“The fans have always been with us but that was when things really shifted and we had a song called The Blood Legion and from that point on we started referring to our fans as The Blood Legion and that is what they started calling themselves” Howorth says. It was after the Blood album was released and they started touring that In This Moment became excited about all of the fans singing their lyrics during the shows. Still the same band but we stopped caring about what people would think and re-launched the way we wanted to” Howorth recalls. It was almost like we truly evolved as a band from that point on. Let’s do what we always wanted to do without worrying what anyone is going to think and that led to our Blood album which was more unique and successful than our previous albums Beautiful Tragedy, The Dream and A Star Crossed Wasteland and it also encouraged us to revise the way we looked, and then Maria began coming up with new ideas for the stage show to include theatrics. It was at that point that Maria and I rallied and made the choice to keep going. A couple of the band members from the original group had quit, so once that happened, we were in a position of realizing we weren’t really growing and started questioning if we really wanted to do this. Howorth tells us “we started as a band but didn’t have a distinct identity yet so we were trying to do whatever we could to get out there and once we got into the scene doing albums we were on our third record and everything sounded the same. In 2005, when Howorth and Brink met through mutual friends and decided to begin writing songs together, they quickly determined that they wanted to go in a different direction musically and that is when In This Moment was officially born. After all, they began their career in their own right and built the foundation from the ground up on their own. In This Moment surely is one of the elite whose fan base just continues to grow. The music industry is so full of bands that never make it past their first album, and then there are bands that remain a strong part of the scene for decades. One of the first songs I learned was Metallica’s Seek And Destroy and from there I kept learning” Howorth says. By listening to 80’s rock bands like KISS, Ratt, Motley Crue among others. “That was how I taught myself to play guitar was by doing covers. It was important that we did the song as good or better than the original and brought it justice which is always the goal.” Howorth has really enjoyed collaborating with Kevin Churko who has produced several of their albums including Ritual and working with Rob Halford of Judas Priest’s band for the track Black Wedding and claims this will be his new favorite song to play live. It’s the kind of thing where you always want to a song that has the best shot at success and of course is a song that you love. We went through so many and kept circling back to it because we felt that we could do something divergent with it and Maria felt the song and we took a shot at it. When selecting a cover song, “It is never an easy decision but In The Air Tonight is a great song and it hasn’t really been covered before so that was a major factor in why we chose that particular song. Ritual features several cover songs including a classic from Phil Collins. It is a little more rough and a little more raw which is a variance of what you have heard previously from In This Moment ” Howorth concludes. The music will generally have the same feelings of our other albums and you can definitely tell it is us but this one has a distinctive feel stylistically and obviously it is the same thing with Maria singing, but there is a much more bluesy tone while being a little heavier than the Black Widow album. Each time we do an album it is based on what we are feeling at that exact time and doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the albums we put out before. When we sat down with lead guitarist and co-founder Chris Howorth about the inspiration behind Ritual and what makes it different from the other albums they have made. In This Moment is known for their elaborate burlesque style stage shows, heavy sound and Brink’s fearless lyrics and with each album, the band always likes to take each album to the next level. Already receiving rave reviews on the album’s first two singles titled Oh Lord and Roots are a glimpse into a darker, raw innervation of probably their best album yet. on May 10th and the release of their sixth studio album Ritual set to be released July 21st, Maria Brink (lead singer), Chris Howorth (lead guitarist), Randy Weitzel (rhythm guitarist), Travis Johnson (bass guitar) and newest member Kent Diimell (drums) from In This Moment have kicked off their Half God, Half Devil Tour. With the recent announcement of their 2012 album Blood becoming Certified Gold in the U.S.
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