HALESTORM – Into The Wild Life [Japanese Deluxe Edition +3 bonus] , MP3+FLAC

As requested, here’s the Japanese CD release of HALESTORM‘s “Into The Wild Life” album, including bonus tracks, now out of print.

The three-year wait for fans to hear new HALESTORM music finally ended with the release of “Into The Wild Life”, their third full-length album. The recording is a natural progression from the Philadelphia hard rock band’s breakthrough previous album, which featured the hits that earned Halestorm a 2013 Grammy for Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance.
However, “Into The Wild Life” is a different beast altogether, one that forsakes everything that has worked for Halestorm thus far (slick production, traditional hard rocking songwriting arrangements, a radio-ready mix of rockers and ballads) and takes a leap into the unknown.
Musically, “Into The Wild Life” covers plenty of ground. Halestorm explores classic rock, metal, acoustic rock, chain-gang blues, anything that inspires it, with little concession to what anyone expects.

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Speaking about the varied songwriting, the risk of following their instincts has paid off. From the angular, aggressive attack of the metallic “Mayhem” to the plangent piano and aching vocals of the ballad “Dear Daughter” — from the brash, confrontational anthem “Sick Individual” to the offbeat choir-flavored blues rock of “Amen,” Halestorm has taken conventional radio rock and turned it on its head.

One of my favorite tracks is the edgy “Apocalyptic”, driven by a fat bassline, Arejay Hale’s pulsating drums and Joe Hottinger’s gritty guitars which hit you hard and heavy from the first note, but it is frontwoman extraordinaire, Lzzy Hale, that brings out the ‘balls’ with her take-no-prisoners delivery.
Both musically and lyrically, Lzzy proves time and again that she can not only hang with male hard rock vocalists, but also outshine them in many cases.
This Deluxe Edition features 2 bonuses; the cool retro-rocker “Jump the Gun” with broken riffs and lots of gang vocals, and the modern “Unapologetic”, a bit insipid midtempo.

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Challenging and eclectic, but too catchy to ignore, “Into The Wild Life” is a spirited and slightly reckless release from a seasoned hard rock band that has learned the rules only to willfully break them.
“Into The Wild Life” is a very solid effort that consolidated Halestorm as one of the best hard rock bands to emerge in the US in recent time.
Very Recommended

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01 – Scream
02 – I Am the Fire
03 – Sick Individual
04 – Amen
05 – Dear Daughter
06 – New Modern Love
07 – Mayhem
08 – Bad Girl’s World
09 – Gonna Get Mine
10 – The Reckoning
11 – Apocalyptic
12 – What Sober Couldn’t Say
13 – I Like It Heavy
BONUS TRACKS:
14 – Jump the Gun
15 – Unapologetic
16 – Drunk Pretty (Japan exclusive)

Lzzy Hale – vocals
Joe Hottinger – guitars
Josh Smith – bass
Arejay Hale – drums

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