In a new interview with Kentucky radio station ALT 105.1 , Lzzy Hale spoke about the progress of Halestorm . The multi-award-winning band released their last album in 2022, Back From The Dead.
The new recordings would mark the band's return to the studio after all these years. The group, which has been making a name for itself in the metal scene, has already participated in several festivals and numerous sold-out solo shows. In addition, Lzzy was named the first female brand ambassador for Gibson and served as a presenter on the AXS TV program "A Year In Music".
Regarding the recordings, Hale commented: “We had three separate sessions in the studio, we’re recording an album with producer Dave Cobb . And he’s actually a big metal fan, and he’s very excited, but we’re constantly touring, so we had, like, three different sessions in the studio. We’re probably – what – 70, 80, maybe, percent there, I’m doing a lot of final touches on the vocals and stitching everything together, doing solos and all that. And then we come back in December to just say, ‘Okay, this is good.’ And then, yeah. And there we are, so we’re really excited.”
Dave Cobb's production of the new album
The production of this new album has been something different for Halestorm. This time it was handled by Dave Cobb. He has already shared nine Grammy Awards, including four for Best American Album and three for Best Country Album, in addition to several other awards.
Hale attempts to describe the new experience in a recent interview on the radio show The Morning After With Nic & Big J on 100.3 The X Rocks : “It was a crazy whirlwind making the new album. We ended up going in with Dave Cobb, the producer.”
“And it’s something completely different from anything we’ve ever had. We literally came in with all our baggage, all our songs, our riffs, the whole thing, and he said, ‘No, we’re not going to do any of that, we’re just going to start.’ And I thought, ‘What? No plan?’ And it’s kind of beautiful because we’re all very ADHD and we’re locked up together in this house in Savannah, Georgia, which, if you’ve ever been to Savannah, Georgia, there’s no scene. It’s a creepy historic city.”
The reason for choosing to work with Cobb was the desire to see his work evolve. For that, they need new ideas, and despite the producer's success in country music, he has always liked metal. But since the band continues to perform live, the album is expected to finish production by the end of the year.
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