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“AMNPLIFY PREMIERE”
BLACK HALO
releases Foreigner cover
“DOUBLE VISION”

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About DOUBLE VISION

Since its release in 1978, Foreigner’s “Double Vision” has been a staple of classic rock. Now, Black Halo gives it a modern makeover with a heavier guitar tone, drum sound, and an added guitar solo.

“The original is great without one,” says guitarist Randy Ellefson, “but it was an obvious way to make the cover different.” It’s otherwise a faithful rendition to update a classic and reintroduce it to new and old fans alike.

The song is a bonus track and the first single from Black Halo’s debut album, Utopia. While it was chosen by Ellefson and the band’s first singer, the latter departed long ago, leaving eventual vocalist Chase Breedlove to deliver renown frontman Lou Gramm’s part. Despite not having picked the tune, Breedlove sounds effortless and unfazed.

And that’s what any band – and existing fans of the original – would want of the whole performance. Otherwise, people just want to turn it off and hear the classic rendition. Has Black Halo done the impossible and created a cover will love?

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About BLACK HALO

“Darkness falls, and I can hear your screams.”

The line from Black Halo’s “Darkness Falls” sums up the topics of their debut album, Utopia, and the band’s own struggles to get it recorded. Hard rock bands are known for songs about fast cars and even faster women, but Black Halo is tackling the troubles of our modern world head-on instead. Deep fakes. Substance abuse. Hatemongers. Depression. Isolation. The thought-provoking concept album follows two similarly troubled people whose demons threaten their dreams.

And it’s not unlike the duo behind Black Halo. When Maryland-based guitarist Randy Ellefson decided in 2009 that his fifth solo album would be the first with vocals, he had no idea singers would delay it for over fifteen years. The singers came and went one-by-one, six of them over seven years, each forcing Ellefson to start the vocals over (the rest of the album was done). One was Atlanta’s Chase Breedlove, whose personal troubles prompted his exit. Finally, Ellefson gave up.

“I honestly couldn’t take it anymore and just retired,” says Ellefson, who went on to write epic fantasy novels instead. But the project was never really forgotten. Years passed before he decided to try again, and this time, Breedlove had recovered and returned to get Utopia done. Released under the band name Black Halo, it’s still mostly Ellefson’s affair, but it’s a second chance for both men – maybe the same second chance their audience and the album’s main character seek. For Ellefson and Breedlove, the darkness has fallen and now there’s only the scream of triumph.

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