HALESTORM – Hello, It’s Mz. Hyde (2012)

Formed by frontwoman Lzzy Hale and her brother, drummer Arejay Hale, HALESTORM has been hailed an incendiary new force in the hard rock and metal circuit for the last three years.
The band’s self-titled album was one the best debuts of 2009, and they already blew me away with their EP of cover tunes called ‘ReAniMate: The CoVeRs’ (already presented here at zerodayrock) last year.

Halestorm is set to release its long-awaited sophomore album, ‘A Strange Case Of…’ on April 10. It’s just like Halestorm to offer up more than a single to tide impatient fans over. “Hello, It’s Mz Hyde” features a quarter of the album’s dozen tracks.
The EP kicks off with the single “Love Bites (So Do I)”. On the band’s covers EP ReAnimate, they versioned the Skid Row classic ‘Slave To The Grind’. “Love Bites (So Do I)” has that Skid-Grind feel to it. Fast, punchy and aggressive, and as she often does, Lzzy makes good use of sexual innuendo. The band’s years on the road pay obvious dividends with excellent musicianship all around.

The second track “Rock Show” taps into Lzzy’s personal side. The song is both auto-biographical and a statement to the fans. It’s packed with great hooks that latch on and hang with you for days. It’s framed by a very simple but sweet guitar riff and Lzzy’s emotive vocals.
Next up is the arena anthem “Daughters Of Darkness”. A song built for live performance, featuring Lzzy’s at her ballsy best. A catchy hard rocker with big guitars and an instant chorus.
To wrap this tasty morsel of rock, the band offers up the finger in the air, friends and family jam, “Here’s To Us”. This is a truly good melodic rock semi-ballad, sweet, sentimental and purely infectious. Another great breakdown, and another arm-waving, lighters and cellphones to the sky, arena-built anthem.

If “Hello, Its Mz Hyde” is a fair indicator of what the other eight tracks of the new album will be like, this could be one the best hard rock albums of 2012.
Halestorm is a band with a unique sound. Vocally, Lzzy is fantastic; it’s hard to fault the range and raw power she possesses.
Musically, the band have done well in diversifying the boundaries of the rock ‘n’ roll sound and fleetingly experimenting with instruments, keyboards being one to note.
While their self-titled record was good, this one looks like it’s going to be great.
Really good, rockin’ stuff.

1 – Love Bites (So Do I)
2 – Rock Show
3 – Daughters of Darkness
4 – Here’s to Us

Lzzy Hale – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Arejay Hale – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Joe Hottinger – guitar, backing vocals
Josh Smith – bass, backing vocals

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