In This Moment at the Rust Belt -- July 17.
Monday, July 17, 6:30 p.m.
The Rust Belt, 533 12th Avenue, East Moline IL
With their national “Dark Horizon Tour” landing in East Moline on July 17, the Grammy winning alternative-metal musicians of In This Moment and the Billboard hard-rock sensations of Motionless in White will take over the Rust Belt stage in a co-headlining concert, the former performing tracks from a seven-album repertoire that includes 2020's Mother, and the latter delivering hits from a six-album discography ranging from 2010's Creatures to last year's Scoring the End of the World.
Formed by singer Maria Brink and guitarist Chris Howorth in 2005, In This Moment's first album Beautiful Tragedy was released in 2007, with 2008's followup The Dream debuting at number 73 on the Billboard 200. The band's third album A Star-Crossed Wasteland was released in 2010, and led to 2012's Blood (which debuted at number 15), 2014's Black Widow (number eight, their highest position in the charts to date, 2017's Ritual, and 2020's Mother. In This Moment have received nominations from the Alternative Press Music Awards, including two for Best Hard Rock Artist and one for Best Live Band, and also received a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance. To date, the band has five singles and an album certified platinum and gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Throughout their career, the band has performed on several notable tours and festivals including Ozzfest in 2007 and 2008; Warped Tour in 2009; Download Festival in 2009, 2013, and 2018; Mayhem Festival in 2010; Music as a Weapon V tour in 2011; Uproar Festival in 2012; Rock on the Range in 2012, 2013, and 2015; Carnival of Madness tour in 2013; Knotfest in 2014; Rockfest and Rocklahoma in 2015; Carolina Rebellion in 2018; Louder Than Life in 2017 and 2019; Aftershock in 2014, 2017, and 2021; Welcome to Rockville in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019; and Knotfest in 2022.
In 2006, Motionless In White materialized out of Scranton, Pennsylvania with an inimitable conjuration of sharp metallic rock, nocturnal industrial, magnetic melodies, and larger-than-life visual imagery. The quintet – Chris Motionless (vocals), Ricky Olson (guitar), Ryan Sitkowski (guitar), Vinny Mauro (drums), and Justin Morrow (bass) – made their way to the forefront of hard rock, gathering nearly half-a-billion cumulative streams and views to date. Following the success of 2010's Creatures and 2012's Infamous, 2014's Reincarnate landed in the top 10 of the Billboard Top 200, bowing at number nine and topping the Top Rock Albums Chart. Both 2017's Graveyard Shift and 2019's Disguise cracked the top five of the Top Hard Rock Albums Chart and Top Rock Albums Chart, the latter yielding the band’s biggest hit to date, “Another Life,” which gathered 37 million Spotify streams.
Along the way, Motionless in White sold out headline tours and supported everyone from Slipknot and Korn to Breaking Benjamin. The rockers have also collaborated with Jonathan Davis of Korn, Maria Brink of In This Moment, Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth, Tim Sköld of KMFDM, Caleb Shomo of Beartooth, and more. The five-piece kept busy throughout 2020, releasing the Another Life / Eternally Yours: Motion Picture Collection EP and dead-streaming a performance of Creatures for its decade anniversary. The band also dropped a cover of The Killers’ “Somebody Told Me,” and the standalone single “Creatures X: To The Grave.”
In This Moment and Motionless in White bring their “Dark Horizon Tour” to East Moline on July 17 with additional sets by Fit for a King and From Ashes to New, admission to the 6:30 p.m. concert event is $59.75-608.75, and more information and tickets are available by visiting TheRustBeltQC.com.
