HALESTORM ANNOUNCES BACK FROM THE DEAD;

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NEW ALBUM SET FOR MAY 6 RELEASE;

BAND REVEALS NEW SINGLE, “THE STEEPLE” TODAY;

BACK FROM THE DEAD AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW

Grammy-winning hard rock band Halestorm today announced Back From The Dead, their fifth studio album due out May 6, 2022, and follow-up to 2018’s Vicious. Back From The Dead is available for fans to pre-save and pre-order now here.

Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Alice in Chains) with co-production by Scott Stevens (Shinedown, Daughtry, New Years Day), Back From The Dead quickly evolved from songwriting exercises into a matter of survival for the band. Lead singer Lzzy Hale says, “We started writing this album about three months B.C. (Before COVID). Once we went into lockdown and were unable to perform and tour, I fell into a dark place and something of an identity crisis. This album is the story of me carving myself out of that abyss. It is a journey of navigating mental health, debauchery, survival, redemption, rediscovery, and still maintaining faith in humanity.”

Today Halestorm revealed “The Steeple,” the second single from Back From The Dead. “The Steeple” follows the album’s title track, “Back From The Dead,” released last fall. That track marked Halestorm’s sixth #1 at rock radio, and met rave reviews: Rolling Stone called it “a biting, cathartic howler about overcoming obstacles — even death,” and Consequence praised frontwoman Lzzy Hale’s “powerhouse pipes” and lead guitarist Joe Hottinger’s “blistering solo.” Revolver declared it a “raucous, hard-rock rager about staying strong in the face of crushing adversity.”

Halestorm has grown from a childhood dream of siblings Lzzy and Arejay Hale into one of the most celebrated rock bands of the last two decades. Halestorm’s music has surpassed a billion streams worldwide. Called a “muscular, adventurous, and especially relevant rock record” by Rolling Stone, Vicious earned the band their second Grammy nomination, for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song “Uncomfortable,” the band’s fourth #1 at rock radio, and led Loudwire to name Halestorm “Rock Artist of the Decade” in 2019. Fronted by the incomparable Lzzy Hale with drummer Arejay Hale, guitarist Joe Hottinger, and bass player Josh Smith, Halestorm has earned a reputation as a powerful live music force, headlining sold-out shows and topping festival bills around the world, and sharing the stage with icons including Heaven & Hell, Alice Cooper, and Joan Jett.

HALESTORM – BACK FROM THE DEAD

Release date: May 6, 2022
Atlantic Records

  1. Back From The Dead
  2. Wicked Ways
  3. Strange Girl
  4. Brightside
  5. The Steeple
  6. Terrible Things
  7. My Redemption
  8. Bombshell
  9. I Come First
  10. Psycho Crazy
  11. Raise Your Horns

For more information on Halestorm, visit and follow:

Halestorm Official Site (halestormrocks.com)

(2) Halestorm | Facebook

Halestorm (@Halestorm) / Twitter

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Halestorm – YouTube

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HØVDING TRANSPORTS US TO A DARK ADVENTURE IN CHILLING NEW SINGLE “CAUGHT BENEATH THE WATER”

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NASHVILLE, TN  | JANUARY 21, 2022: New Zealand’s very own father-daughter duo HØVDING have released “Caught Beneath the Water,” a cinematic folk song that draws inspiration from the duo’s Nordic roots. Infused with dark melodies and haunting lyrics, the new single allows listeners to become immersed in a world of fantasy where mythical creatures and mysterious magic thrive. When creating the track, vocalist Nika Jane wanted listeners to envision a place where they’d be able to explore the antagonists of a story: 

“Whenever I’m writing a HØVDING song like ‘Caught Beneath The Water,’ I picture a mythical scene and I let myself go there in my head. It’s always dark but I love it. It feels comforting to me and I always find a story in there. There’s nothing like that feeling in the real world. I find it fun to dive into the dark and mysterious. In movies growing up I never liked the princes or princesses, I always loved the villains – they were so much more fun.” – Nika Jane of HØVDING

Geoff Duncan, who produces the sounds of HØVDING, shares the important textural elements of the track – and how the opening lyric was vital to capturing the dark, hopeless feeling the song carries. 

“With ’Caught Beneath The Water’ we wanted something that felt hopeless, and foreboding, and we wanted to feel like calamity and doom was all around. It needed to feel cold and elemental. ‘Wind on the water, Blood in the well’ is the opening line and we wanted it to set the scene like something very dark was unfolding. And even though it’s a dark and serious song, with this heavy undertone, we actually had so much fun writing it and trying to make it as spooky as possible.” -Geoff Duncan of HØVDING 

HØVDING is the musical collaboration between 17 year-old artist Nika Jane and her father, Billboard-charting producer Geoff Duncan. Together they create dark Nordic-inspired cinematic songs inspiring a feeling of longing and nostalgia while embracing the chilling drama of dark myths and legends. 

Their music features the haunting vocals of Nika Jane, who loves creating immersive rhythms and layered atmospheres with her voice. Accompanying the vocals are dynamic and lush soundscapes, crafted from organic instruments like acoustic guitars and drums, alongside orchestral strings and bombastic cinematic elements. From fragile intimate moments to gargantuan ensemble performances, HØVDING create a unique and immersive world for the listener to inhabit. 

The name HØVDING hails from the name of the ship that took Nika’s ancestors from their homeland in Norway to settle in New Zealand. Both Nika Jane and Geoff were born in New Zealand but are now currently living in Nashville TN, where Nika Jane is high school student, Fellowship-awarded composer, and producer. Geoff is a full time songwriter and producer.

Be sure to stream “Caught Beneath the Water” on all DSPs today

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French melodic metal four-piece Second Day streamed debut full-length record ‘DAWN’.

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As announced a few weeks ago with “Matter Drop” and then “Eiram” and following a very successful crowdfunding campaign on Ulule, French melodic metallers (from epic-metal to melodeath passing through post-metal and progressive rock) Second Day finally released their debut full-length album ‘DAWN’, available right now on CD & Digital through Bandcamp and the main legal platforms.

Founded in 2017 in the city of Besançon (France), Second Day started to play music as a cover band (and just for fun) before to draw its own musical path into epic-metal. Then, finding its way, the four-piece produced a first digital single (“Fireflies”, 2019) before to record to an EP called ‘Three Wizards’. After months of hard work, Second Day released its debut full-length album called ‘Dawn’ on January 2022.For fans of: Amorphis, Orphaned Land, Insomnium, Alcest, Omnium Gatherum…

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