Into the Wild Life
This GRAMMY®-winning metal band hit hard on their third full-length, mixing epic soundscapes and tender sides with metal anthems. It’s no great departure from Halestorm\'s previous albums, but that’s no slight. This is the best of what they do. There’s classic rock (“Sick Individual”), hardcore (“Scream”), pop balladry (the beautiful ode “Dear Daughter”), and even some folk and blues. Big-voiced singer/guitarist Lzzy Hale is a masterful frontwoman, able to bring some veracity to songs about bad girls, anarchy, breakup sex, and personal reclamation. You get the feeling that Hale and the boys are playing as if their lives depended on it.
A heavy-handed production job makes this previously likable hard-rock band sound plastic and cynical