Assembly

Assembly is the fifth music album of Norwegian metal band Theatre of Tragedy, and continued the group’s departure from gothic to a more electronic style of metal. This method was described as similar to “Siouxsie and the Banshees jamming with Ace of Base” .
The album was the last Theatre of Tragedy album to feature the vocals of Liv Kristine; the band fired her (according to Liv, via email ) due to musical differences.

While Musique namechecked radios, streetfighting and nightlife, the songs on Assembly generally focus more on people than technology, such as in Play and Let You Down. The album’s modern setting is still emphasised by Automatic Lover, which refers to modern nightlife, and Universal Race, which uses space travel as a metaphor for sexual intercourse.
An exclusive version of the album contains a bonus track, a cover of “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” originally by The Supremes, and also made famous by Kim Wilde.
The cover art was designed by Thomas Ewerhard, who also made the covers for the next two albums by the band, Storm and Forever Is the World.
The album was re-released on July 27, 2009 as a limited edition of 2000 copies.

In July 2009, Metal Mind Productions issued a press release stating that the album was going to be re-released on July 27.