In This Moment Show Review 11/8 Stroudsburg PA by Rebecca Carroll
Coming into this, I really had no idea who In This Moment were. I had only heard one song made by them, seen one music video and that’s about it. That being said, after Hail The Yeti, Kyng, and Motionless In White did their respective sets, I was ready to see what In This Moment was about and what they had to offer.
The first thing that I noticed was the props and the stage production. Most the venues that were picked out for The Hellpop Tour are mid size venues. So I was legitimately surprised by how much thought was put into stage production and how everything looked.
From the masked dancers, to Maria’s costumes, everything was spot on and made you feel like you were within Maria’s wonderland filled with nurses sporting syringes, and soldiers sporting guns. It was enough to set the tone of what they were going for and didn’t clutter the stage.
The next thing that shocked me was Maria’s vocals. It’s really hard to find bands/musicians that sound exactly like they sound on their album or even better than on their album. Maria is the latter. Maria’s vocals are nothing short of amazing. The range that she possesses is just out of this world, as she goes from screaming vocals in “Adrenalize” to soft melodic notes in “Into the Light”.
The band opened with “Adrenalize” and went through 11 songs, ending with “Blood” the single off their new album. In This Moment are not an act to be missed, and you can catch them on the rest of their tour dates or next year when they continue on with The Hellpop Tour part 2, featuring Hail The Yeti, Devour The Day, and Butcher Babies.
IN THIS MOMENT is:
Maria Brink – Vocals
Chris Howorth – Lead Guitar
Travis Johnson – Bass
Randy Weitzel – Guitar
Tom Hane – Drums
Set List Was As Follows:
Adrenalize
Blazin’
Beast Within
Burn
Into the Light
The Gun Show
Closer
(Nine Inch Nails cover)
Drum Solo
Prayers / Next Life
Daddy’s Falling Angel
Whore
Encore:
Blood
Remaining Hellpop Tour Dates w/ MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, KYNG & ALL HAIL THE YETI as support
NOVEMBER:
17: La Crosse, WI – La Crosse Center Arena
20: Omaha, NE – Sokol Auditorium
22: Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
23: Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
24: Reno, NV – Knitting Factory
26: San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
27: Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia
IN THIS MOMENT HELLPOP TOUR 2
(BUTCHER BABIES, DEVOUR THE DAY & ALL HAIL THE YETI in support):
JANUARY:
02: Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
03: Seattle, WA – Showbox At The Market
04: Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
05: Missoula, MT – Wilma Theater
07: Denver, CO – The Fillmore Auditorium
08: Kansas City, MO – The Midland By AMC
10: TBA
11: Fort Wayne, IN – Piere’s
12: Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
14: Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
15: Pittsburgh, PA – Club Zoo
17: Philadelphia, PA – The Trocadero
18: Hartford, CT – Webster Theater
19: Huntington, NY – The Paramount
SHIPROCKED
(featuring FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, PAPA ROACH, THREE DAYS GRACE, SEVENDUST, LACUNA COIL, BUTCHER BABIES, CANDLEBOX and more)
JANUARY
26-30: Miami, FL to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas
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