Hellyeah

The heavy metal band, Hellyeah, released their fourth studio album, Blood For Blood earlier this summer via Eleven Seven Music. The current hypnotic single is "Moth" and it provides a more melodic side as lead singer, Chad Gray, gets a little more personal on this darkly beautiful and ebbing song about burned relationships. The group underwent some well publicized lineup changes in order to put together the album, and the end result is a harder, heavier and more focused Hellyeah. After spending the first couple of albums indulging their creative ability to pull off the type of songs that wouldn't be expected from the members' other bands, the trio of Chad Gray, Vinnie Paul and Tom Maxwell got down to their metal roots with Blood for Blood, while recruiting bassist Kyle Sanders to help them flesh out their vision.

The idea to form this super group originated in 2001 on the Tattoo the Earth tour, although plans were constantly put on hold due to scheduling conflicts. The summer of 2006 allowed the band to take the project seriously and record their first album. Recorded at Chasin' Jason studio in Dimebag Darrell's backyard, a self-titled album was completed in roughly one month. Released in 2007, the album entered the Billboard 200 at number 9, selling 45,000 copies.

Hellyeah will be touring this fall with Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat and Nothing More. The tour kicks off September 16th at the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, UT and wraps up about a month later at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

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