Halestorm review – middle ground between rock fire and pop sugar

Sheffield Academy
The Pennsylvanian rockers veer from melody to industrial pummelling – all topped with Lzzy Hale’s lung-collapsing vocals
Pop music and hard rock may seem like mortal enemies, but from the opening guitar thunder and soaring melodic chorus of Black Vultures it’s clear that the Grammy-winning Pennsylvanian four-piece Halestorm can bring them together.The band exist happily in this middle ground, in fact, merging the clatter and smack of heavy riffs with sugary ch