Halestorm’s albums sound like a beast stuck in a cage. Since finding success in the early 2010s the Pennsylvania band have earned a reputation for high-octane, anything-can-happen live shows, fuelled by the chemistry between singer/guitarist Lzzy Hale, her drummer brother Arejay and a line-up that’s gone unchanged for 21 years.
Their records have struggled to convey the same fire, however, with 2015’s Into The Wild Life especially feeling more sterile than a surgical suite. After previous album Back From The Dead showed some traces of the band’s on-stage verve, sprinting through 37 minutes of metal, Everest sees them finally scale the summit. And all it took was everything being changed. For the first time, Halestorm were produced by country connoisseur Dave Cobb (Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton etc), and they took nothing into the studio except their instruments.
