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Lacuna Coil @ Blender Theatre at Gramercy (5/12/2007)

Lacuna Coil was headlining a tour that was labeled as “The Hot Chicks Of Metal”, and each of the groups had a female lead vocalist leading their charge into Metal. The bands featured this evening were Stolen Babies, In This Moment, Within Temptation and Lacuna Coil and while we had seen both Coil and In This Moment before, it would be the first time seeing Stolen Babies and Withn Temptation. To my knowledge WT was making their very first NYC appearance tonight. Peter Parrella and I were on point at this incredible show to document and photograph so scroll past the logo to see the full scoop.

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Artist: Lacuna Coil
Venue: Gramercy Theatre (New York, NY)
Opener: Within Temptation, In This Moment, Stolen Babies
Date: 5/12/2007
Label: Century Media Records

When you hear about a tour being called “The Hottest Chicks In Metal” you know your curiousity is going to flare up to see what it is going to be about and believe me folks I am glad that I had my attention called to this one. It was a tour that would feature Lacuna Coil in the headlining spot and most of the Metal Male demographic can agree that Cristina Scabbia is one of the calendar pinup favorites when it comes to female lead singers. To up the ante on this in terms of appeal and interest they would also feature Holland’s Within Temptation, melodic Metalcore upstarts In This Moment and the quirky Stolen Babies. Tonight the show would be at The Gramercy Theatre and be my second visit to the venue. Since I had just attended the Dark Tranquillity show at this same club I was able to know in advance that this would be the perfect setting for the goings on. As I walked in I was informed that it had been sold out for weeks and that’s never a bad thing in Metal. Here is the scoop on an incredible evening of music.
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“Beautiful Tragedy” by In This Moment

Artist: In This Moment
Title: “Beautiful Tragedy”
Label: Century Media Records
Release Date: 3/20/2007
Genre: Melodic Metalcore
Rating: 4/5

To look at the CD cover from In This Moment, you might wonder if some weird Techno-Pop awaits you on the inside given the trippy, Raver girl cover photo of singer Maria Brink. What lies in wait on the inside however is a far different story and if you are a fan of the kind of stuff that bands like All That Remains and others who mix melody with bone-crushing Metal throttling then you are going to love this one. ITM’s “Beautiful Tragedy” takes the working mechanics of Melodic Metalcore and strengthens them by really playing up to Brink’s multiple vocal styles and ability and this works from the get go. “Beautiful Tragedy” is an incredible track and almost a righteous anthem that will have audiences singing along with fists raised high. There are a number of twists and turns where you don’t expect them like when “The Legacy Of Odie” starts out and appears to be the ballad of the recording but before you know it the crunching begins of twin lead guitarists Chris Howorth and Blaze Bunzel. The pair definitely shred and you can tell they have a little bit of schooling from the Gothenburg greats of the recent past by some of the riffing that they do here. “Ashes” just pounds and we owe some of the appeal of this track due to the crushing rhythm section of Jesse Landry and Jeff Fabb (bass and drums respectively). While Landry needs to hold things in place for the group to run loose you can tell that Fabb has no restraints as he pummels the drums and delivers some fine double kick drum all around the recording. I liked the aspect of the band trying a number of different genre aspects from slow and subtle to intense and aggressive. After all the tensions had been let out, they chose to close with an acoustic number “When The Storm Subsides” – and I felt that this showed just how diverse they can be in this early stage of the game.
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In This Moment: Live Photos @ B.B. King Blues Club (2/12/2007)

In This Moment was a brand new band to my ears and they were starting off the Metal adventure as an opener for the band Kittie. I discussed their short set on THIS LINK. Now please enjoy some of the photos that were captured in the pit while the frenzy took place.

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In This Moment by Ken Pierce (2007)

in this moment, in this moment concert photos
In This Moment by Ken Pierce (2007)

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Kittie @ B.B. King Blues Club (2/12/2007)

Kittie was hitting NYC with their newest lineup and to make this a killer night had brought along some incredible opening bands. The cold from the streets of NYC were avoided inside the confines of the B.B. King Blues Club tonight as 36 Crazyfists, Dead To Fall, Walls Of Jericho and In This Moment helped make it all the more memorable a night. To see our photos and comments about the event just read past the logo. Enjoy.

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Artist: Kittie
Venue: B.B. King Blues Club (New York, NY)
Opener: Walls Of Jericho, Dead To Fall, 36 Crazyfists, In This Moment
Date: 2/12/2007
Label: X Of Infamy Records

Kittie has been one of the dominating forces in female Metal groups since their beginnings in 1996 and tonight this Canadian export would return to New York after a long absence. If one could judge by the response from the attending crowd you could be sure that this was a very welcome visit. Joining them would be a massive support slot that featured In This Moment (a new Century Media Records signing), Dead To Fall, 36 Crazyfists and Walls Of Jericho and as expected this performance would be at B.B. King Blues Club. The venue has started off the Metal year right and continues to be one of the mainstays for shows of this kind. Here is a little bit on how the night went down in order of the bands that appeared.
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