Halestorm working on album no.4

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
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Halestorm report they’re working on the follow-up to 2015’s Into The Wild Life

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Halestorm have confirmed that they are working on what will be their fourth studio album.

The band revealed the news over the weekend ahead of their set at Rockfest in Kansas City.

Guitarist Joe Hottinger tells Official 98.9 The Rock: “We’re making a rock and roll record. We have a new producer and he’s made some of our favourite records. Some really cool music.

Vocalist and guitarist Lzzy Hale adds: “It’s been pretty epic so far.”

The band are working on the follow-up to 2015’s Into the Wild Life with acclaimed producer Nick Raskulinecz, who has previously been involved with artists including Rush, Mastodon, Korn, Ghost, Deftones and Evanescence.

News of his involvement was leaked by Evanescence singer Amy Lee, who posted a picture of herself along with Hale and Raskulinecz in the studio with the caption: “The icing on the cake is two of my favourite people are working next door.”

Hale recently told radio sattion 97.7 WQLZ (via Blabbermouth): “We have a lot of tracks. We’ve been recording and working on pre-production. We’ve been writing in my personal studio and then we’ve been going into an actual studio with a producer and doing pre-pro as we go along, which we’ve never really done.

“This time we have half-songs and then we go in the studio and we finish them. We have some keeper song takes and there’s maybe some vocal or guitar takes that we won’t redo later.”

Halestorm will resume their live shows on June 16 when they play Flint’s Loudwire Live. Find a full list of tour dates below.

Halestorm 2017 tour dates

Jun 16: Flint Loudwire Live, MI
Jul 20: Walker Moondance Jam, MN
Jul 23: Bangor Rise Above, ME
Jul 29: Seymour Outgamie County Fair, WI
Aug 05: Columbus Express Live, OH
Aug 25: Baltimore Maryland State Fair, MD
Sep 09: New London Revolution Rock Festival, CT
Sep 22: Denver High Elevation Festival, CO
Sep 30: Louisville Louder Than Life, KY
Oct 07: Philadelphia Rock Allegiance, PA

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent 35 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott keeps Louder’s buyer’s guides up to date, writes about the best deals for music fans, keeps on top of the latest tech releases and reviews headphones, speakers, earplugs and more. Over the last 10 years, Scott has written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog. He's previously written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald newspapers, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to tech reviews, video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.