HELLYEAH

There are Rock/Metal groups or bands out there and then there are supergroups - a mortley crew of top guns from different bands come together for one common purpose of making kick-ass genre bending music. Hell Yeah, baby. Today I am gonna talk about HELLYEAH, the super awesome Groove Metal juggernauts from Dallas, Texas, United States. Lets talk some history and background rock goss now - how HELLYEAH came to being and what bands the band dudes were engaged in previously before going on to form the Supergroup, HELLYEAH. Vocalist Chad Gray is from Mudvayne, the Math Metal/Groove Metal outfit from Peoria, Illinois. Guitarist Tom Maxwell is from Nothingface, an Alternative Metal band from Washington D.C., Drummer Vinnie Paul is from Pantera, the Groove Metal band in which he played with his late younger brother Dimebag Darrel, Bassist Kyle Sanders and Guitarist Christian Brady. Guitar Tech Marcus Rafferty and the band crew do a heck of background chores when touring and gigging up states-wide.

Guys got together and put up the supergroup's self-titled album in 2007. and the sophomore album Stampede came up in 2010. They have been doing good hitting the road between each album cycle. Since then, they have released "Band of Brothers" "Blood for Blood" and "Unden!able" in 2012, 2014 and 2016 respectively. Having invaded Rock Charts, we can say HELLYEAH is doing pretty good.

Blabbermouth.net reviewer Don Kaye commented "with little of the complexity of Mudvayne or angularity of Nothingface and much more of the full-on, pedal-to-the-metal style of Vinnie Paul's previous work". However, Kaye said the songs "Star" and "Thank You" border on musical cliché. Andrew Depedro of KNAC.com stated "'Alcohaulin' Ass' showcases Gray's hidden talent as an outlaw country and western-type crooner in the intro", although he thought the band's lyrics were repetitive. Hellyeah has been categorized as groove metal.