Beautiful Tragedy

Beautiful Tragedy is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band In This Moment. The album was promoted largely in part by an interview conducted on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack station, which performed several songs off Beautiful Tragedy and helped expose the band to the heavy metal scene.

Beautiful Tragedy
Studio album by In This Moment
Released	March 20, 2007
Recorded	2006
Studio	Trax East Studio, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Genre	Metalcore hard rock melodic metalcore alternative metal post-hardcore
Length	41:43
Label	Century Media
Producer	Eric Rachel
In This Moment chronology
Beautiful Tragedy (2007) The Dream (2008)
Singles from Beautiful Tragedy
"Prayers" Released: November 28, 2006 "Beautiful Tragedy" Released: March 13, 2007 "Surrender" Released: 2007

The band's substantially heavy sound has allowed songs like the single "Prayers" and "Daddy's Falling Angel" frequent airplay on Hard Attack. However, with its strong employment of clean vocals, the title track, "Beautiful Tragedy", has also seen airplay on the Sirius hard rock station, Octane.

Composition

The album has been described as metalcore,[1][2][3][4][5] hard rock,[3][5] melodic metalcore,[6] alternative metal, and post-hardcore.[4]

Release and promotion

A music video was produced for "Prayers" which had the band performing in an ancient chapel. As described in the Hard Attack interview, during the video shoot, vocalist Maria Brink violently met face-first with a camera as it was closing in on the group. After having her nose laceration superglued and made up, Brink finished singing, often keeping her hair in her face to prevent noticeability of her nose. Upon release, the video for "Prayers" aired on Headbangers Ball.

The second commercial release was for the title track, "Beautiful Tragedy", which was also accompanied by a music video. Brink says of the song, "I kept thinking of these funerals where there are family members who haven't talked to each other for years. And then, when they lose someone, suddenly everyone loves each other. Sometimes, something dark brings out something beautiful."[7] The single broke into the Top 40 Active Rock charts.

The success of the album led to a year of touring the US, Europe, and Japan with acts such as Within Temptation, Walls of Jericho, and Lacuna Coil. The band also scored opening slots for Megadeth, Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie at the end of 2007 which increased their profile in the metal scene.

An unreleased track from the Beautiful Tragedy sessions called "Surrender" was released to online digital retailers in December 2007.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[5]
AllMusic	[2]
Blabbermouth.net	7.5/10[8]
musicOMH	[9]
PopMatters	7/10[4]

The album received generally positive reviews upon release. Eduardo Rivadavia from AllMusic stated "True, with the exception of Brink's anomalous female presence, In This Moment tenders nothing truly original to the state of early-2000s metal on Beautiful Tragedy; but in a genre too often marred by the misuse of volume and aggression over substance, sometimes great songs should be cause enough for celebration."[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Maria Brink; all music is composed by In This Moment.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Whispers of October"	1:06
2.	"Prayers"	3:46
3.	"Beautiful Tragedy"	4:01
4.	"Ashes"	3:51
5.	"Daddy's Falling Angel"	4:12
6.	"The Legacy of Odio"	4:07
7.	"This Moment"	3:58
8.	"Next Life"	3:58
9.	"He Said Eternity"	3:51
10.	"Circles"	4:11
11.	"When the Storm Subsides"	4:43
Total length:		41:43

Japanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Beautiful Tragedy" (radio mix)	3:21
13.	"Have No Fear"	3:46
14.	"Beautiful Tragedy" (acoustic)	4:30
15.	"Surrender"	4:42

Personnel

In This Moment Maria Brink – vocals Chris Howorth – guitar Jesse Landry – bass guitar Blake Bunzel – guitar Jeff Fabb – drums

Additional personnel Recorded at Trax East Studio, New Brunswick, NJ Pre-production demos recorded at NRG Mastered at West West Side Music, New Windsor, NY Producer – Eric Rachel, In This Moment Pre-producer – Josh Newell, Preston Boebel Mastered by Alan Douches Engineer – Eric Kvortek, Eric Rachel Assistant engineer – Kyle Neeley Orchestra arranged by Michael Romeo Photography – Dean Karr, Olle Carlsson Artwork – Anthony Clarkson A&R – Phil Hinkle Management – Mercenary Management

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10]	35
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11]	14

References

1. Freeman, Phil. "A Star-Crossed Wasteland – In This Moment". AllMusic.
2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Beautiful Tragedy – In This Moment". AllMusic.
3. Frazer, Bear (June 14, 2010). "In This Moment A Princess And Her Cowboys". 101distribution. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
4. Begrand, Adrien (June 5, 2007). "PopMatters Review". Popmatters.com. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
5. Bowar, Chad. "About.com review". Heavymetal.about.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
6. Scharf, Natasha (July 18, 2017). "In This Moment - Ritual album review". Metal Hammer. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
7. "Celebrities Maria Brink feature". inkedmag.com. 2008-04-25. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
8. Alisoglu, Scott. "In This Moment Beautiful Tragedy". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
9. Day, Tom (June 18, 2007). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH.com. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
10. "In The Moment Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
11. "In The Moment Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2018.