Haelo

HAELO band (formarly known as After@All) was founded in 1996. The first promotional material was published in 1997, with the title To many, peace is…. They have become well known all over the country with with this promotional material thanks to the good critics and the continous touring after publishing the demo. The same demo got the honourable title „Demo of the year” in the Slovakian Metal Hammer in 1997. The band spent the next one and half years performing concerts in the most important clubs in the country, and interviews together with reviews were published about HAELO in different kinds of musical magazines and fanzines.The band gained Ty Tabor’s personal acknowledgement when HAELO was the opening act of King’s X in Budapest in March, 1999.During 1999-2000. new songs were written, and by 2000. these songs had provided the base of an upcoming first album, which was first published in the form of maxi EP with the title Chameleon. Two songs were recorded on this EP (Chameleon, Synthetic) together with their remix and radio edit versions. The maxi was followed by the first album one year later (still using the name After@All) which got the title A.C.I.D., and was published by Periferic Records, a label specialized mainly in progressive music.They mix the classical elements of progressive music with modern musical solutions on the album containing 15 tracks, which truly reflect the unique conception and musicality of the band. A.C.I.D. was published in 20 countries in the world and as a result of promotional work following the publication well known musical magazines wrote about A.C.I.D. with honour. A video was also shot for the album. Dust In… Hoffman could be seen on musical channels in Hungary for months.The latest material of the band is the EP entitled Something to show… including 4 songs, which came to alive in September, 2003. The songs recorded for the EP (Skan, Erazer, Before the storm, Freezin’) show a more matured musical picture slightly changing the path, on which the band has going so far. The songs are harder, simpler, the song structures are easier to understand. The music has become more vocal-based emphasizing the guitar more, but at the same time the electronic parts are a very serious part of the new musical conception.At the beginning of the summer of 2004. the band changed its name to HAELO.On the basis of Something to show… the band signed a contract with the Belgian Hardebaran Management, who supporting the band started to work so that the music of HAELO could be heard on the continent by more people. The results of this are the excellent international press critics, which predict a breakthrough and serious success for the band.The band’s new video for the song Before the storm is broadcasted by TVs across Europe since 1st July, and it has a big success all over the countries.The band is working on the songs of the second album, which will be published by a belgian label in 2007.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4