The Art of Balance

by Shadows Fall

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 September 2002
  • Label: Century Media
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:28
  • Community rating: 2.77/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Acting as a vital bridge between classic thrash musicianship and modern hardcore intensity, 'The Art of Balance' helped propel the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. The record offsets furious, dual-guitar shredding and harsh screams with soaring, clean vocal melodies and acoustic interludes.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, harsh-vocals, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Idle Hands (3:34)
  2. Thoughts Without Words (4:31)
  3. Destroyer of Senses (2:55)
  4. Casting Shade (2:09)
  5. Stepping Outside the Circle (5:25)
  6. The Art of Balance (4:46)
  7. Mystery of Spirit (5:10)
  8. The Idiot Box (4:30)
  9. Prelude to Disaster (1:48)
  10. A Fire In Babylon (7:30)
  11. Welcome to the Machine (5:05)

Credits

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