Halestorm - The Strange Case of...

If you want to be jealous for someone getting pretty much the perfect genes, take a look at Hale siblings Elizabeth and Arejay. Halestorm's core members do not only look great, they sound amazing. The band was formed 1997 in Pennsylvania. They released their first, self-titled album in 2009, it being followed with releases Live from Philly and ReAniMate: The CoVeRs eP. Their second full-length The Strange Case of... was released after two years of touring with such acts as Three Days Grace, Stone Sour, Disturbed and Megadeth.

Not only I think Lzzy Hale has one of the best female voices I've ever heard but I also love the way she (and the band) is believable on both harder rock/metal songs and beautiful, soft ballads. The only thing I really feel they could've done differently on this album is the order of the tracks. The album starts with some rough tracks but the feeling vanishes a bit after the absolutely awesome track Beautiful With You when all of the slow, ballad-type songs are put there in the middle. But got to say the band made an excellent decision with the visitor vocalist on the deluxe version of the album: one of the three bonus tracks is sung with James Michael of Sixx A.M. Couldn't  have made me any happier. :)

Tracks:

1. Love Bites [So Do I]
2. Mz. Hyde
3. I Miss The Misery
4. Freak Like Me
5. Beautiful With You
6. In Your Room
7. Break In
8. Rock Show
9. Daughters Of Darkness
10. You Call Me A Bitch Like It's A Bad Thing
11. American Boys
12. Here's To Us
13. Don't know How To Stop (bonus track only on deluxe edition)
14. Private Parts (featuring James Michael of Sixx A.M., bonus track only on deluxe edition)
15. Hate It When You See Me Cry (bonus track only on deluxe edition)


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