''Welcome Home'' is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Hellyeah. It was released on September 27, 2019, and is the last album to feature drummer and founding member

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before his death on June 22, 2018. ''Welcome Home'' was also the last album Hellyeah released before going on hiatus in 2021.

History

On March 14, 2019, the band announced a new album would be released on June 28, and the song "333" was also released. On May 13, the band announced Stone Sour drummer

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as the new tour drummer for Hellyeah, while also announcing "Welcome Home" as the title of their next album, with a new release date of September 27, 2019. On May 17, a music video for the single and title track "Welcome Home" was released. On June 28, the music video for "Oh My God" was released. On August 8, E7 Music made the song "Perfect" available on

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. On September 13, the song, "Black Flag Army" was released with a music video.

Critical reception

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'' scored the album 7/10 and stated: "With such a solid offering like ''Welcome Home'', the next chapter of the band will be interesting to watch, and I'm sure

's spirit will be behind them". ''

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'' scored the album 4/5, calling it "a wonderful time, and a fitting farewell to an irreplaceable metal hero". '' Loudwire'' named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019.

Track listing

All songs written by

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, Christian Brady, Tom Maxwell, Kyle Sanders,

and

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Personnel

– vocals * Tom Maxwell – rhythm guitar *Christian Brady – lead guitar *Kyle Sanders – bass *

– drums (pre-production)

Additional personnel

– producing, recording, engineering, editing, mixing, mastering *Tristan Hardin – additional recording and editing *Khloe Churko – general assistance and studio management *Steffen Orozco – additional editing *Bob Varo – additional editing *Sterling Winfield – pre-production

Charts

References

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