"Blood" is a song by American

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band

In This Moment In This Moment is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed by singer Maria Brink and guitarist Chris Howorth in 2005. They found drummer Jeff Fabb and started the band as Dying Star. Unhappy with their musical direction, they ...

. Released June 12, 2012, it is the first single released from their fourth studio album, ''Blood''.

Track listing

About the song

'Blood' was one of the first two songs written for the upcoming album. It was written by bandmates Maria Brink and Chris Howorth along with longtime producer

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and his son Kane. The song features Brink's intense vocals, heavy guitars and Electronica elements which gives the band a fresh new sound. The song first premiered live during their set on the Soundwave festival March 2, 2012. A stream of the studio version premiered in a Cage Match battle on

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on May 31, 2012. The single was released to all digital retailers on June 12, 2012.

Music video

The music video was directed by Robert John Kley. A 1-minute teaser was released on the bands

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page on June 26, 2012, while the full video premiered on

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July 10. The video features a Snow White theme with Maria Brink singing while sitting on a throne surrounded by women wearing white masks. Each character in the video represents a different emotion. "The video is about showing the different sides of me. The vulnerable, scared side. The empowering “conquer all” side. The really feminine Aphrodite side."

Personnel

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– lead vocals, piano *Chris Howorth – lead guitar, backing vocals *Randy Weitzel – rhythm guitar *Travis Johnson – bass *Tom Hane – drums

Reception

The single peaked at number 9 on the ''

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and Active Rock charts, and at number 37 on

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, making this the first In This Moment single to chart on ''Billboard''. Spencer Kaufman of

said the song is "a passionate track both musically and lyrically". Blood is also the best-selling single of all time for the band's label

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. On March 29, 2017, the single was certified gold by the

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(RIAA), moving 500,000 copies in the United States.

Charts

Certifications

References

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