In This Moment – ‘GODMODE’
In This Moment are masters of reinvention and rebirth. Even their name demands you pay attention to who they are right now. On each album, there’s a marked shift in the tone, style and way they present themselves. Masterminded by guitarist Chris Howorth and vocalist Maria Brink, their journey into industrial metal drew on staples like Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails but with their own distinctive twists, manic energy and delightfully off-beat experiments. After six albums, something started to go awry on 2017’s ‘Ritual’ which leant heavily on cover versions and interpolations, making it sound tired and over-familiar., and subsequent album, ‘Mother’, doubled down on these weaknesses. Worse still, they thought it was a good idea to make a girl-power cover of Queen’s camp classic ‘We Will ...
