---
title: "The Art of Balance by Shadows Fall"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/86a3cdaa-021f-38d3-8fd3-512894aa037f"
artist: "Shadows Fall"
year: 2002
label: "Century Media"
---

# The Art of Balance

**The Art of Balance** is an album by Shadows Fall, released in 2002 on Century Media.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | The Art of Balance |
| Artist | Shadows Fall |
| Type | Album |
| Year | 2002 |
| Label | Century Media |
| Catalog number | CM 77428-2 |
| Tracks | 15 |
| Place in discography | 4 of 12 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Idle Hands | 3:35 |
| 2 | Thoughts Without Words | 4:32 |
| 3 | Destroyer of Senses | 2:55 |
| 4 | Casting Shade | 2:09 |
| 5 | Stepping Outside the Circle | 5:26 |
| 6 | The Art of Balance | 4:46 |
| 7 | Mystery of One Spirit | 5:11 |
| 8 | The Idiot Box | 4:30 |
| 9 | Prelude to Disaster | 1:49 |
| 10 | A Fire in Babylon | 7:31 |
| 11 | Welcome to the Machine | 5:05 |
| 12 | Destroyer of Senses (live at club Krome 5/31/02 & CBGBS 6/3/02) | 2:50 |
| 13 | Thoughts Without Words (live at club Krome 5/31/02 & CBGBS 6/3/02) | 4:25 |
| 14 | Video Interview | 8:05 |
| 15 | Of One Blood (Bootlegged at club Cyclone in Tokyo, Japan 2001) | 5:36 |

## Genres

[Melodic Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-death) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore-classic)

## Release tags

Heavy Metal · Metal · Thrash Metal

## In the discography

- Previous release: [Of One Blood (2000)](https://themetalnet.com/album/785e083e-f246-3fc0-aad8-1ee41703b1ae)
- Next release: [Deadworld (2004)](https://themetalnet.com/album/1ac777b5-8731-3fac-8a86-1733478a2cff)

## Artist

- [Shadows Fall](https://themetalnet.com/band/shadows-fall)

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/album/86a3cdaa-021f-38d3-8fd3-512894aa037f](https://themetalnet.com/album/86a3cdaa-021f-38d3-8fd3-512894aa037f). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt