This has got to be my choice for Christian rapcore/hard rock album of the year. I've been steadily wearing this CD out for the past five months or so, and I'll probably continue to do so until it's bequeathed to my kids. You want a description of what these guys sound like? Take a generous portion of Limp Bizkit, some early Green Day, and a small lump of Rage Against the Machine, put them all in a blender, and hit "Frappe". (Sprinkle on a little Beastie Boys for added flavor.) What you get is some of the most raucous hardcore, rap, and punk you'll ever hear. When lead vocal Lipsick makes the announcement at the end of the CD's old-school style intro that the Krutch is "gonna get this party started", they do just that, launching right into the frenzied first song, "Puppet". This song alone knocks Limp Bizkit's alleged best stuff right into the dirt. The party just gets wilder from there. While most of the songs have a rapcore flavor, the boys dip into pure punk a time or two with "When In Doubt" (a salute to teenage angst) and "Come Along". They also put a Christian spin on a rocking cover of EMF's club hit "Unbelievable". The last track ("Lift It") makes an excellent cool-down ballad for the heavenly adrenaline rush this album brings. DJ Dove (the album's co-producer) found a great talent in the Krutch boys, and once people start experiencing this CD, I think they'll be making heads bang for a long time to come.

The great thing about this band is they don't sound quite like anyone else in the genre. The bad thing about the band is that they sound like they want to.

The band does a great job emulating (and often improving on) all kinds of sounds ranging from alternative to hardcore, rapcore, funk, and punk... often all in the same tune. "Puppet" is POD mixed with Limp Bizket. "When In Doubt" is MXPX mixed with Eve 6. A friend confused "Set It Off" with Rage Against the Machine. In "Small Town" and parts of "Supafly", the singer croons like Our Lady Peace. "Lift It" is almost a Vineyard praise tune. And throughout is a pretty distinctive white-kid punk-rap that could be from several of the bands listed above. There's no one way to describe them, and they mix it together well.

Also, I like the lyrics. Some words, like "earthquake" and "party" show up a little too often to feel fresh by the last track, but generally the rhymes are interesting. I especially like that the whole album thematically mixes "having a rollickin' good time" and "Jesus" in the same place. Albums need to have more of this; joy is a big part of what Jesus is about. I imagine if someone had a so-called ghetto blaster at Mary's friend's wedding party, Jesus would've been spinning this album when He turned water to wine.

On the downside, I feel only "Puppet" and "When In Doubt" really come together completely. Tuning in to the other songs, I couldn't really say, "Ah, this is TFK's style." I'd be more likely to get mixed up in the various influences, which don't always fit together smoothly or transition well in a song. Moreover, the band really excels when the singer carries some tonality -- the rhymes are good, but there are better rappers out there with Christian lyrics (The Cross Movement, KJ-52), and the songs loose texture when they fall too far into generic Rage-style rap-core mode ("Rhime Animal" especially).

This band is incredibly talented, and I predict that if they stick with it, they'll be pulling some serious awards by their third release. Already they're innovating in a tired genre and it's exciting to hear. A friend once told me, "I don't listen to Christian music because it's not likely to be innovative." That's as ridiculous as saying, "I don't listen to womanizing, gun-toting, drug addicts' music, because it's not likely to be innovative" ... but that type of people have been pushing the limits of hip-hop for almost a decade now. Sadly, though, until recently, it's been true: Christian-themed music falls behind the mainstream. It shouldn't be that way, and bands Thousand Foot Krutch are turning that around.

(If you like this style, I also recommend POD and These Five Down.)

This is definately the best cd ever!! I love it so much, I listen to it every day! I may only be 12, but I know good music when I hear it! This cd is better than good music though, IT'S GREAT!

This is probobally TFK's best work and really shows how much they've changed, the rap aspect of their music was pretty much completley deleted in phenomenon, in this album it shows Trevors silver tounged skills and ha ability to write good meaningful lyrics. The highlight of this album when i first baught it (the origional release) "When In Doubt" was my favorite song because it had a certain punk rock feel to it along with "Come Along" but after the re-release the best song on thsi album has become "Moments Of The Day" it's one of the first songs they recorded, and probobally the best of their career (coming in second to "Last Words") I would definatley reccomend this album if you liked Pillar's First album.

I have been following Krutch since their first cd(that no one knows about) This cd is the perfect christian rock album for anyone, even though I HATE rap, this cd has a little bit in it, its pretty good, these guys put limp bizkit to shame!!Theres this one song about a girl in a small town, that shows how jesus christ can make an influence in your life, the melody is an awesome pert of the song as well. BUY THIS ALBUM, U WONT REGRET IT