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Halestorm is an American Rock music band from Red Lion, Pennsylvania, consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist Lzzy Hale, drummer Arejay Hale, guitarist Joe Hottinger, and bassist Josh Smith. Siblings Lzzy and Arejay founded the band in 1997. The group's self-titled debut album was released in 2009 through Atlantic Records.
The lead single "Love Bites (So Do I)" from their second album The Strange Case Of... (2012) won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. The band's third album, Into the Wild Life (2015), peaked at number five on the Billboard 200. Their fourth album, Vicious (2018), debuted at number eight on the chart, becoming their second top 10 record. Their sixth album, Everest, was released in August 2025.
Halestorm is known for their constant touring, often performing as many as 250 shows a year. After touring as supporting artists for hard rock and heavy metal acts, they sold out their first headlining arena show in 2016. They have gone on to host tours throughout the United States and internationally, and they are a regularly-appearing act at music festivals. AllMusic stated that the band has become "a fixture of American rock radio."
In 2003, Joe Hottinger joined the band, and Josh Smith replaced Roger Hale in 2004. The group signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records on June 28, 2005, and released a live EP titled One and Done on April 28, 2006. The EP, now out of print, featured an early live version of "It's Not You". Their self-titled debut album was released on April 28, 2009. The song "I Get Off" served as the album's lead single. Both the song and video for their second single, "It's Not You", were released in late November 2009. Singles and videos for "Love/Hate Heartbreak" and "Familiar Taste of Poison" were released in 2010. On November 16, 2010, Halestorm released a live CD/DVD entitled Live in Philly 2010, which was recorded at The TLA in Philadelphia in early 2010. On March 22, 2011, Halestorm released an EP called containing Cover version of songs of different genres.
In April 2013, Halestorm reached the top of the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for the first time with their single "Freak Like Me". On August 6, 2013, the band premiered their video for "Here's to Us", and it had previously been performed by the cast on the television show Glee in 2012. On October 15, Halestorm released their second covers album entitled .
Halestorm covered the Dio song "Straight Through the Heart" on the tribute album Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life, which was released on March 25, 2014. On March 28, 2014, Halestorm performed a brand new song called The Heartbreaker at the Cannery Ballroom in Nashville, Tennessee. In April, the band released a video on YouTube called A Day in the Life Of Halestorm 2014 (Backstage, Interview & New Song Mayhem ).
The band released its third studio album, Into the Wild Life, in April 2015. They had performed over 2,000 live shows together, and in May 2015 released the photo book To Hale And Back in collaboration with photographer Rob Fenn, which documented the career of Halestorm to that point. Halestorm headlined its first arena show in 2016, and on January 6, 2017, the band released their third covers album . On May 17, 2017, they released the official music video for the song "Dear Daughter".
Halestorm had planned to work on their fifth album in 2020, but it was paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Concerts being canceled meant that 2020 was the longest time they didn't have a concert since Lzzy and Arejay started the band 17 years earlier. They launched the #RoadieStrong campaign to raise financial support for live entertainment crews during the pandemic. The effort was also supported by Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown, and other artists. On August 14, 2020, Halestorm released an Extended play called Reimagined. It featured six songs, with five reworked Halestorm songs, including "Break In", featuring Amy Lee of Evanescence, and a cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You".
In 2024, the band worked on their next album with Dave Cobb as Record producer. They released a new song with I Prevail ahead of their joint co-headlining summer tour, "Can U See Me in the Dark?". They also were invited to record a "reimagined" version of "Boot Scootin' Boogie" for Brooks and Dunn's Reboot II album. Later that year, Hale became the touring vocalist for Skid Row, following the departure of Erik Grönwall due to health issues.
The band's sixth album, Everest, was released on August 8, 2025.
The band was confirmed to be performing at the 2026 Sonic Temple music festival in Columbus, Ohio.
In mid 2012, Halestorm made a special requested appearance in an episode of Bar Rescue, titled "Owner Ousted", where they performed at the grand opening of the Fairfield, Ohio bar America Live (formerly Win, Place or Show).
On January 29, 2013, Halestorm performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. On February 22, Lzzy Hale sang the Guns N' Roses song "Out Ta Get Me" at Bandit Rock in Stockholm, where Slash and his band were headlining. Hale's vocals are featured in a cover of "Close My Eyes Forever" on the 2013 album of David Draiman's project, Device.
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