This Moment

Delivering crushing metalcore that still offers a positive lyrical message despite the sledgehammer impact of the music, This Moment hail from Ventura, CA, where the band was formed in 2001 by guitarist Matt Lafferty not long after he graduated from high school. Lafferty, an avowed Christian, has been the sole constant through the group's history, writing the lion's share of the group's songs and self-releasing the group's first two EP's, 2001's The Record of Life and 2002's This Moment. In 2004, This Moment found a champion in producer Paul Miner, who had worked with musically likeminded acts such as Thrice, Death By Stereo, and Atreyu. Impressed with the group's power, Miner took the then-current lineup of This Moment -- Lafferty, singer Kyle Laughlin, bassist Sean Dougherty, and drummer Nate Freedman -- into the studio and helped them craft their full-length debut, Finding A Voice In The Dark.