Halestorm - Into The Wild Life

Published April 04 2015

*=Staff's pick	Scream* I Am The Fire* Sick Individual Amen Dear Daughter New Modern Love Mayhem Bad Girl's World Gonna Get Mine The Reckoning* Apocalyptic What Sober Couldn't Say I Like It Heavy Jump The Gun Unapologetic

Genre	Rock/Hard Rock	Lzzy Hale	Vocals
Tracks	15	Lzzy Hale	Guitar
Running time	57 Min.	Joe Hottinger	Guitar
Label	Atlantic Records	Josh Smith	Bass
Release	April 10, 2015	Arejay Hale	Drums
Country	USA	Lzzy Hale	Keyboard
Producer	Jay Joyce
Similar artists	---

I haven't spent much time listening to Halestorm before I decided to take on the new effort Into The Wild Life. This is the band's third full length record and I thought that I would eventually really check out one of its installments and to me, this outfit's music in some way chiefly comes out as both untamed and distinct at the same time. It also comprises a very modern touch with kind of computerized instruments included. They occasionally also show some tendencies of being a metal act, but make no mistake, this record is predominantly a rock music experience with a few intense moments involved.

The record's disadvantage is definitely that the musical outcome of the verses in an overall perspective isn't anywhere close to the quality of the choruses. They seem rather effortless and flavorless in comparison and even if Lzzy Hale's cheeky, raspy and nice vocal performance is able to bring some character to them, it isn't until her louder and energetic vocals explode in the choruses that this album catches my attention. Without her presence these choruses would definitely not come out as accurate and striking as they do either, since the keystones to a very large extent are built on her empathy and her immersive tone.

To put a few killers on the album and having the major part of the rest of the material at a decent level isn't really enough to convince me of a supposed greatness. Songs like Scream, I Am The Fire and The Reckoning are really awesome, whilst a number of songs late on the album, like Apocalyptic and I Like It Heavy seem tremendously washed-out and I believe that if they had offered a few songs less on this record, it would absolutely have made it into a more solid experience. In the end a pretty good effort, although it has its valleys and pits to place my final decision to a satisfactory rating of 6 chalices.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	5	5	8	6

Summary
6 chalices of 10 - Tobbe