Halestorm - 'Darkness Always Wins'
American rockers Halestorm release new cinematic rock anthem ‘Darkness Always Wins’
GRAMMY-winning American rock band Halestorm have kicked off 2025 with ‘Darkness Always Wins’, a cinematic rock song that leans into existential grit with a slow-burning intensity. ‘Darkness Always Wins’, produced by Dave Cobb, is said to be taken off their upcoming album, details of which will be announced soon to the public.
The song builds up from an eerie calm to a feeling of stormy defiance. The band’s Alice Cooper and Judas Priest influences are evident in this new track, both lyrically and sonically. Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale says “’Darkness Always Wins’ is not a song of hope, nor is it a song of despair. It is reality. History repeating. Evil prevails and the good depart first. But we are not doomed as long as we persist and keep our fires burning. The war may not be won in this lifetime. But our mission is to pass the torch so that those who follow have a light to fight with.”
The song starts off slow, reflecting the lyrics in the first verse “Now the world is still, it’s just been spinning out”. As the song progresses however, there’s a shift both sonically and melodically, with lines such as “We’re all fighters, holding up our lights” that offer a sense of resistance. The line “Running with the shadows, darkness always win” which repeats several times throughout the song feels like an admission of reality, and an acceptance of the darkness that will always be present in the world, at least to a certain extent.
Halestorm have already made a name for themselves in the music scene, with hits such as ‘I Miss the Misery” and ‘Love Bites (So Do I)’. Between recent features like Lzzy Hale’s appearance on Spotify’s “Women of Metal Roundtable” and their upcoming tour dates with Iron Maiden and Volbeat, Halestorm are clearly charging into 2025 with both eyes open.
Words by Irina Atanasiu
