No Halos is a melodic metalcore band from Tempe, Arizona, whose music focuses heavily on mental health and healing. Their sound is very clean in production style, and the side of metalcore that it leans into makes them a band that is accessible to people who don't like the harshness 24/7 but still want that well-placed brutality.
On the 25th of September, No Halos released their newest single "Broken Muse," which hits like an established large-scale band's song already!
This track is smooth and definitely hits the melodic vibes to a T. Staying true to the focus on mental health that is a running theme across their works, "Broken Muse" is heavily based on the same topic... But it sounds like a love or yearning song, though a bittersweet one, with lyrics like "We can make a perfect harmony / Out of broken chords and misery / You lift me higher, then you tear me apart / A symphony of chaos beats in our heart".
The clean vocals are smooth and angelic, with the explosive contrast of the harshes to come in and remind us that this band is, in fact, a metalcore band. The added echo effects on the cleans and guitar riffs that alternate from softer to heavy add depth to the track that makes it even more engaging.
This single comes with a well-shot music video, as if the song itself isn't enough!
The music video starts with walking into a navy-blue veiled room, with spotlights zooming around the room behind them as they start to play the song in a performance-type music video vibe. As they play, the lighting changes from blue to white overhead and strobing white lights. But the chorus is really where this song slams in, as the lyrics pop up in bold lettering behind the band members as they play through the lines. This is a video concept that I really love because I do greatly enjoy performance-style videos, and having the lyrics come banging in with the band on the chorus was such a fun watch!
This song would be phenomenal in a romance movie, like in a scene where the two main characters finally realize that they love each other, or when they realize that they never fell out of love, or even in the playlist that more and more books are coming with, especially in the romance genre.
"Broken Muse" is a solid track all the way around that is right at the quality of other songs released by the well-established bands in the regional ranks, so I am waiting to see these guys really take off towards the top!
No Halos has a sound that is going to take them a really long way! I can't wait to hear and see what they do next, because I already know that this is a band where I can expect the next release to blow the rest out of the water, yet still all be songs that can be played on repeat as well.
Meet The Band!
Dylan Neuman - Vocalist
Zach Couch - Guitarist
Michael Gibney - Guitarist
Luis Peralta - Bassist and Vocalist
Reuben Dorus - Drums
