THREE DAYS GRACE - LIFE STARTS NOW (Black Vinyl)

The third studio album from Canadian arena rockers Three Days Grace treads familiar ground, presenting 12 slabs of the kind of reliable, accessible, and serviceable hard rock that will always have an audience. 2006's ONE-X dealt heavily with vocalist Adam Gontier's personal demons, a theme that continues on LIFE STARTS NOW, albeit with a hint of sunlight. With a sound that lands somewhere in between Breaking Benjamin, Collective Soul, and Godsmack--Gontier sounds like a less volatile Trent Reznor--LIFE STARTS NOW treats the well-worn metal themes of anger, isolation, heartache, and redemption with the kind of begrudging respect they deserve, pumping out a competent flurry of fist-bump anthems "Break," "Bully" and world-weary, midtempo rockers "World So Cold," "Last to Know".

Tracklist:

Disc 1

1. Bitter Taste
2. Break
3. World So Cold
4. Lost in You
5. The Good Life
6. No More

Disc 2

1. Last to Know
2. Someone Who Cares
3. Bully
4. Without You
5. Goin' Down
6. Life Starts Now

RMFN Notes:

"An unrelentingly consistent, high-quality album from one of the best hard rock bands around at the time. A personal favorite." - Chris