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Vancouver, Canada (1986 – present)

Front Line Assembly are Bill Leeb (vocals, synthesizers) and Rhys Fulber (synthesizers and samplers), one of many groups formed by the prolific Vancouver, Canada-based duo. After working in the mid-’80s under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder with Skinny Puppy, the Austrian-born Leeb formed the /-based Front Line Assembly in 1986 with Fulber — who initially joined on as a studio assistant — and synth player Michael Balch. After a handful of compilation appearances and cassette-only releases, Front Line Assembly issued its first three full-length efforts — The Initial Command, State of Mind, and Corrosion — on a monthly basis between December 1987 and February 1988. Later in 1988, Corrosion was reissued, along with a subsequent mini-album titled Disorder and a number of exclusive bonus tracks, as Convergence.

In 1989, the group returned with the album Gashed Senses & Crossfire, which contained the dance-flavored singles “Digital Tension Dementia” and “No Limit.” A European tour in support of the record yielded a live album — titled simply, Live — that was released and deleted on the same day in a limited edition of 4,000 pressings. After Balch departed Front Line Assembly in 1990, Fulber stepped in as a full partner; the streamlined duo soon released the electro-styled album Caustic Grip, while 1992’s Tactical Neural Implant found the group’s music moving in a more hard-edged disco direction.
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  • Carbonfucked

    Improvised Electronic Device is amazing. Back to the roots.

    18 days ago

  • Neuralblastoma

    FLA albums are the soundtracks to my cyberpunk obsessions.

    20 days ago

  • AlanVext

    Legendary band. Just put on Improvised Electronic Device after a long time of not listening to it. Wow.

    21 days ago

  • halluz1nogen

    this photo on main is more successful

    24 days ago

  • gothic_hobbit

    TNI has some hard guitars on a couple of tracks.

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  • Ashei

    no tomorrow, there's no life today

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  • skalberg242

    @Sodominion: Heaviest? Maybe Hard Wired, or Millenium if you prefer riffy guitars. As for their darkest stuff you have to go back to the 80's, every record they released back then had some really dark songs on them. Maybe mostly the State of Mind album, that one is underrated and a lot of songs on it has a creepy dark ambient vibe to it. But, their heaviest AND darkest song has to be The State from The Initial Command album. That album also contains the song Ausgang Zum Himmel which is creepy as hell.

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    I'm so addicted to Plasticity.

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FLA Announces First North American Tour in 4 Years

1 Apr 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/thefrontlineassembly

Front Line Assembly are proud to announce a 26 show tour across North America to further support the critically acclaimed new album Improvised Electronic Device. This is FLA's first North …

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