Front Line Assembly discography
Front Line Assembly discographyStudio albums 17 EPs 1 Soundtrack albums 2 Live albums 3 Compilation albums 13 Tribute albums 5 Singles 30 Music videos 10 Demos 2 Remix albums 4
Front Line Assembly , a Canadian Vancouver -based electro-industrial band, has released seventeen studio albums, three live albums, numerous singles and compilations, and two video game soundtracks. With Bill Leeb being the founder and sole permanent member of the band, Michael Balch, Rhys Fulber and Chris Peterson were acting as long-time members during different periods of time.
Demos
Albums
Studio albums
Year
Album details
Notes
1987
The Initial Command
Re-released 1992 and 1997. The 1997 re-release contains two additional new tracks and comes with a different cover artwork.
1988
State of Mind
Released: January 1988[ 3]
Label: Dossier, ROIR, Third Mind, Cleopatra
Formats: LP,[ 3] CS[ 5]
Re-released in 1998 with bonus track.
Remastered and re-released in 2022 as part of the compilation Permanent Data 1986-1989 with bonus tracks.
Corrosion
Re-released as part of Convergence in 1988 and Corroded Disorder in 1995.
Remastered and re-released in 2022 as part of the compilation Permanent Data 1986-1989 and as individual LP.
1989
Gashed Senses & Crossfire
1990
Caustic Grip
Released: 1990
Label: Third Mind, Wax Trax!, Roadrunner
Formats: CD, LP, CS[ 9]
1992
Tactical Neural Implant
Released: April 28, 1992[ 10]
Label: Third Mind, Apollon International, Roadrunner
Formats: CD
Tactical Neural Implant sold more than 70,000 copies.[ 11]
1994
Millennium
Released: October 1, 1994[ 12]
Label: Roadrunner, Apollon International, Metal Mind
Formats: CD
1995
Hard Wired
Also released in a limited edition Double CD box set.[ 13] Hard Wired sold at least 50,000 copies worldwide.[ 14] The limited edition with 5,000 copies was sold out in two weeks.[ 14]
1997
[FLA]vour of the Weak
Released: November 3, 1997
Label: Off Beat, Energy, Metropolis, Synthetic Symphony
Formats: CD, LP (re-release 2015)[ 15]
1999
Implode
Released: April 26, 1999
Label: Metropolis, Zoth Ommog, Energy
Formats: CD, LP
2001
Epitaph
Released: October 9, 2001[ 16]
Label: Metropolis
Formats: CD, LP (re-release 2015)[ 17]
2004
Civilization
Released: January 20, 2004[ 18]
Label: Metropolis, Synthetic Symphony
Formats: CD
On some retail CDs the back cover track listing failed to label some tracks correctly and omitted one track while the booklet left out one track.[ 19]
2006
Artificial Soldier
Released: June 20, 2006[ 20]
Label: Metropolis
Formats: CD, LP (re-release 2016)[ 21]
Reached No. 19 on Billboard' s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[ 22]
2010
Improvised Electronic Device
Also released as a digital Deluxe Edition with two extra tracks.[ 24] Reached No. 23 on Billboard 's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[ 25]
2013
Echogenetic
Released: July 9, 2013[ 26]
Label: Metropolis, Dependent
Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Reached No. 19 on Billboard 's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart[ 27] and the Heatseekers Albums chart.[ 28]
2019
Wake Up the Coma
Released: February 8, 2019
Label: Metropolis
Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Reached no. 40 on Billboard 's Independent Albums chart[ 29] and no. 15 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.[ 30]
2021
Mechanical Soul
Released: January 15, 2021[ 31]
Label: Metropolis
Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Live albums
Year
Album details
Notes
1989
Live
Released: 1989
Label: Third Mind
Formats: LP
Released as a Limited LP. Only 4000 copies made.
Remastered and re-released in 2022 as part of the compilation Permanent Data 1986-1989 .
1996
Live Wired
Released: September 16, 1996
Label: Off Beat, Metropolis, Energy
Formats: CD
Double live album. Also released in a limited edition box set with VHS.
2015
Kampfbereit
Released: April 7, 2015
Label: MVD Visual
Formats: DVD
Compilation albums
Year
Album details
Notes
1988
Convergence
Released: 1988
Label: Third Mind, Wax Trax!
Formats: CD, CS[ 32]
Compilation of Corrosion and Disorder with some unreleased tracks.
1993
Total Terror I
Released: 1993
Label: Cleopatra , Dossier
Formats: CD
CD release of most tracks of the Total Terror demo and additional tracks from 1986. Re-released 2004 together with Total Terror II as double CD album.
Remastered and re-released with bonus tracks in 2022 as part of the compilation Permanent Data 1986-1989 and as individual LP.
Total Terror II
Released: 1993
Label: Cleopatra, Dossier
Formats: CD
CD release of demo songs from 1986 and 1987. Re-released 2004 together with Total Terror I as double CD album.
Remastered and re-released in 2022 as part of the compilation Permanent Data 1986-1989 and as individual LP.
1995
Corroded Disorder
Released: November 21, 1995
Label: Cleopatra, Off Beat, Energy, Synthetic Symphony
Formats: CD
New material plus tracks from Corrosion and Disorder .
1997
Reclamation
Released: October 1, 1997[ 33]
Label: Roadrunner, Metal Mind
Formats: CD
Singles compilation.
1998
The Singles: Four Fit
Released: 1998
Label: Zoth Ommog
Formats: CD
Compilation of previously released singles Virus , Iceolate , Provision and Mindphaser .
Monument
Released: 1998
Label: Roadrunner, Metal Mind
Formats: CD
Singles compilation.
Cryogenic Studios
Released: 1998
Label: Cleopatra, Zoth Ommog
Formats: CD
Compilation with tracks from Front Line Assembly and side projects Delerium , Equinox , Pro>Tech and Synæsthesia , partly previously unreleased.
1999
Explosion
Released: 1999
Label: Off Beat
Formats: CD
Singles compilation composed from tracks of the singles Circuitry , Plasticity , Colombian Necktie and Comatose .
2001
Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2
Released: 2001
Label: Cleopatra
Formats: CD
Compilation with tracks from Front Line Assembly and side projects Delerium, Equinox, Pro>Tech and Synæsthesia, partly previously unreleased.
2004
Complete Total Terror
Released: 2004
Label: Cleopatra
Formats: CD
Two-disc compilation of Total Terror I and Total Terror II demo material.
2005
The Best of Cryogenic Studio
Released: 2005
Label: Cleopatra
Formats: CD
Two-disc compilation with previously released tracks from Cryogenic Studios and Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2 .
2022
Permanent Data 1986-1989
Released: August 19, 2022[ 2]
Label: Cleopatra
Formats: CD, digital download
Six-disc compilation that consists of the releases Total Terror I , Total Terror II , State of Mind , Corrosion , Disorder and Live with bonus tracks.
Extended plays
Year
Album details
Notes
1988
Disorder
Released: May 1988[ 3]
Label: Third Mind, Wax Trax!
Formats: Vinyl EP[ 34]
Re-released as part of Convergence in 1988 and Corroded Disorder in 1995.
Remastered and re-released with bonus tracks in 2022 as part of the compilation Permanent Data 1986-1989 and as individual LP.
Remix albums
Year
Album details
Notes
1996
The Remix Wars: Strike 2
Released: 1996
Label: Off Beat, Cleopatra
Formats: CD, LP (re-release 2016)[ 35]
Remix collaboration with Die Krupps .
1998
Re-wind
Released: August 17, 1998
Label: Off Beat, Metropolis, Energy, Synthetic Symphony
Formats: CD, LP (re-release 2016)[ 21]
Two-disc album with remixed tracks of [FLA]vour of the Weak .
2007
Fallout
Released: April 24, 2007
Label: Metropolis
Formats: CD, LP (re-release 2016)[ 21]
Originally announced as an EP. Released as an album with three previously unreleased tracks and nine remixes.[ 36]
2014
Echoes
Released: May 13, 2014[ 37]
Label: Metropolis
Formats: CD, LP, digital download[ 38] [ 39] [ 40]
2022
The Machinists Reunited Tour EP
Released: August 9, 2022
Label: Self-release
Formats: CD
Limited autographed edition available only during "The Machinists Reunited Tour 2022" at the concert venues. The EP contains two tracks each by Front Line Assembly and Die Krupps , each of which are reinterpreted by the other artist.
Soundtracks
Tribute albums
From Front Line Assembly
To Front Line Assembly
Year
Album details
Notes
2003
Replicate 01: A Tribute to Front Line Assembly
Released: August 18, 2003[ 48]
Label: MoMT
Formats: CD, digital download[ 49]
First release on label MoMT Records.[ 50]
2010
Replicate 02: A Tribute to Front Line Assembly & Projects
Label: MoMT
Formats: Digital download[ 51]
Last release on label MoMT Records.[ 52]
Singles
Music videos
Title
Year
Album
Label
Director(s)
Producer(s)
Notes
Body Count
1988
Disorder
Third Mind
Todd Taylor
Third Mind Records
Iceolate
1990
Caustic Grip
Eric Koziol
H-Gun Labs, Chicago
Virus
1991
-
Jim Van Bebber , Bill Leeb
Plasma, Gary Blair Smith
Non-album track from the Caustic Grip sessions.
Mindphaser
1992
Tactical Neural Implant
Robert Lee
Plasma, Gary Blair Smith
Edits Front Line Assembly into clips from 1989 Japanese live-action mecha film Gunhed .[ 64]
Won "Best Alternative Video" at Much Music's 1992 Canadian Music Video Awards.[ 65]
The Blade
Bill Morrison [ 66]
Dean English
Laughing Pain
-
Rod Chong, Bill Morrison [ 66]
Non-album track from The Blade single.
Millennium [ 67]
1994
Millennium
Roadrunner
Eric Zimmerman, Lon Magdich
Marc Sayous
Directed in Seattle .
Plasticity [ 68]
1996
-
Metropolis
Rod Chong
Real Life Pictures, Ulf Buddensieck
Non-album track from the Hard Wired sessions. Won Best Alternative Video at the 7th annual MuchMusic Video Awards in 1996.
Epitaph
2001
Epitaph
Bill Morrison [ 66]
Angriff
2010
Improvised Electronic Device
Dependent
Henrik Bauer[ 69]
Bill Leeb, Chris Peterson, Jeremy Inkel, Jared Slingerland[ 69]
Blood
2014
Echogenetic
Metropolis
Rim Visuals[ 70]
Ghosts
Rim Visuals[ 71]
Rock Me Amadeus
2019
Wake Up the Coma
Jason Alacrity,[ 72] Jason Jensen[ 73]
Jason Alacrity, Colin Pierce
Featuring Jimmy Urine .
Arbeit
2020
Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen[ 74]
Starring Kim Sønderholm.
Compilation appearances
References
General
Specific
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^ "Echoes" . Official Front Line Assembly Facebook Page . February 9, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014 .
^ "Front Line Assembly > Echoes" . Metropolis . Retrieved June 28, 2014 .
^ "Echoes (Deluxe) on vinyl" . Official Front Line Assembly Facebook Page . March 28, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014 .
^ "Front Line Assembly > Echoes (Deluxe)" . Metropolis . Retrieved May 17, 2014 .
^ "Quake III: Team Arena > Credits" . AllGame . Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014 .
^ "Quake III: Team Arena" . Metacritic . Retrieved July 17, 2014 .
^ "AirMech Soundtrack on Steam" . Steamworks. Retrieved December 13, 2012 .
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