The End Is Where We Begin is the sixth studio album by Canadian Christian rock band Thousand Foot Krutch. It was released in the United States on April 17, 2012, and in Canada on May 8, 2012. Vocalist Trevor McNevan has stated "the record is some of the heaviest stuff we've done and some of the lightest". In 2023, the band announced their return from hiatus and their first new project since 2017, which was set to be a newly re-recorded version of the album entitled "The End Is Where We Begin: Reignited" while collaborating with several of their musical peers. The re-recorded album was released on July 26, 2024.
Background On November 29, 2011, they announced that they would be leaving Tooth & Nail Records to release the album independently. The band has set up a webpage offering various fans pre-release packages in exchange for advance support for the costs in recording and releasing the album. Fans who donated to the band received early downloads of the songs "The End is Where We Begin" and "Courtesy Call" on January 7, 2012. The official release date was announced as April 17, 2012, via the band's Twitter feed.
"War of Change" was used by WWE as the official theme song to their Over the Limit 2012 pay-per-view event.
The song "Light Up The Sky", is featured in the official EA Sports NHL 13 Video Game Soundtrack, which features sixteen songs in the official version. This song also has been played in several FM Radio stations all around Canada and the United States.
Commercial performance The album debuted at No. 14 on the US Billboard 200, selling 23,000 copies. The album also debuted No. 1 in "Hard Rock" and "Christian" albums. The songs "Courtesy Call" and "War of Change" were both certified platinum and gold in the United States by the RIAA, respectively.
Track listing
TFK Remixes EP
In honor of their historic debut on Billboard, Thousand Foot Krutch made two remixed songs and gave them out for free on October 1. The remixes are made with a style similar to Trance, using McNevan's vocals and excluding guitars or drums.
Follow-up remix albums On the "RadioU" official page, it was announced that Thousand Foot Krutch would be releasing an entire remix album in response to the positive feedback they received from their TFK Remixes EP songs. The name of the album, Metamorphosiz: The End Remixes Vol. 1, was announced on November 1. On January 19, 2013, McNevan announced that they will be releasing another remix album in 2013.
Personnel Aaron Sprinkle - producer, keyboards, additional guitars Trevor McNevan - producer, vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar Joel Bruyere - bass guitar Steve Augustine - drums, percussion Chris Carmichael - string arrangements
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2012) Peakposition U.S. Billboard 20014 U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums1 U.S. Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums1 U.S. Billboard Top Digital Albums8 U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums3 U.S. Billboard Top Alternative Albums3 U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums7
Year-end charts + Year-endCharts (2012)PositionBillboard Christian Albums20Billboard Hard Rock Albums29Charts (2013)PositionBillboard Christian Albums34
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