CoNtrivedNiHilism

In This Moment, Maria Brink. Here's a band and a frontwoman I have tried to take seriously or like for the longest time. She's theatrical, and I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I like a good Metal show and theatrics are fine in my book. But it is how show presents them, almost like she wanted to be a some pop mega star before a singer in a Metal/Pop band. I mean, I get that she is up there trying to show that women can be in Metal too, and be just as extreme or good at it. A lot of the videos I've watched of live footage, Maria is up there doing this choreographed dances with stage dancers. And I'm like...uh, so if you wanted to do this sort of thing, why not be a pop star? It just comes off as fake or dishonest to me. I guess there is no set thing a Metal bands live set is supposed to be or look like. But this annoys me for some reason.

Why do so many people like Maria Brink and her band? She's not half bad looking, I'll admit that. She's got a pretty powerful voice, no question there. But it really does look like she took up a spot in a Metal band because maybe she tried pop music first and failed. I don't know much about this band, and I'd rather ask this community to fill things in for me.

Should I write this band off as try hard or give them a chance? I've heard plenty, just never full albums.

Some of what I mean below...

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