Author: Black Halo

The guitar playthrough video of “Reality Distortion Fields” is now live on YouTube. This song is pretty easy to play so grab your guitar and learn these riffs. Rand filmed this on the guitar he’d played the song on so Read More …

I’ve completed filming of all intended Behind the Scenes videos for the Utopia album. Most are about individual songs, but one is the story of the album being held up for over 15 years. These will be regularly released at Read More …

We’ve released the behind the scenes video for “Two Lights Beckon” to YouTube. Learn how this song was written from a single note and a rhythm, and how working with Dirk Verbeuren came together.

One of the easier songs on the Utopia album is “Darkness Falls,” and now you can learn how to play it yourself from the guitar playthrough video that is now live on YouTube.

The guitar playthrough video for “Utopia” has been released! Unlike what you hear on streaming media, this include the intro. We omitted that from streaming platforms because places like Spotify can penalize songs with intros.

Black Halo guitarist Randy Ellefson is set to release a new instrumental guitar album later in 2026. Titled Acoustic Wonders, it features the same sort of material heard on songs like “In Death I Linger On” and “A Kiss From Read More …

The acoustic guitar playthrough video for the ballad, “In Death I Linger On,” has been released to YouTube.

We have the first album review in, from MetalRules.com. Check it out here. 4/5 stars! Black Halo are a traditional heavy metal band who self released their concept album ‘Utopia’ on February 20th, 2026. Part of their bio associates the Read More …

We’ve released the behind the scenes video for “Upon Deaf Ears” to YouTube. Learn about how the guitar solo was written (backwards!) and about the chorus melody and lyric rewrites.

The guitar playthrough video for “Upon Deaf Ears” has been released on YouTube. This includes all solos! Check it out: