In This Moment We Are Free – Cities is the debut studio album by Dutch progressive metal band VUUR.

[3] Band leader and vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen viewed past collaborator Devin Townsend as an influence on the album.

[4] Marcela Bovio was initially going to act as secondary vocalist for the album, but left the band mid-production due to divergences about the direction the vocals should take.

This past year I've thought a lot about the virtues of rural versus urban life, since me and my family are moving back to the city.

Angry Metal Guy's GardensTale pointed some problems like an underrepresented bass and an "attempt at a wall of sound during the episodes of triumphant grandeur [that] limit the dynamics", but ended up calling the album "truly excellent" and considered it perhaps "the heaviest music she has put out to date".

Several album tracks are overlong and similar, and despite the vocal hooks and deft musicianship, there's a lack of 'wow' moments.

The LP is at its best when it veers closest to the kind of cinematic metal that the Devin Townsend Project ply their trade in [...].