IN THIS MOMENT vocalist Maria Brink is featured in a new interview with Christine Caruana at Australia's Loud Magazine. An excerpt is available below:

Q: Coming to Australia, it’s going to be the first time for many people to actually hear ITM. What do you hope they take away from the show?

Brink: "Definitely our live energy that we bring, and I hope they can feel what it is that we do, because you know music is a feeling and we are emotional up there, we have a lot of energy. We’re really giving it our all, and I’m giving it my all, and just hope that they get us and understand what we’re about."

Q: After being named Hottest Chick in Metal at the Revolver Golden God Awards, has it changed anything for you or the band?

Brink: "No, I think that’s kind of a silly little thing. I mean, obviously music has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not somebody is beautiful. There is an image part, I guess, that comes into play... with some bands definitely I guess image can be strong, but we know it’s all about the music, and that’s what it obviously comes down to. I just take the award as sort of a fun, light hearted thing, you know what I mean? It’s not like it’s going to define us! (laughs)."

Q: Moving onto your latest release, A Star-Crossed Wasteland. It’s very different from your previous releases, which is expected as you are an experimental band. Do you think it depicts the In This Moment, you’ve been working towards?

Brink: "Yeah I think we are definitely finding our defining sound. Like you said, we experiment a lot and we go from really melodic to really heavy, we’re kind of all over the place, and I think we kind of collaborated a lot of aspects of our band in that album."

Q: Is it true we can expect your next release in 2012?

Brink: "Yeah, we are starting to write for our new album now, so in the Spring/Summer of 2012, the new album will be coming out."

Click here for the complete interview.