Halestorm (Official Thread)

[Speed King]

I haven't heard any of her music, but she has killer taste in guitars!

 

[joker1961]

these are the cover song I heard before moving swiftly along to there albums.............stonking imho

 

[Lynch]

Yeah, Halestorm has three different EPs that are all covers, each one with 6 songs on them. All very good!

My favorite of all of them is probably their aggressive cover of Judas Priest's oldschool track, Dissident Aggressor:

 

[Sharp Dressed Man]

They've been teasing it for a while and finally, new album details and a brand new track:

HALESTORM will release its fourth album, "Vicious", on July 27 via Atlantic.

"Vicious" track listing:

01. Black Vultures
02. Skulls
03. Uncomfortable
04. Buzz
05. Do Not Disturb
06. Conflicted
07. Killing Ourselves To Live
08. Heart of Novocaine
09. Painkiller
10. White Dress
11. Vicious
12. The Silence

 

[Sharp Dressed Man]

One more new track...

 

[Sharp Dressed Man]

Yet another new track:

Not so sold on this track. The lyrics are atrociously bad, especially coming from a 34 year old woman and the music sounds a bit too much like recent tour mates In This Moment.

I did enjoy the other two singles though and still feel excited about the new album.

 

[Lynch]

Picked up the album. I've only listened to it once so far.

First thoughts after one listen... it doesn't grab me in the way that the last album did. There were at least 3 or maybe 4 songs on the previous LP that I listened to and thought "HELL YEAH! This song is AWESOME!" on the very first listen. Other tracks were good or better than good, but 3 or 4 instantly grabbed my attention. I am not hearing one song (so far) that does that to me on this album.

That being said, it's still a very solid album. The sound is good. Some rockin' tracks and some a bit more mellow. Nothing made me want to skip ahead to the next song.

Hopefully I have time tonight to give it another listen from start to finish.

 

[Lynch]

On another note, tickets went on sale last week for their show this winter. Picked up tickets for me and my youngest daughter. We've already got a sober-driver set up so we can throw back a few drinks that night as well. VERY Much looking forward to it.

Oh, also, In This Moment is opening up. Will be the first time I've seen them.

 

[Sharp Dressed Man]

@Lynch: Halestorm, In This Moment and New Years Day is a damn good lineup! I wish they'd bring that lineup to Europe!

 

[Sharp Dressed Man]

Here's a brand new video for "Do Not Disturb":