Halestorm recorded Everest in a "desert island" headspace in Savannah with producer Dave Cobb, prioritizing spontaneity and immediate emotional response. The band wrote and recorded in real time, abandoning old riffs and notebooks to pursue what felt electric each day. A 4:00 a.m. voice note transformed "Watch Out" by becoming the chorus, illustrating the album's gamble on instinct. The aim centered on making a truthful record rather than strictly heavy music, with piano-lit "Darkness Always Wins" emerging as an elemental track. The band embraces risk and refuses to ossify creatively nearly three decades into its career.
We were writing and recording in real time,
Dave's like, 'That's the chorus-screw the other part.'
Once we start limiting ourselves to what we think we are... the creativity goes out the window.
He's one of those rare, once-in-a-lifetime artists who can be otherworldly and still completely genuine,
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