writing. Not that it’s super different, but still… And it’s been fun to kind of, yeah, try things out and see if people are into it. And they seem to be digging it. So we’re really excited. We’re in the mixing stage of album number two, and it’s starting to sound pretty good.”

Engelin continued:

“[The second album is] done. We’re doing the finishing mixes next week with Jens Bogren, and it feels really, really good… We’re ready to go.”

Stanne added:

“It’s gonna be awesome. So it feels great to just have everything kind of ready to go. And then we can do all of our other things, and then we’re gonna release the album… Unofficial yet, but it’s coming.”

Engelin also commented on the album’s musical direction:

“I think it’s gonna be more riffage, maybe — if that’s possible.”

Stanne added:

“To me… We listen to it every day now in order to kind of finalize the mix. But it’s more focused, I think. For me, it feels like we are more confident in who we are, whereas the first album was kind of, like, ‘Hey, let’s figure things out, see where we can take things.’ Now it’s become focused and more final, I think, and more confident… I cannot wait to start releasing singles and stuff like that. It’s gonna be awesome. I cannot wait. It sounds so good.”

Engelin concluded:

“Especially after playing a lot of shows together, you get that chemistry going [between the bandmembers].”

[via Blabbermouth]