THE DROP
In This Moment have dropped the single and Michael Lombardi-directed video for "I Want To Believe," featuring Dayseeker frontman Rory Rodriguez on guest vocals *†‡. It comes from the album "Witch," which The PRP says is out now while Metal Underground still calls it upcoming — so pick your reality *‡.
WHAT TO KNOW
- Rodriguez is the first big pull here: Dayseeker are gold-certified, and he says they toured with In This Moment last year and were treated well ‡.
- Lombardi directed the clip and has handled the band's visuals before ‡.
- "Witch" is reportedly timed to the full moon cycle ‡. No release date, label or tracklist has been given ‡.
- Maria Brink calls the record a "declaration of inner transformation" and frames the witch as a creator manifesting her own reality ‡.
- Tour: Roxian Theatre Pittsburgh Sept 15, La Crosse Sept 17, Louder Than Life Sept 19, then Taste Of Chaos with Hollywood Undead and I See Stars from Sept 22 to Oct 26 ‡.
THE TAKE
Pairing Brink's theatrics with Rodriguez's post-hardcore clean vocals is a genuinely smart swing — those two ranges could either lock in beautifully or fight each other, and Dayseeker's melodic instincts are the strongest counterweight In This Moment have brought in for years. Brink describes the song as clinging to hope while endings arrive ‡, which is a lot of weight for a duet to carry, and it's telling that nobody's published a release date for "Witch" yet.