Prayers (In This Moment Song)
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''Beautiful Tragedy'' is the debut studio album 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 ...
. The album was promoted largely in part by an interview conducted on
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's Hard Attack station, which performed several songs off ''Beautiful Tragedy'' and helped expose the band to the heavy metal scene. The band's substantially heavy sound has allowed songs like the single "Prayers" and "Daddy's Falling Angel" frequent airplay on Hard Attack. However, with its strong employment of
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, the title track, "Beautiful Tragedy", has also seen airplay on the
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station,
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Composition

The album has been described as
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,
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,
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, and
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.


Release and promotion

A
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was produced for "Prayers", which had the band performing in an ancient
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. As described in the Hard Attack interview, during the video shoot, vocalist
Maria Brink Maria Brink (born December 18, 1977) is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the frontwoman of the metal band The band has gone on to release seven studio albums and receive four nominations, two from Alternative Press Music Awards, ...
violently met face-first with a camera as it was closing in on the group. After having her nose laceration superglued and made up, Brink finished singing, often keeping her hair in her face to prevent noticeability of her nose. Upon release, the video for "Prayers" aired on ''
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''. The second commercial release was for the title track, "Beautiful Tragedy", which was also accompanied by a music video. Brink says of the song, "I kept thinking of these funerals where there are family members who haven't talked to each other for years. And then, when they lose someone, suddenly everyone loves each other. Sometimes, something dark brings out something beautiful." The single broke into the Top 40 Active Rock charts. The success of the album led to a year of touring the US, Europe, and Japan with acts such as
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, Walls of Jericho, and
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. The band also scored opening slots for
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and
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at the end of 2007 which increased their profile in the metal scene. An unreleased track from the ''Beautiful Tragedy'' sessions called "Surrender" was released to online digital retailers in December 2007.


Critical reception

The album received generally positive reviews upon release. Eduardo Rivadavia from
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stated "True, with the exception of Brink's anomalous female presence, In This Moment tenders nothing truly original to the state of early-2000s metal on ''Beautiful Tragedy''; but in a genre too often marred by the misuse of volume and aggression over substance, sometimes great songs should be cause enough for celebration."


Track listing


Personnel

;In This Moment *
Maria Brink Maria Brink (born December 18, 1977) is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the frontwoman of the metal band The band has gone on to release seven studio albums and receive four nominations, two from Alternative Press Music Awards, ...
vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...
* Chris Howorth –
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* Jesse Landry –
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* Blake Bunzel – guitar * Jeff Fabb –
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;Additional personnel * Recorded at Trax East Studio, New Brunswick, NJ * Pre-production demos recorded at NRG * Mastered at West West Side Music, New Windsor, NY * Producer – Eric Rachel, In This Moment * Pre-producer – Josh Newell, Preston Boebel * Mastered by Alan Douches * Engineer – Eric Kvortek, Eric Rachel * Assistant engineer – Kyle Neeley * Orchestra arranged by
Michael Romeo Michael James Romeo (born March 6, 1968) is an American guitarist and a founding member of the progressive metal group Symphony X. He is one of two members to appear on every Symphony X release (the other being Michael Pinnella). Romeo was ra ...
* Photography – Dean Karr, Olle Carlsson * Artwork – Anthony Clarkson * A&R – Phil Hinkle * Management – Mercenary Management


Charts


References

{{Authority control 2007 debut albums In This Moment albums Century Media Records albums