Ariel Maniki and the Black Halos

2013: Multi instrumentalist Ariel Maniki -former member of bands like Draconian Incubus, Maniki, and others- starts to work on new songs for his personal solo/studio project under his own lable ANK Records. 2014: First single "Intimate War" released in May. In October the ep "Madeline" came out. Both releases were published via arielmaniki.bandcamp.com on digital format only and the project was named simply "Ariel Maniki". 2015: First album called "The Descending" came out. The project name was changed to Ariel Maniki and the Black Halos as new members were incorporated for live performing. 2016: Now consolidated as a band the album "Labyrinth" was published at the beginning on the year. First latin-american tour was launched and included cities like Lima PE, Guadalajara MX and Ciudad de Mexico. Once back from tour the ep "Teargarden" is released containing songs that were originally excluded from the previous album. 2017: A deal is signed with Brazilian label Deepland Records and the album "Ritual" is released in April. 2018: The band prepares the promotional tour for the album Ritual. A "Best Of" compilation cd is scheduled to be released by Deepland Records. And the show goes on... .