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Lzzy Hale on how Halestorm wound up playing Ronnie James Dio’s final show, and doing the same for Ozzy
By Andrew Daly published
The Halestorm leader is a die-hard Black Sabbath fan who first encountered the Dio lineup before discovering the Ozzy era. She explains why Back to the Beginning will be a full-circle moment

How a fluke accident led to Lzzy Hale playing at Dio’s last-ever show
By Phil Weller published
Halestorm saved the day when they were unexpectedly called upon to open for Heaven & Hell

“My best advice to all guitarists is to sit down and write the things you practice”: Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale talks tone tips, meat and potatoes rock, and reveals how a fan gave her an original Klon Centaur
By Amit Sharma published
The Gibson Ambassador and Kramer signature artist checks in to share six-string wisdom, the secret of keeping it simple, and why she made a guitar that looks like it came from the '80s

“Our first artist model for a female guitarist”: Kramer’s Lzzy Hale signature Voyager makes its debut – with a custom body shape and a blinding Holographic Sparkle finish to match
By Matt Parker published
The Halestorm leader’s new guitar represents a string of firsts for Kramer

“Rocco Prestia could have held that 16th-note pattern in his sleep – it’s airtight” Halestorm bassist Josh Smith picks his top 5 bass albums
By Nick Wells published
From Tower Of Power to The Beatles, Josh Smith reveals the influences that helped shape his heavy-riffing bass style with Halestorm

Metal musicians were asked to pick the heaviest riff of all time. This Metallica riff was the (not so clear) winner
By Matt Parker published
Revolver asked pro metal players to decide on the most crushing guitar line of all time. Here’s what they came up with...

Lzzy Hale: “When you get your first Gibson, it feels almost like it could play itself because there’s some kind of intangible magic”
By Henry Yates published
Hale talks cult guitars, her identity crisis, the darkness behind new album, Back From The Dead – and the drinking session that inspired her purist-baiting signature Gibson Explorerbird

Halestorm: “Everybody was just on 11, pushing ourselves and playing these parts as if the world was never going to get back to any semblance of normalcy”
By Jon Wiederhorn published
Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger on how dialing up the volume for the hard-rock therapeutical Back from the Dead roused them from pandemic inertia and restored their equilibrium

Gibson and Lzzy Hale officially unveil hybrid Explorerbird signature model
By Matt Owen published
It's the first time an Explorer body has been paired with a Firebird headstock, with the Halestorm hero describing her new axe as “a different animal altogether”

Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger on the restorative power of Gibson guitars, Marshall amps, and volume
By Ellie Rogers published
The Halestorm guitarists discuss their “everything on 11” policy, making new album Back From the Dead, and working with Gibson on a fresh Explorer Bird guitar design
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