In This Moment - Blood

This is my first listen to In This Moment and I'm impressed with their dark alt. metal. It is a solid merging of groove and melody that has hints of scream-o and industrial music which creates more than the typical gothic chick fronted rock band like Evanescence. The single "Blood" takes the genre and turns it on its ear with a completely accessible rock structure that should send them straight into the mainstream of the hard rock genre and the supportive radio stations.The band really hit their stride with "Whore" that is part "Lose Yourself" and part "Ladylike" by Storm Large.

When the group kick it up like on "You're Gonna Listen" they draw the listener completely into what their doing. Has enough for the rockers but could easily satisfy a dancefloor that feels like losing their minds and pogoing while attempting to bang their heads. After some oddness of intro's and mellower material the metalcore shriek comes back full force on "Comanche" that has a wicked breakdown at 1:35 in the song that drops into a marching groove about 1:40 then blends in Viking chanting, how freaking great is that! The angry pain is repeated until the songs ending which is very effective and makes this one of the albums better tracks.

With a ton of credit to Marylin Manson and Trent Reznor and on a smaller scale to Type O Negative and Ministry this album blends a bunch of what makes those artists great into a decent package. This is worth purchasing if you get off on this genre.