Few bands have come charging out of the blocks as fully formed as Halestorm. Right from the beginning, the Pennsylvania quartet knew exactly who and what they wanted to be, and with their 2009 self-titled debut they laid down the blueprint with which they’d build their career. Hook-heavy hard rock, squealing guitar solos and world-class, iron-lunged vocals from singer and guitarist Lzzy Hale are their bread and butter – a formula that has lifted them into arenas, onto main stages, and bagged them a support slot with Iron Maiden this year.
On sixth record Everest, things start out the way you expect them to carry on. The band’s last album, 2022’s Back From The Dead, saw them turn in the heaviest, angriest material of their career, and Everest opener Fallen Star picks up where Back… left off, with a metallic riff that quickly settles into a groove, and Lzzy displaying every inch of her power and range. After that, though, things start to veer off-script.
