Front Line Assembly discography | |
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Studio albums | 17 |
Live albums | 3 |
Compilation albums | 13 |
Music videos | 10 |
EPs | 1 |
Singles | 25 |
Soundtrack albums | 2 |
Tribute albums | 5 |
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
Year | Title | Notes |
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1986 | Nerve War | Self-release. Limited to 100 copies.[1] Three versions. Re-released as remastered version through Cleopatra in 2022.[2] |
Total Terror | Self-release. Limited to 100 copies.[1] |
Albums
Studio albums
Year | Album details | Notes |
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1987 | The Initial Command
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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 | 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
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1990 | Caustic Grip
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1992 | Tactical Neural Implant
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Tactical Neural Implant sold more than 70,000 copies.[11] |
1994 | Millennium
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1995 | Hard Wired
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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
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1999 | Implode
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2001 | Epitaph | |
2004 | Civilization
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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 | Reached No. 19 on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[22] |
2010 | Improvised Electronic Device
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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
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Reached No. 19 on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart[27] and the Heatseekers Albums chart.[28] |
2019 | Wake Up the Coma
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Reached no. 40 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart[29] and no. 15 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.[30] |
2021 | Mechanical Soul
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Live albums
Year | Album details | Notes |
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1989 | Live
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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
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Double live album. Also released in a limited edition box set with VHS. |
2015 | Kampfbereit
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Compilation albums
Year | Album details | Notes |
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1988 | Convergence
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Compilation of Corrosion and Disorder with some unreleased tracks. |
1993 | Total Terror I
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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
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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
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New material plus tracks from Corrosion and Disorder. |
1997 | Reclamation
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Singles compilation. |
1998 | The Singles: Four Fit
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Compilation of previously released singles Virus, Iceolate, Provision and Mindphaser. |
Monument
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Singles compilation. | |
Cryogenic Studios
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Compilation with tracks from Front Line Assembly and side projects Delerium, Equinox, Pro>Tech and Synæsthesia, partly previously unreleased. | |
1999 | Explosion
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Singles compilation composed from tracks of the singles Circuitry, Plasticity, Colombian Necktie and Comatose. |
2001 | Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2
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Compilation with tracks from Front Line Assembly and side projects Delerium, Equinox, Pro>Tech and Synæsthesia, partly previously unreleased. |
2004 | Complete Total Terror
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Two-disc compilation of Total Terror I and Total Terror II demo material. |
2005 | The Best of Cryogenic Studio
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Two-disc compilation with previously released tracks from Cryogenic Studios and Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2. |
2022 | Permanent Data 1986-1989
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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 |
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1988 | Disorder | 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 |
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1996 | The Remix Wars: Strike 2
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Remix collaboration with Die Krupps. |
1998 | Re-wind
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Two-disc album with remixed tracks of [FLA]vour of the Weak. |
2007 | Fallout
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Originally announced as an EP. Released as an album with three previously unreleased tracks and nine remixes.[36] |
2014 | Echoes | |
2022 | The Machinists Reunited Tour EP
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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
Year | Album details | Notes |
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2000 | Quake III: Team Arena[41]
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Expansion pack for Quake III Arena. Collaboration with Sonic Mayhem. |
2012 | AirMech | |
2018 | WarMech |
Tribute albums
From Front Line Assembly
Year | Album details | Song | Notes |
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1999 | Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna, Vol. 1
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Justify My Love | |
1999 | We Will Follow: A Tribute to U2
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New Year's Day | Front Line Assembly with Tiffany. |
2023 | A Tribute To Rammstein
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Deutschland |
To Front Line Assembly
Year | Album details | Notes |
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2003 | Replicate 01: A Tribute to Front Line Assembly | First release on label MoMT Records.[50] |
2010 | Replicate 02: A Tribute to Front Line Assembly & Projects
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Last release on label MoMT Records.[52] |
Singles
Title | Year | Album | Label | Notes |
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Digital Tension Dementia | 1988 | Gashed Senses & Crossfire | Third Mind, Wax Trax! | Reached No. 45 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs[53] |
No Limit | 1989 | |||
Iceolate | 1990 | Caustic Grip | Melody Maker 'Single Of The Week'[54][55] | |
Provision | Melody Maker 'Single Of The Week'[54][55] | |||
Virus | 1991 | Non-album single from the Caustic Grip sessions. | ||
Mindphaser | 1992 | Tactical Neural Implant | Third Mind | |
The Blade | ||||
Millennium | 1994 | Millennium | Roadrunner | |
Surface Patterns | 1995 | |||
Circuitry | Hard Wired | Off Beat, Metropolis | ||
Plasticity | 1996 | Non-album single from the Hard Wired sessions. | ||
Colombian Necktie | 1997 | [FLA]vour of the Weak | Off Beat, Metropolis, Energy | |
Comatose | 1998 | Off Beat, Metropolis | ||
Prophecy | 1999 | Implode | Metropolis, Zoth Ommog, Energy | |
Fatalist | ||||
Everything Must Perish | 2001 | Epitaph | Metropolis | |
Maniacal | 2003 | Civilization | Reached No. 15 on Billboard's Hot Dance Singles | |
Vanished | 2004 | |||
Shifting Through the Lens | 2010 | Improvised Electronic Device | Dependent, Metropolis | |
Angriff [Remix] | ||||
Eye on You | 2018 | Wake Up the Coma | Metropolis | |
Purge (Black Asteroid Remix) | 2022 | Mechanical Soul | Metropolis | |
Deutschland | 2023 | A Tribute To Rammstein | Cleopatra | Cover of German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein.[56] |
Mechvirus featuring Ayria (Remix)[57] | WarMech | Artoffact | ||
Mechvirus featuring Ultra Sunn (Remix)[58] |
Music videos
Title | Year | Album | Label | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Notes |
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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.[59] | |
The Blade | Bill Morrison[60] | Dean English | ||||
Laughing Pain | - | Rod Chong, Bill Morrison[60] | Non-album track from The Blade single. | |||
Millennium[61] | 1994 | Millennium | Roadrunner | Eric Zimmerman, Lon Magdich | Marc Sayous | Directed in Seattle. |
Plasticity[62] | 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[60] | |||
Angriff | 2010 | Improvised Electronic Device | Dependent | Henrik Bauer[63] | Bill Leeb, Chris Peterson, Jeremy Inkel, Jared Slingerland[63] | |
Blood | 2014 | Echogenetic | Metropolis | Rim Visuals[64] | ||
Ghosts | Rim Visuals[65] | |||||
Rock Me Amadeus | 2019 | Wake Up the Coma | Jason Alacrity[66] | Jason Alacrity, Colin Pierce | Featuring Jimmy Urine. | |
Arbeit | 2020 | Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen[67] | Starring Kim Sønderholm. | |||
Compilation appearances
Title | Label | Release date | Format | Tracks included |
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Doctor Death's Vol. III[68] | C'est La Mort | 1989 | LP, CS | "Concussion" |
Black Box – Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years[69] | Wax Trax! | 1994 | CD | "Digital Tension Dementia" |
Tyranny Off the Beat Vol. IV[70] | Off Beat | 1997 | CD | "Electrocution (Rough Mix)" |
Electropolis Volume II[71] | Metropolis | 2000 | CD | "Masterslave (Wumpscut RMX)" |
Subout[72] | Basic Unit Productions | 2000 | CD | "Epitaph" |
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