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In This Moment – A Star-Crossed Wasteland (2010)
Album Review
In This Moment is one of early 21st century America’s best metal bands. They didn’t start out that way, though. On the band’s debut CD, Beautiful Tragedy, they were a regulation semi-overwrought metalcore outfit with a female singer. But on 2008′s The Dream, they allowed pop-oriented producer Kevin Churko (who’d worked with Ozzy Osbourne, Celine Dion, and Shania Twain) to bring out their melodic side, and let vocalist Maria Brink demonstrate that she could really sing, not just scream more or less in tune. The fusion of metalcore and retro-minded arena pop-metal worked very well, and on A… Read more on allmusic.com
About the Band
Born of a chance meeting and the innate musical rapport established between vocalist Maria Brink and lead guitarist Chris Howorth, In This Moment quickly grew from local cult favorites performing in Los Angeles clubs to a MySpace phenomenon before landing a deal with Century Media Records. Along the way, the group was fleshed out by rhythm guitarist Blake Bunzel, bassist Jesse Landry, and drummer Jeff Fabb; embarked on several U.S. tours with the likes of Diecast and 36 Crazyfists; and gradually honed its melodic metalcore… Read more on allmusic.com
Tracks
| Title | Composer | Time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Gun Show | 4:46 | ||||
| 2 | Just Drive | 3:27 | ||||
| 3 | The Promise | 4:28 | ||||
| 4 | Standing Alone | 3:51 | ||||
| 5 | A Star-Crossed Wasteland | 4:31 | ||||
| 6 | Blazin | 4:20 | ||||
| 7 | The Road | 4:04 | ||||
| 8 | Iron Army | 3:27 | ||||
| 9 | The Last Cowboy | 3:54 | ||||
| 10 | World in Flames | 5:20 |
