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- Date Released: September 17, 2002
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Metal
- Label: Century Media Records / Zebralution
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They Say...
In The Art of Balance, Shadows Fall has created a modern heavy metal album that is both brutal and highly musical, traditional yet forward-thinking. Songs like the complex "Stepping Outside the Circle" demonstrate not only crushing heaviness, but an impressive grasp on dynamics, melody, and arrangement. Brian Fair's vocals oscillate from articulate melodicism to sheer, throat-tearing menace, while Jonathan Donais' guitar work combines pounding, metallic crunch with careful virtuosity. Amidst the full-throttle rockers that make up the bulk of the album are a couple of short instrumentals ("Casting Shade," "Prelude to Disaster") that offer a few well-placed moments of quiet atmosphere. The cover of Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine," placed at the end of the disc, is stylishly well-executed, but seems a tad out of place nonetheless.
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| 01. |  |
Idle Hands |
3:34 |
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| 02. | |
Thoughts Without Words |
4:31 |
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| 03. | |
Destroyer Of Senses |
2:55 |
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| 04. | |
Casting Shade |
2:09 |
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| 05. | |
Stepping Outside The Circle |
5:25 |
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| 06. | |
The Art Of Balance |
4:46 |
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| 07. | |
Mystery Of One Spirit |
5:10 |
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| 08. | |
The Idiot Box |
4:30 |
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| 09. | |
Prelude To Disaster |
1:49 |
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| 10. | |
A Fire In Babylon |
7:30 |
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| 11. | |
Welcome To The Machine |
5:06 |
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11 Total Tracks, 47:25 Total Length
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Credits
- Alan Douches - Mastering // Chris Bartlett - Vocals // Danny Egan - Vocals // Shadows Fall - Main Performer // Jim Weeks - Drums // Jim Weeks - Producer // Paul Romanko - Bass // Brian Fair - Vocals // Zeuss - Producer // Zeuss - Engineer // Zeuss - Mixing // Matthew Bachand - Guitar // Jason Bittner - Drums
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