OMC: Speaking of George Lucas, Chris, I see that the "Star Wars" guitar has come together nicely. MB: Yeah! It would be like, epic, iconic! You know, like the movies.ĬH: Get Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson and Lucas to all come together as a team!ĬH: It will be a mixture of "E.T.," "Lord Of The Rings" and "Star Wars" all at once with "Raiders of the Lost Ark" on top! MB: I mean if we had unlimited money it would be amazing! We would like to make a really crazy awesome video. Maria usually has a lot of the concepts in her head for videos and stuff. OMC: Given an unlimited budget, what is the video you would create if it was just a blank check?ĬH: We'd fill in the zeros until it was like $500,000 and hire some crazy guy to do it. ![]() OMC: Because you're a visual artist as well. MB: I know when I visualize it, because I kind of visually see things and think of things, that's what kind of comes to me. That gets me excited that it's going to be crimsony. More of kind of like the crimsony, alluring sinful side. So the next album is definitely, I think lyrically-wise things like that and the vibe, going to be a darker side of In This Moment for sure. MB: There's a more cool twist way to write it. OMC: Right, not just black and white words. Like, "Oh I love you" or "Oh I'm sad today" because this happened. And it's also cool sometimes to write in metaphors so I can still write in a personal experience, but I kind of do it in a different metaphorical way so it's not boring. MB: I always, with the writing side of it, the lyrics and everything, kind of have like an overall concept or feeling to the whole thing. Do you have any general themes that are emerging that you don't mind sharing with the fans? I understand the need to keep a level of mystery to the project. I can only imagine that the upcoming CD you are working on will follow this trend. Your CDs have been concept albums for the most part. OMC: Storytelling is an important part of the lyrical content for In This Moment. It's like soldiers together in the battlefield, we're all in it together taking this crazy ride, so it kind of brings us together in a weird way.ĬH: All differences aside of everyone being an individual person, that kind of brings us together. Or a crew on a ship that's at sea for four months and dealing with storms, and scurvy and inner conflict and everything, you bond through that stuff. I look at it like, and I know it's not the same thing as going to war, but like soldiers in battle, or whatever. What is the magic glue that bonds you all together as a band, beyond the music?ĬH: That's a good question. MB: He's probably psychologically all messed up too. OMC: The last victim that actually put him in jail. OMC: Interesting fact, on a side note his last victim was just arrested for homicide a few days ago. I like to always go walk around Portland.ĬH: Like The Rave and Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment across the street! MB: Well yeah, I mean there's certain places where you know there's that really good restaurant there or there's cool vintage shops around. OMC: Now that you've done some extensive touring, do you have certain stops along the way at places that you have to hit up when you're in any particular city to eat or visit or just enjoy the visual spectacle? OMC: You get broke down and you're feeling it. Sometimes they'll push you for 20 days in a row and everyone is having a heart attack. We're actually happy!Ĭhris Howorth: And it is exhausting, but that's still pretty good, you know? The amount of days off are nice. ![]() Maria Brink: First of all, thanks for interviewing us! That's actually a lot of days off, we get one day off a week. ![]() What tricks have you learned as a band to make the time off stage as fun as the time on stage? : Welcome to Milwaukee! You have 21 shows in 27 days in August, including a trip to Canada and dates coast to coast. The band graciously took a few minutes beforehand to talk with me about a variety of subjects including touring, music videos, the new CD they have in the works, the rise of social media and artistic adventures outside the band. Just a few days ago on July 30, a beautiful sunny Saturday in Milwaukee, the Metalcore band In This Moment hit the stage at The Rave on the ninth stop of the All Stars Tour.
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