WHAT WENT DOWN
Halestorm filmed a three-song live session for Ernie Ball's "Big Sound" series inside The Dark Garden, the home studio Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger built after finishing "Everest" *, †. It's the first live performance the band has recorded in that room *.
THE DETAILS
- The session went up September 4, 2026, filmed at the band's own studio rather than a rented soundstage *, †.
- Setlist: "Rain Your Blood On Me" (0:23) and "Darkness Always Wins" (6:30) from "Everest," plus 2012's "Love Bites (So Do I)" at 11:48 *.
- "Love Bites (So Do I)" won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance in 2013 *.
- Lineup: Lzzy Hale, Arejay Hale, Joe Hottinger and Josh Smith *.
- "Everest," the band's sixth album, arrived August 2025 via Atlantic, produced by Dave Cobb after three records with Nick Raskulinecz *.
- "Big Sound" films artists in rooms that mean something to them *.
THE TAKE
Bands build home studios to make records, not to invite cameras in. Halestorm's first filmed performance in The Dark Garden mixes two new "Everest" tracks with a 14-year-old Grammy winner *.
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