On March 5, melodic metal/hard rock band In This Moment will play an acoustic set at a New York fashion show for Metal Couture, an event that will probably showcase lots of hot chicks in revealing outfits. If that's the case, In This Moment vocalist Maria Brink should feel right at home.
From the very moment her band started raising eyebrows with their 2007 debut Beautiful Tragedy, Brink has flaunted her attributes, donning revealing outfits for countless magazine photo shoots, eventually posing as the star of her label's 2009 "Girls of Century Media" sexy pin-up calendar and appearing in the music issue of Playboy currently on newsstands.
If In This Moment didn't have their own assets, such exhibitionism could trivialize their music. Fortunately, like a push-up bra, it only enhances what's already there. Brink can sing like an angel and howl like a demon and her bandmates play with confidence and skill, hungrily exploring the music spectrum.
Beautiful Tragedy was a searing platter of Pantera-influenced metal and hard rock. Last year's The Dream was far more melodic, bearing more in common with a heavier Pat Benatar or No Doubt, however the songs were also also multifaceted and the guitars were heavy, and for all of the old fans that bailed, In This Moment picked up more new listeners intrigued by the group's combination of sensuality, surreality and crashing rock.
Click "more" to see the picture of Brink in Playboy and hear our podcast, in which she talks about sexuality, being a role model to young girls, what she does on the bus and how she gets along with male bandmates. She also discussed her relationship with her boyfriend/Devildriver bassist Jonathan Miller, her biggest nightmares and the thrill of winning over different audiences from various genres. Read more...
On December 14, John Ostronomy and Mark Strigl from the podcast Talking Metal posted a show that included an interview with In This Moment guitarist Chris Howarth. It might seem like we're a little behind the eight ball since they've done four more podcasts since then, but we bring up the In This Moment episode because a video has just surfaced of Howarth, vocalist Maria Brink, Ostonomy and Strigl performing a cover of Iron Maiden's "Run to the Hills." Click more to watch. Read more...
Yeah, In This Moment singer Maria Brink looked more like Gwen Stefani than Lita Ford when she took the stage at the band's album preview party in downtown New York last week. But the band performed with heart and larger-than-life fervor even though the members were barely a foot off the floor on a tiny club stage. A further challenge to the band came from a hanging TV screen to their left, which broadcast Stanley Kubrick's masterful "A Clockwork Orange" throughout the concert. And as sexy as Brink is, it's hard to compete with creative images of the ultraviolence and bizarre camera angles of naked women. Still, In This Moment held their own. Click "more" watch MetalInjection.net's footage of their new single "Forever." Read more...
Eye-pleasing In This Moment singer Maria Brink didn't look so hot at a recent video shoot for the band's single "Prayers." During filming, she was headbanging and collided with the camera dolly, splitting open the bridge of her nose.
"There was blood all over the place," she told MTV News.com's Metal File. "We just iced it and glued it shut, My hair's in my face for much of the video, to cover up the cut."
In This moment are currently on tour with Kittie, Walls of Jericho, Dead to Fall and 36 Crazyfists. Dates run through March 24 in Warren, Michigan. Then, they'll head out with Lacuna Coil and Stolen Babies, starting May 7 in Louisville, Kentucky. The band's debut full-length, Beautiful Tragedy comes out March 20.
For a complete interview with the band and more metal news than you can carry in a studded wheelbarrow, check out this week's Metal File on MTVnews.com.
photo by Robin Perine
