Maria Brink is the lead singer of the metal band In This Moment. In This Moment tackles interesting subject matter than most metal bands because the band has a female lead singer. Maria Brink is a single mother in the metal world as In This Moment is gaining a larger fan base. Maria Brink, while being a rock star, has learned to balance life on the road with raising her son as a single mother of metal.

Maria Brink has an adult son, but she had to learn to balance family life with touring with In This Moment. Early on in her career, Brink notes that when her son was younger she had to deal with her career and raising her son. As her son grew up and got involved in high school sports, she later would schedule tour dates around her son’s football season in order to attend the games. But when she was touring with In This Moment, she would stay in contact with his teachers to make sure he was doing well in school. In addition to being a single mother and staying involved with her son, Maria Brink is a female singer in the predominantly male world of rock and metal.

As one of the top front woman of metal, receiving an honorable mention by WatchMojo, Maria Brink provides theatrics with the hellpop and metal of In This Moment. The female voice provides an excellent contrast to the sometimes harsh sounds of rock and metal. However, since metal music is the genre of music most closely related to classical music in its form it works nicely. These strong women of metal also create a different image from the typical pop counter parts by tackling darker subjects and different themes than their male counterparts within the genre. In This Moment’s new album Black Widow tackles themes about societal standards for female beauty, love, and the role of women in society with a line about living behind a “white picket fence [in the suburbs]” (“Into The Darkness”, Black Widow).

 

Maria Brink may be one of the top front women in the world of rock and metal, but that is a debate for metal fans. In an interview, Brink explains that the lyrics she writes for In This Moment to “tell kids that they can believe in themselves and know that they can manifest anything in their lives.” As a single mother and a lead singer, Maria Brink provides a unique perspective in the world of music and addressing issues such as gender roles and human sexuality. If you are looking for to expand your musical horizons or to find new bands within the genre, In This Moment is worth checking out for the themes that the band addresses and for the lyrics and theatrics of Maria Brink.

 

hile the metal scene and metal music is not mainstream, the music tackles more important topics and issues than most pop music as Maria Brink does in Black Widow. Maria Brink owns here stage presence in a male dominated music scene. However, Maria Brink has also been able to work out the struggles of being a single parent, raising a son, and working on writing music and touring with In This Moment. Single parents and single mothers can learn from Maria Brink’s example by creating, planning, and incorporating a schedule and a list of priorities for the different areas of one’s life.

Maria Brink is the lead singer of In This Moment and a single mother. She may be a female rock star in the metal scene but she is a mother first to her son. Brink had to give up things and plan her schedule when her band toured around her son while working on her professional career as a musician. Single mothers, and single parents, can learn from her example by choosing what takes precedence in life and working to make them a reality.

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