In This Moment have announced their ninth studio album, Witch, and released its lead single and music video, “Crawl.” Due August 28, the album marks the band’s debut on Better Noise Music and arrives on the heels of prior single “Sleeping With The Enemy,” which drew more than one million streams and earned favorable notices from Rock Sound and Revolver.
Maria Brink said of “Crawl”: ““Crawl” is a reckoning — a reflection that those who dominate and cause pain will ultimately reap what they sow. As above, so below. The fall is inevitable. Bearing witness to the harm they inflict, the song declares that those who once stood tall will be brought to their knees.”
Co-founder and lead guitarist Chris Howorth added: ““Crawl” is a visceral track that delivers the undeniable observation of powerful entities dominating and abusing the weaker and compromised masses — something that continues to repeat itself throughout human history. The song empowers and, at its core, is about standing up and fighting back.”
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On the album as a whole, Brink said: “Witch is my declaration of inner transformation. It’s about embracing the duality within — taking pain, persecution, and struggle — and alchemizing them into strength and power. The album reflects both ancient trials and my own journey — where being a ‘witch’ means being a creator, connected to the universe, manifesting my own reality.”
Witch features guest appearances from Dayseeker on “I Want To Believe,” Kim Dracula on “Heretic,” and Kat Von D on a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick In The Wall.” The 11-track set:
In This Moment formed in Los Angeles in 2005. The band — Brink, Howorth, bassist Travis Johnson, guitarist Randy Weitzel and drummer Kent Diimmel — has amassed more than two billion global streams, earned a Grammy nomination in 2020 for “Best Metal Performance” (for “The In-Between” from Mother), and registered gold-selling certification for their 2012 album Blood. Their most recent album, Godmode, was released in 2023 via BMG and featured collaborations with Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills as well as a cover of Björk’s “Army Of Me.”
