A young boy is on his knees, tired, all bloody, hurt and broken, with his powerful enemy facing him with a wicked smile, ready to put an end to him. Suddenly, he has a vision, he sees himself in company of his long gone father, who shows him a letter with various symbols on it, and everything vanishes as he closes his eyes, falling to the ground. Then, a flash of lightning strikes him, followed by a massive explosion of energy, as the villain turns around to see the boy standing tall with an immense power in his eyes, his body and his mind. An unwavering will for justice. He is reborn. A new hero is among us.

A New Hero Is Among Us (Epic Heroic Action Orchestral)

My new single “Acid Reign” is out today. Listen at https://bnd.lc/AcidReign

This was one of the first songs I’d ever written (and the first I was probably really proud of). I remember collaborating on this in the late '90s with @‌mounir.baalbaki, the bass player of my old band.

I remember when I first came up with the intro, I couldn’t stop playing it—the oriental vibe was so catchy to my ears. I remember showing it to Mounir, and we just started bouncing ideas off each other. We eventually ended up writing the song.

Afterwards, we demoed the song on my old four track. I remember making CD copies and distributing it to everyone. We even submitted the song as a demo to a record label, hoping to get signed and become famous. Ahh, the dreams of adolescents—so beautiful, so pure, and so strong they can move mountains.

Lyrically, the song is about despotic tyrants who unleash terror, lies, and fear on their subjects. The song has a very apocalyptic vibe—images of war, burning skies, corpses lying everywhere, and children crying while covered in blood.

I’ll be honest with you—the theme of the song doesn’t really cover new terrain. Almost every metal band in the world has written songs about tyrants, war, and the end of the world. It has been done many times before. However, what saddens me reading the lyrics 25 years later is that it’s still very relevant today. It’s as if the lyrics were written about any insert-name-of-tyrant living today.

On a more personal level, this song has a very dear and sentimental value to me. It feels surreal I was finally able to record it now, release it, and finally listen to it properly without the scratches of the demo tape. I must say, though, that I still hear those scratches even with the new version of the song. To my ears, they are forever etched in.

After I told producer @‌hadiplaysmusic about the story and history of the song, he suggested adding a reversed-type recording of the original demo at the end, as a nod to the past. This is the scratchy outro bit towards the end. So, in a way, you can still hear the playing of the 16-year-old Fadi and Mounir on this final version. The song has come full circle, past and present intertwined.

And, by the way, Mounir is still one of my closest and dearest friends to this day. Cheers bro—this one’s for you too!

Acid Reign

Recorded at the Orchard House Studio in Dec. 2023. DM if your curious about any recording or production questions. love to talk shop.

The Divided, Conquered, and Forgotten

The debut album by the band Greyfade, a one-man metal band from Lebanon and Dubai.
From Thrash and Death Metal to experimental, ambient Acoustic songs, Life is the perfect blend of contradictory emotions embodies in music

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Greyfade is a one-man alternative metal band based in Dubai, UAE, that crosses the genre with musical eclecticism through experimental sounds.


Born in Lebanon, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Fadi Helou began playing music at the age of 15 and songwriting by the age of 17. He founded his first band “The Prophecy” and subsequently moved to the United Arab Emirates where he started his latest music project Greyfade based on the influences of such iconic bands as Metallica, Megadeth, and Iron Maiden.


Greyfade released its debut album Life in August 2016. Distributed worldwide digitally and available physically in Virgin Megastores across the Middle East, Life is a 10-song album that blends a traditional metal sound with a layered vibe that transposes the expressionism behind the contradictory emotions of human experience. From anger to serenity, to beauty and rage, Greyfade’s music, showcasing the emotional spectrum and the dualities of life, is both a study and an expression of life lived. 


Greyfade is currently working on new music.

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