Artist: Hellyeah
Title: “Stampede”
Label: Epic Records
Release Date: 7/13/2010
Genre: Heavy Metal/Southern Metal
Rating: 3.75/5

Before I begin this review I have to think back to my comments about the bands self-titled debut that we saw back in 2007. I’ll admit that it left me wanting a little bit more based on who was actually involved in the project and of course with most bands of this kind, I hardly expected a second release to ever see the light of day. That being said, Hellyeah has indeed returned and delivered unto those acolytes to their cause the album “Stampede” and after a couple of listens I had to say that the group seemed to be getting more comfortable in their skin. I know you might be ready to stone me for saying that but lets face it – just because members originally hail from Pantera, Mudvayne and more does not mean at all that their working together was going to make greater musical sense. I think that a lot of the reservations people had with their first album was that they expected too much from the Pantera/Damageplan side or too much of the technical Mudvayne side and I might have been guilty of that as well. What we get with Hellyeah is pure and simple drinking, rowdy, fist in the air Heavy Metal music. If you needed to lock in a particular genre for them I suggest we run with “Outlaw Metal” since it has a lot of rebellious drive to it.
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