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IN THIS MOMENT

AFTER 18 YEARS of solid grind, In This Moment have reached a pivotal stage. Led by singer and visionary and witchy high priestess, Maria Brink, the LA quintet’s career can be best described as a slow burn. They’ve evolved their sound from melodic metalcore with their debut, Beautiful Tragedy, to a vivid metal stomp, before stepping things up on 2017’s bluesy, occult-themed Ritual. Since then, they’ve continued to expand their sonic palette and climb into bigger venues – their last album, 2020’s Mother, deftly balanced the light and the dark and saw their already mesmerising live shows evolve into full-blown, eye-popping performance art.

With ITM are ready to take the next step. Hardened by a glint of industrial metal and Nine Inch Nailsinspired electronics on the throbbing title track and an electrogoth cover of Björk’s these songs

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