Everest (Pink Vinyl)

Brand new sealed album pressed in Pink vinyl housed in a gatefold cover.

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.

Everest is easily the band’s boldest work to date, boasting some of their most interesting songs yet, due to some tweaks to the template. Take the labyrinthine title track – a shapeshifter that segues from a slithering, snake-like intro into an overwrought, showy chorus with a mournful lead guitar from Joe Hottinger. It’s unlike any other song in their back-catalogue. Watch Out! sets a new pace for the band; it’s a rampant, Motörhead-esque thrash-a-thon, with Lzzy veering between an Alice In Chains drone and screaming blue murder as the rest of the band put their foot to the floor.

A1

Fallen Star Written-By – Aaron Raitiere, Arejay, Dave Cobb, Joe Hottinger, Josh Smith (2), Lzzy Hale

A2		Everest Written-By – Amy Wadge, Arejay, Dave Cobb, Joe Hottinger, Josh Smith (2), Lzzy Hale
A3		Shiver Written-By – Arejay, Dave Cobb, Dave Pittenger, Joe Hottinger, Josh Smith (2), Lzzy Hale
A4		Like A Woman Can Written-By – Arejay, Dave Cobb, Joe Hottinger, Josh Smith (2), Lzzy Hale, Nolan Sipe, Ryan Daly
A5		Rain Your Blood On Me Written-By – Aaron Raitiere, Arejay, Dave Cobb, Joe Hottinger, Josh Smith (2), Lzzy Hale
A6		Darkness Always Wins Written-By – Aaron Raitiere, Arejay, Dave Cobb, Joe Hottinger, Josh Smith (2), Lzzy Hale
B1		Gather The Lambs Written-By – Aaron Raitiere, Arejay, Dave Cobb, Joe Hottinger, Josh Smith (2), Lzzy Hale
B2		Watch Out! Written-By – Arejay, Dave Cobb, Joe Hottinger, Josh Smith (2), Lzzy Hale
B3		Broken Doll Written-By – Aaron Raitiere, Arejay, Dave Cobb, Joe Hottinger, Josh Smith (2), Lzzy Hale
B4		K-I-L-L-I-N-G Written-By – Aaron Raitiere, Arejay, Dave Cobb, Joe Hottinger, Josh Smith (2), Lzzy Hale
B5		I Gave You Everything Written-By – Arejay, Dave Cobb, Joe Hottinger, Josh Smith (2), Lzzy Hale
B6		How Will You Remember Me? Written-By – Arejay, Dave Cobb, Joe Hottinger, Josh Smith (2), Lzzy Hale, Natalie Hemby