Essentially what In This Moment do on their third studio album is combine the melodic metalcore traces present on Beautiful Tragedy with the relatively lighter, hard rock-driven flavor that permeated The Dream. Oh, how I can definitely appreciate "best-of-both-worlds" type music releases, yet too bad A Star-Crossed Wasteland isn't all that consistent in quality. For starters, the second half is a substantial improvement over an otherwise bland first wave of tracks other than "Just Drive". Generally speaking, it's a solid outing, albeit one that could've benefited from better pacing and more varied compositions.
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