“I’ve learned to embrace the sides of myself that I considered darker.” Maria Brink on the album In This Moment, which allowed her to explore her “eccentric” side

This November will mark the tenth anniversary of In This Moment’s fifth studio album, Black WidowThe record, generally considered a positive step in an encouraging new direction for the band, received a very solid 7/10 rating from Metal hammerStephen Hill commented upon its release: “It’s slicker and poppier than before – it’s arguably the band’s most commercial record to date – but that suits them. There’s nothing here that reinvents the wheel of rock music; what’s here instead is a bunch of very polished, beautifully produced, commercially savvy anthems for people who like their music to be as big, bold and brazen as the image In This Moment projects.”

The album became the band’s most successful to date, peaking at number eight on the Billboard 200 and spawning two gold-certified singles in the United States in the form of Sick like me And Big Bad WolfIt was also a vital album for In This Moment’s iconic singer Maria Brink, who used the process of writing the record to explore different sides of herself and begin to embrace elements of her personality that she had previously tried to push aside.