Halestorm have finally shone a light on their next album. While details on the band’s “almost done” sixth full-length have yet to be revealed in full, they’ve let loose a spaciously anthemic preview in the form of its first single, “Darkness Always Wins.”
The new tune, which was recorded with Grammy-winning country-music producer and “closet metalhead” Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell), begins atmospherically with a slow unfurling of digital hi-hat sounds, moody guitar intonations and soft-sung lyricism from Lzzy Hale about “spinning out” on some dark thoughts and surviving in the shadows.
The arrangement remains lean even as the amps begin to crank into the red, though “Darkness Always Win” still sports some exquisite minor-key melodicism, a metal-chunked bridge, loud-as-hell requiem bells and a classically rippin’ rock guitar solo.
“‘Darkness Always Wins’ is not a song of hope nor is it a song of despair,” Hale said in a statement of the theme of the single. “It is reality. History repeating. Evil prevails and the good depart first. But we are not doomed as long as we persist and keep our fires burning. The war may not be won in this lifetime. But our mission is to pass the torch so that those who follow have a light to fight with.”
You can check out Halestorm’s illuminating new single up above. A due date for their new album has yet to be revealed, but info is expected soon.
In other news, Halestorm will be supporting Volbeat on the latter’s U.S. arena run this summer. You’ll find the show info over here.