Maria Brink, the frontwoman of the heavy metal band In This Moment, overcame the trauma of being sexually molested by her father as a child and having to cope with a drug addict mother in order to carve out a better life for herself and her son. Brink, a single mother of one, characterized her son’s birth as a watershed moment in her life that helped her get off the dark road she was on.
At the age of 15, Maria Brink was a single mother.
The singer did not complete high school since she became pregnant at the age of 15 while in ninth grade. She moved out on her own and worked at a local laundry to help pay for her son, Davion Brink’s, living costs. Even though living as a single mother was stressful, Brink never regretted being one at such a young age since her kid acquired the strength she needed at the time. In an interview with the Times Union, she described how he rescued her.
It was the most wonderful thing that could have occurred to me since I was on a dark path, and my kid gave me the courage and motivation I needed. The 43-year-old metal vocalist is not married and has never been married. She has raised Davion as a single mother for the last 28 years and has never divulged his father’s name.
In her song, Maria Brink recounted sexual abuse.
Brink penned ‘Daddy’s Falling Angel’ for her band’s debut album, Beautiful Tragedy, published in 2007, and she spoke about her painful background of her father’s abuse when she was a youngster. It also describes how he subsequently abandoned her and her mother. The metal singer’s mother was always there for her, although she had a drug problem at one time. During those trying times, her grandparents encouraged and supported her, and she was able to assist her mother in overcoming her heroin addiction.
Maria Brink’s Son Is a Fashion Designer
Besides having encouraging grandparents who come to her show and a supportive free-spirited mother who has been by her side through thick and thin, she also has an artist son she connects with through expression and performing arts. Davion, Brink’s son, may not be a singer, but he did take on the artistic qualities from his mother to become a fashion designer who has his clothing line, Etrice. According to his bio on Instagram, he presents himself as a fashion artist, creative director, entrepreneur, and brujo.
His first artistic event, titled ‘SYNTHESIS,’ took place at Electric City Couture in October 2020, with his mother being a co-producer of the event. The visual artist of the event was Alyssa Objio, who also happens to be Davion’s girlfriend. The fashion artist has identified himself as a mixed black man. Although his father’s identity is unknown to the public, he may be aware of it. In the post, he also shared how he knew what it was like to be torn down and that he had deliberately decided to help build others, especially the Black community. He also urged others to participate in building one another. Albeit it was for a social media challenge, he made his stance known.
