Holding This Moment
Bane · 1998
27 min · 8 tracks · hardcore punk
Pummeling rhythms and raw vocals channel intense emotions, crafting an urgent and cathartic hardcore punk experience.
Top tracks — play these first
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Count Me Out — This track showcases the band's signature blend of aggressive riffs and introspective lyrics, encapsulating the album's spirit of defiance and self-assertion.
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Both Guns Blazing — With its anthemic chorus and powerful instrumentation, this song represents the relentless energy that defines Bane’s sound and ethos.
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Forked Tongue — The complex lyrical themes and dynamic shifts in tempo highlight the band's growth as songwriters while remaining true to hardcore roots.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
Bane's second album solidifies their energetic hardcore sound with intense rhythms and raw vocals.
What we noticed
- The album opens with a fast-paced track that sets a relentless tempo, maintaining high energy through the first four songs.
- Vocals are delivered in a raw, aggressive style, often layered with backing shouts to enhance intensity.
- Several tracks feature abrupt tempo shifts, creating moments of tension followed by explosive bursts of sound.
- The final track concludes with a drawn-out instrumental section that contrasts sharply with the preceding urgency.
- Composition 25% of the score
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7/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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8/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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8/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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7/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Significant within its genre. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- short bursts of raw energy
- urgent introspection in lyrics
- for quick workouts
- front-loaded adrenaline rush
Maybe skip if you
- prefer lengthy, gradual builds
- seek mellow background music
Where this album fits
- Career context
- Released in 1998, Holding This Moment is Bane's second album, following their debut, It’s Time, which established them within the hardcore punk scene. At this point in their career, Bane was solidifying their reputation for high-energy performances and poignant lyrics that resonated with the youth of the late '90s.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Earth Crisis· Hatebreed· Sick of It All
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 In Pieces 2:19
- 2 Count Me Out 2:30
- 3 Both Guns Blazing 5:36
- 4 Superhero 3:08
- 5 At Best 2:09
- 6 Scared 2:38
- 7 Forked Tongue 4:12
- 8 Every Effort Made, Lay the Blame 5:01
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