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HALESTORM – Everest – Album Review
Nobody can ever question the ambition and pure drive of Halestorm. The quartet have been making statement after statement since they first announced themselves to the world with their self-titled debut album in 2009.
Over the past fifteen years, they released a further four well-received records, graced some of the biggest stages and forced themselves higher and higher on the festival line-up barometer of success.
This year they will embark on their biggest headline tour to date with a daring run of UK arenas welcoming them in November. To prepare they have been supporting Iron Maiden and helping to kickstart the moment in time that was Back To The Beginning.
These appearances are apt because along with that ambition, the band have never been afraid to hide their classic influences and their latest album, ‘Everest’ is packed to the absolute brim with some of the most classic of rock’s trickery.
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From the hard-hitting rockers to the melodic ballads and the outright extravagance of it all – Halestorm are a band genuinely keeping the spirit of rock alive. Even when the likes of ‘K.I.L.L.I.N.G.’ seem a bit on the silly side, they still somehow ultimately come across as charming thanks to the undeniable charisma of Lzzy Hale.
Hale’s spectacular voice is against front and centre on ‘Everest’ but the band, as you’d expect, amplify that weapon of mass destruction precisely and magnificently. The title-track, ‘Rain Your Blood On Me’ and ‘Darkness Always Wins’ are standouts but whilst there are definitely some quirky tracks, there aren’t any bad tracks on what can only be considered another success for the group.
You always feel like there is more to come from Halestorm and you again don’t sense that they’ve fully unleashed all of their unique talents but when a band can churn out albums of this quality as standard, you know that they are damn good!
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