Thousand Foot Krutch's "The Art of Breaking" Turns 10

By Timothy Yap Jul 02, 2015 05:21 AM EDT

Thousand Foot Krutch's career defining third album "The Art of Breaking" is already 10 years old this month. Released on July 19, 2005, "The Art of Breaking" was produced by Arnold Lanni (Our Lady Peace/Finger Eleven/Simple Plan). This album makes almost a complete break from the nu metal sound of Phenomenon, focusing more on heavy elements. The record is the first to feature short guitar solos as well. The Art of Breaking was received well from fans, although some criticized the album's change of style.

The album produced three singles "Absolute," "Move," and "Breathe You In." Second single "Move" peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart early 2006. The song was nominated for a Dove Award for Short Form Music Video of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards.

In the video of "Move," the band is shown playing in the cellar of an abandoned building. Also shown is a girl, who starts running once the song kicks in. The girl repeatedly bumps into various people and eventually ends up near where the band is playing. She then retraces her steps and finds that most of the people she ran into before now have some sort of metal implant. The audio in the video slightly varies from the album version. The difference is that in the beginning on the CD Trevor can be heard whispering in the song, but in the video he cannot. Also the chorus at the end of the song, in the video, is not repeated as often as it is in the CD version.

The video was directed by Brandon Dickerson and produced by Erik Press.

Here are what critics said about the release:

"It's more urgent, more in your face, but seems to be more of the same. Thousand Foot Krutch shows signs of maturing, but their nu metal rock sound seems fairly identical to that of Phenomenon. Perhaps it is a bit of a stretch, but many of the songs could have easily worked on their last release. That is a stretch, however, due to the subtle signs of maturity sprinkled throughout this release." -- JESUSFREAKHIDEOUT.com

"On the Art of Breaking, the group also steers clear of the sappy platitudes that are often indigenous to Christian pop; instead, they adopt the voice of righteous warriors, heartily chanting "we want the truth, give us the absolute" over metal power chords in the pleasingly anthemic "Absolute" or resolutely intoning "I'll build your trust, I won't let you down" on the nimbly sung/rapped title track." --ALLMUSIC.com

Album release
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Absolute"	3:19
2.	"Slow Bleed"	3:14
3.	"The Art of Breaking"	3:19
4.	"Stranger"	3:48
5.	"Hurt"	4:44
6.	"Hand Grenade"	4:13
7.	"Move"	3:28
8.	"Hit the Floor"	3:48
9.	"Go"	3:46
10.	"Make Me a Believer"	2:49
11.	"Breathe You In"	4:19