Front Line Assembly

Between 1985 and 1986, Bill Leeb performed with Skinny Puppy under the name Wilhelm Schroeder, a combination of his first name and the name of the Peanuts character and was meant as a joke.{{cite web | url=http://www.darkwaver.com/eklectique/two/frontline.html | title=Front Line Assembly | publisher=Eklectique Magazine | last=Porter | first=Alicia | date=November 8, 1998 | access-date=July 13, 2014}} Leeb had no musical training, and learned to play synthesizer while contributing bass synth and backing vocals for the band.{{cite web |url=http://www.barcodezine.com/Cevin%20Key%20Interview.htm |title=cEvin Key interview |date=2003 |publisher=Barcode |access-date=August 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407055306/http://www.barcodezine.com/Cevin%20Key%20Interview.htm |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2011-06-02/music/front-line-assembly-leads-cyborg-armies-through-post-apocalyptic-soundscapes/full/ |title=Front Line Assembly Leads Cyborg Armies Through Post-Apocalyptic Soundscapes |last=Raven |first=Daniel |date=June 2, 2011 |website=Phoenix New Times | access-date=August 7, 2014}} He also supported their 1985 tour.{{cite web | url=http://www.darkdb.com/eklein/intervw/fla1.html | title=Interview: Front Line Assembly | last=Radio | first=Joe | date=April 24, 1988 | access-date=March 31, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416174519/http://www.darkdb.com/eklein/intervw/fla1.html | archive-date=April 16, 2014 | url-status=dead }} Not prepared for another tour, Leeb left Skinny Puppy in early 1986.

Having developed some instrumental skills and music industry experience,{{cite web | url=http://www.mindphaser.com/archive/history/ | title=History | publisher=Mindphaser.com | access-date=March 31, 2014 | archive-date=February 4, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204084113/http://www.mindphaser.com/archive/history/ | url-status=dead }} and wanting to do more vocal work, Leeb decided to take the risk of starting his own project.{{cite web | url=http://www.chaoscontrol.com/front-line-assembly-3/ | title=Front Line Assembly | publisher=Chaos Control Magazine | date=1993 | access-date=July 21, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411143127/http://www.chaoscontrol.com/front-line-assembly-3/ | archive-date=April 11, 2012 | url-status=dead }} Leeb decided to call the project Front Line Assembly to reflect his belief that strength lies in working together.

Leeb started by producing a demo tape, Nerve War, which was distributed on a limited basis. Contacts in the music scene he had gathered while with Skinny Puppy led to contract offers from the first two labels that Leeb later approached with cassettes.

Around this time, Leeb and Rhys Fulber became friends when they discovered they both had a similar interest in underground music. As an unofficial member at this time, Fulber partnered with Leeb during the production of Total Terror and was credited for the song "Black Fluid" on the demo. Both demo releases were limited to 100 and mostly distributed amongst friends.

The band members were influenced by early electronic and industrial acts from Europe such as Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads,{{cite magazine | title=Front Line Assembly | last=Armstrong | first=Emily | magazine=Lively Arts | year=1987 }}{{cite interview |last=Leeb |first=Bill |subject-link=Bill Leeb |title=Bill Leed {{sic}} 'Frontline Assembly |work=120 Minutes |date=1990 |publisher=MTV}} but mainly by the electronic body music style of Front 242.{{cite web |url=https://somethingelsereviews.com/2012/06/01/on-second-thought-front-line-assembly-civilization-2004/ |title=On Second Thought: Front Line Assembly – Civilization (2004) |last=Johnson |first=Tom |date=June 1, 2012 |website=Something Else Reviews |access-date=May 14, 2021}}

The first appearance of Front Line Assembly was the track "Aggression",{{cite web |url=http://www.darkdb.com/eklein/comp/compf.html#278 | title=Compilations F |last=Klein |first=Ed |publisher=Ed Klein |access-date=August 7, 2014}} which was included on the compilation For Your Ears Only, released in 1987 by British independent record label Third Mind{{cite AV media notes |title=Front Line Assembly - Reclamation |others=Front Line Assembly |year=1997 |pages=2–3 |publisher=Roadrunner |last=Levermore |first=Gary |type=booklet |location=New York}} showcasing the label's repertoire at the time. The track would be re-released the following year on the Disorder EP. Although the contact to Third Mind would later develop into a long-standing collaboration, the band debuted its first album The Initial Command with credited assistance by Fulber and Michael Balch on Belgian independent record label KK at the end of 1987. The album had been produced on a tight budget which would determine whether or not cuts would be done with an eight track system or split into two four track cuts.{{cite interview |last=Leeb |first=Bill |subject-link=Bill Leeb |interviewer=Mike Shea |title=Interview with Bill Leeb |work=Alternative Press |location=Cleveland |year=1988}}

With the next album State of Mind, released in January 1988, the band switched to German independent label Dossier.{{AllMusic | class=album | id=state-of-mind-mw0000674566 | label=Front Line Assembly: State of Mind > Overview | access-date=March 31, 2014}} They changed labels as Leeb did not want to be bound to one label, so the releases were issued only on European labels.

In 1988, Balch became an official band member and began writing songs alongside Leeb for the next few albums. Balch mostly contributed by providing keyboards and programming. This partnership produced the releases Corrosion and Disorder. A planned release on the Canadian label Nettwerk fell through, and the two finished masters were issued instead by Third Mind in 1988.{{cite web | url=http://obsolete.com/convulsion/interviews/convulse/2.11.html |title=Third Mind Records |last=Bains |first=Jon |publisher=Convulse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990505072734/http://www.obsolete.com/convulsion/interviews/convulse/2.11.html |archive-date=May 5, 1999 |access-date=August 7, 2014}} After the releases in 1988, Third Mind signed Front Line Assembly to a three album deal.{{cite interview |last=Leeb |first=Bill |subject-link=Bill Leeb |last2=Fulber |first2=Rhys |subject-link2=Rhys Fulber |last3=Levermore |first3=Gary |interviewer=Johan Carlsson |title=Front Line Assembly "Caustic Grip" Retrospective |url=https://www.releasemagazine.net/caustic-grip-retrospective/ |work=Release Magazine |publisher=Release Musik & Media |location=Gothenburg |date=December 18, 2015 |access-date=February 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221210311/https://www.releasemagazine.net/caustic-grip-retrospective/ |archive-date=December 21, 2015 |url-status=live}} Through Levermore Corrosion was licensed to Wax Trax!. Both records were re-released together with three more unreleased tracks on the compilations Convergence later that year and Corroded Disorder in 1995.

Adhering to Third Mind for Europe and Wax Trax! for North America resulted in better availability of the albums in both places, and the signing with Third Mind attracted the attention of established music magazines, including Melody Maker{{cite magazine | last=Stubbs | first=David | date=February 20, 1988 | title=Front Line Assembly - Corrosion | magazine=Melody Maker | publisher=IPC Media | location=London }}{{cite magazine | last=Stubbs | first=David | date=May 28, 1988 | title=Front Line Assembly - Disorder | magazine=Melody Maker | publisher=IPC Media }}{{cite magazine | author=The Stud Brothers | title=Front Line Assembly - Convergence CD | magazine=Melody Maker | publisher=IPC Media | location=London}}{{cite magazine | last=Smith | first=Mat | title=Front Line Assembly - Gashed Senses & Crossfire | magazine=Melody Maker | publisher=IPC Media | location=London}} or NME{{cite magazine | last=Lamacq | first=Steve | date=May 7, 1988 | title=Front Line Assembly - Corrosion | magazine=NME | publisher=IPC Media | location=London}} as well as the underground magazine Music From the Empty Quarter.{{cite magazine | author=Deadhead | title=Front Line Assembly - Convergence | magazine=Music From the Empty Quarter}}

Front Line Assembly produced their next album Gashed Senses & Crossfire in 1989. This album introduced their first single Digital Tension Dementia which became their first chart success and peaked at position 45 of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName |artist=Front Line Assembly |chart=Dance/Club Play Songs}} |title=Front Line Assembly Album & Song Chart History |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 7, 2014}} In support of their latest release, the band, together with Fulber as live metal percussionist, headed out to Europe and North America for their first tour. However, during the show in London in July 1989 their first live album Live was recorded under unfavourable circumstances. Presumably not well attended, the audience's reactions at the show had to be reworked.{{cite book | last=Reed | first=S. Alexander | date=2013 | title=Assimilate: a critical history of industrial music | location=New York | publisher=Oxford University Press | page=[https://archive.org/details/assimilatecritic0000reed/page/3 3] | isbn=978-0-19-983260-6 | url=https://archive.org/details/assimilatecritic0000reed/page/3 }} For Balch it was also the last Front Line Assembly tour because he parted ways to join Ministry and Revolting Cocks.

Filling the void left by Balch's departure, Fulber officially joined.{{cite interview|last=Leeb |first=Bill |subject-link=Bill Leeb |last2=Fulber |first2=Rhys |subject-link2=Rhys Fulber |title=Front Line Assembly |location=Palo Alto |date=1991 |work=Post!}} The two musicians had similar tastes, both being enthusiastic about electronic music.{{cite web | url=http://www.darkdb.com/eklein/intervw/fla5.html | title=Interview: Front Line Assembly | last=Radio | first=Joe | date=November 23, 1990 | access-date=March 31, 2014}} The duo recorded their next album, Caustic Grip, in the first half of 1990. Accompanied by the release of two singles in 1990, "Iceolate" and "Provision", the album raised Front Line Assembly's profile in the industrial music scene and in the media considerably. Melody Maker elected both album singles Single of the week while the promotional video for "Iceolate"{{cite web |url=http://coma-online.com/feature-101-greatest-industrial-songs-101-81/ |title=101 Greatest Industrial Songs of All Time' |last=Schock |first=David |publisher=COMA |date=March 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821162902/http://coma-online.com/feature-101-greatest-industrial-songs-101-81/ |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |access-date=August 24, 2014}} received some airplay on MTV.

On Caustic Grip the band started working with Greg Reely which would evolve into a long-term partnership. The tour in support of the album started in January 1991 in the United States{{cite web | url=http://www.obsolete.com/convulsion/interviews/convulse/1.2.html |title=Front Line Assembly |last=Barr |first=Stuart |date=May 1991 |publisher=Convulse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127143602/http://obsolete.com/convulsion/interviews/convulse/1.2.html |archive-date=November 27, 2010 |access-date=August 24, 2014}} to be followed by a European leg in February which was accompanied by the release of stand-alone single Virus the same month. Chris Peterson, who would later become a full-time member of Front Line Assembly, gave his debut for the band on this tour, completing the live line-up as percussionist.

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In 1992, Front Line Assembly reached a turning point in the band's musical style with the album Tactical Neural Implant. The media, including Melody Maker,{{cite magazine |author=The Stud Brothers |year=1992 |title=Front Line Assembly - Tactical Neural Implant | magazine=Melody Maker |location=London}} Siren Magazine{{cite interview |last=Leeb |first=Bill |subject-link=Bill Leeb |interviewer=Ian Cheek |title=Interview |work=Siren |date=April 1992 |issue=9}} and fanzine Industrial Strength{{cite magazine |year=1992 |title=Front Line Assembly: Tactical Neural Implant |magazine=Industrial Strength |location=DeKalb, Illinois |issue=2 |page=27}} all commented particularly on the more melodious approach featured on the album and noted the use of multi-layered sounds which would become a trademark of the band. Asked about this composing style by Industrial Nation, Leeb explained that the band continually experimented with new ways to use technology to make each recording different, and had focused on clarity and sustain in their instrumentation and structure in their songs.{{cite interview |last=Leeb |first=Bill |subject-link=Bill Leeb |interviewer=Kim Traub |title=Interview |location=Oakland, California |work=Industrial Nation |publisher=Paul Valerio |issue=5 |year=1992}}{{cite interview |last=Leeb |first=Bill |subject-link=Bill Leeb |interviewer=Michael Tressler |title=Interview with Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly Live on WCRD |publisher=CRD |location=Muncie, Indiana |date=March 19, 1992}}

The video for the first single off the album, "Mindphaser", was awarded "Best Alternative Video" at Much Music's 1992 Canadian Music Video Awards.{{cite book | last=Reed | first=S. Alexander | date=2013 | title=Assimilate: a critical history of industrial music | location=New York | publisher=Oxford University Press | page=[https://archive.org/details/assimilatecritic0000reed/page/6 6] | isbn=978-0-19-983260-6 | url=https://archive.org/details/assimilatecritic0000reed/page/6 }} In August 1992, Front Line Assembly embarked on a tour that covered Northern America and Europe.{{cite interview |last=Leeb |first=Bill |subject-link=Bill Leeb |interviewer=Dan |title=Interview with Bill Leeb |date=September 1992 |issue=80 |work=Flipside}} The album continues to be played in industrial and electronic music dance clubs and is considered a classic among listeners and musicians of industrial music.{{AllMusic | class=album | id=tactical-neural-implant-mw0000093595 | label=Front Line Assembly: Tactical Neural Implant > Overview | last=Kavadias | first=Theo | access-date=March 31, 2010}}{{cite book | last=Reed | first=S. Alexander | date=2013 | title=Assimilate: a critical history of industrial music | location=New York | publisher=Oxford University Press | page=[https://archive.org/details/assimilatecritic0000reed/page/4 4] | isbn=978-0-19-983260-6 | url=https://archive.org/details/assimilatecritic0000reed/page/4 }}

In 1993, the band contributed 5 remixes to Fear Factory's EP Fear Is the Mindkiller;{{cite interview |last=Fulber |first=Rhys |subject-link=Rhys Fulber |interviewer=Josh Finney |title=Front Line Assembly |work=Industrial Nation |date=1995 |publisher=Moon Mystique |location=Iowa City, Iowa |page=49 |url=https://archive.org/details/IndustrialNation10/page/n50/mode/1up |issue=10 |issn=1062-449X |oclc=25623835}} working on the EP would eventually influence the band's next album Millennium (1994), which featured a combination of metal guitars, electronic music, and media sampling (much of which was taken from the Michael Douglas film Falling Down) which had become one of the characteristics of industrial rock and industrial metal during the 1990s. Hard Wired (1995) and the world tour following the release was FLA's most successful commercial and critical period. Leeb has stated he was influenced to pursue this style of music after listening to Pantera's "Walk", which he later incorporated into the single "Surface Patterns".{{Cite web|title=Front Line Assembly Interview - June 2011 - COMA Music Magazine|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbHrraQwFec| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/YbHrraQwFec| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|access-date=2020-08-10|website=YouTube|language=en}}{{cbignore}}

In September 1996 the band made a live performance in Vancouver for the MuchMusic Video Awards which was broadcast via satellite.{{cite magazine |last=LeBlanc |first=Larry |title=MuchMusic To Launch M3 In '97 |magazine=Billboard |location=New York |publisher=Howard Lander |date=September 14, 1996 |volume=108 |issue=37 |page=47 |issn=0006-2510 |oclc=67058557}}

In 1997, Fulber left the band to concentrate on producing Fear Factory with other bands. Chris Peterson, who had already supported the band's live shows, replaced Fulber. Soon after Fulber's departure, the album [FLA]vour of the Weak was released. Yet again, the album was stylistically divergent from previous releases. The metal influences found in Millennium gave way to a more electronica sound within the new release.

Front Line Assembly returned somewhat to their former sound with the album Implode (1999). Front Line Assembly composed the soundtrack for the video game, Quake III Team Arena and was composing music for the video game Millennium Four: The Right{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Level_08_Apr-1998/page/n7/mode/2up|title=Millennium Four: The Right|magazine=Level|language=ro|page=9|date=April 1998|accessdate=February 20, 2025}} that was later cancelled. In October 1999, it was made public that the band had left their label Metropolis.{{cite news | url=http://www.side-line.com/news13.htm | title=Front Line {{sic|Asse|mbley|nolink=y}} have left Metropolis | work=Side-Line | date=October 28, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010709081342/http://www.side-line.com/news13.htm |archive-date=July 9, 2001 | access-date=February 26, 2017}}

The band followed up Implode with the 2001 album Epitaph. This was the final album worked on by Peterson before departing in 2002.{{cite web |last1=Carlsson |first1=Johan |title=All Light on Chris Peterson |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/Spotlight/spotlightfla.htm |website=Release Music Magazine |access-date=31 December 2018}} The album was a critical success{{cite web |title=Epitaph by Ront Line Assembly |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/epitaph/frontline-assembly |website=Metacritic |access-date=31 December 2018}} and spawned the single "Everything Must Perish".{{cite web |title=Everything Must Perish - Front Line Assembly |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/everything-must-perish-mw0000014958 |website=AllMusic |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=31 December 2018}} The album also marked the band's return to Metropolis records.{{cite web |title=Epitaph - Front Line Assembly: Releases |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/epitaph-mw0000015029/releases |website=AllMusic |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=31 December 2018}}

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Fulber rejoined the band in 2003. The reunited duo released the single "Maniacal" in October of that year. The single peaked at No. 15 on Billboard{{'}}s Hot Dance Singles.{{cite magazine |date=November 15, 2003 |title=Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Front+Line+Assembly%22&pg=PA49 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=VNU Business Publications |location=New York |volume=115 |issue=46 |page=49 |access-date=31 December 2018}} The next year, they released the studio album Civilization, which landed the No. 2 position on the German Alternative Albums chart.{{cite web | url=http://www.djcharts.de/jahrescharts2004/DAC/album.html | title=Deutsche Alternative Charts Jahrescharts 2004 Top 50 Alben | publisher=Public Music & Media Ltd. | language=de | access-date=31 December 2018}} Peterson later rejoined the band to release Artificial Soldier in 2006. It was the first album to feature new members Jeremy Inkel and Jared Slingerland.{{cite web |title=Artificial Soldier - Front Line Assembly: Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/artificial-soldier-mw0000538936/credits |website=AllMusic |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=31 December 2018}} The album peaked on Billboard{{'}}s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart at No. 19.{{cite magazine |title=Front Line Assembly Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Front-Line-Assembly |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Billboard |access-date=31 December 2018}} After a problem with the tour bus company, the US tour that year was cut short, and the band returned home to Vancouver after playing roughly half of their scheduled dates; performances in New York and Canada were cancelled. The band toured in Europe in August 2006, playing in 18 cities.

In April 2007, Front Line Assembly released a remix album titled Fallout. The album was released in a 4-panel digipak and featured three previously unreleased tracks ("Electric Dreams," "Unconscious," and "Armageddon") and nine remixes by several other Industrial acts and names.{{cite web | url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=22358_0_2_0_C | title=Forthcoming Front Line Assembly remix album countdown starts | work=Side-Line | date=April 19, 2007 | last=Van Isacker | first=B. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906032254/http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=22358_0_2_0_C |archive-date=September 6, 2013 | access-date=March 31, 2014}} After the release of the remix album, the band went out to tour North America and Europe.

In 2010, Front Line Assembly released two new singles, "Shifting Through the Lens" and "Angriff", and an album, Improvised Electronic Device; I.E.D. saw the band embrace a heavier, more guitar-driven sound, much like Millenium.{{cite web |last=Schiller |first=Mike |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/128553-front-line-assembly-improvised-electronic-device |title=Front Line Assembly: Improvised. Electronic. Device. |publisher=PopMatters |date=August 9, 2010 |access-date=January 12, 2014}} The album reached No. 23 on Billboard{{'}}s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart and was supported by a series of tours throughout North America and Europe.{{cite web | url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=45212_0_2_0_C |title=Front Line Assembly cancel US tour | work=Side-Line | last=Van Isacker | first=Bernard | date=April 10, 2010 | access-date=31 December 2018}} Peterson once more left the band, starting a T-shirt company with his brother.{{cite news |url=http://releasemagazine.net/Spotlight/spotlightbillleeb2010.htm |title=Bill Leeb - a tortured soul |publisher=Release Musik & Media |last=Carlsson |first=Johan |date=July 8, 2010 |access-date=July 2, 2014}} The band completed the line-up with live drummer Jason Bazinet.{{cite web | url=http://www.facebook.com/notes/front-line-assembly-official-fan-page/front-line-assembly-announce-first-north-american-tour-in-4-years/191162400926263 | title=Front Line Assembly Announce First North American Tour in 4 Years | work=Official Front Line Assembly Facebook Page | date=March 31, 2011 | access-date=31 December 2018}}

Having integrated guitars into their sound since the late 1980s, either sampled or as live guitars, FLA returned in 2012 to making exclusively electronic music. This change was heard on the soundtrack album AirMech for the video game of the same name at the end of 2012.{{cite web | url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/216173/ | title=AirMech Soundtrack on Steam | publisher=Steamworks | access-date=April 2, 2014}} Comprising only instrumental tracks, AirMech laid some grounds for 2013 full-length album Echogenetic{{cite web | url=http://www.rocksins.com/2013/09/interview-bill-leeb-front-line-assembly-18283/ | title=Interview with Bill Leeb (Front Line Assembly) | publisher=Rock Sins | last=Hill | first=Matt | date=September 2013 | access-date=April 2, 2014}} Echogenetic was widely praised by critics, who also noted the dubstep influences on the record, and hit the charts in the United States{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/302513/front-line-assembly/chart | title=Front Line Assembly | magazine=Billboard | access-date=April 2, 2014}} and in Germany. Entering the official German charts was a first in the band's history. On the occasion of the release of Echogenetic Front Line Assembly announced a remix album{{cite news |last=Carlsson |first=Johan |date=July 10, 2013 |title=Remix album from Front Line Assembly is on its way |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/remix-album-from-front-line-assembly-is-on-its-way/ |work=Release Magazine |publisher=Release Musik & Media |location=Gothenburg |access-date=January 15, 2015}} which was released in May 2014 under the moniker of Echoes.{{cite news |last=Barkan |first=Jonathan |date=April 29, 2014 |title=Front Line Assembly To Release 'Echogenetic' Remix Album 'Echoes' |url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3291099/front-line-assembly-release-echogenetic-remix-album-echoes/ | work=Bloody Disgusting |publisher=The Collective |location=Beverly Hills, California |access-date=January 15, 2015}}

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Shortly after the release of Echogenetic the band started promoting the album with an extensive tour schedule in Europe and North America. In August 2013, Front Line Assembly covered dates in Russia, Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and the UK. They continued their tour in Europe in June 2014, playing shows in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, Finland and France, this time also in support of Echoes.{{cite news |last=Kahrle |first=Mikael |date=March 7, 2014 |title=Front Line Assembly and Architect on European tour in June |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/front-line-assembly-and-architect-on-european-tour-in-june/ |work=Release Magazine |publisher=Release Musik & Media |location=Gothenburg |access-date=January 15, 2015}} Former member Fulber joined the band for their last European leg in October and November 2014 in Poland and Germany, where they performed with a philharmonic orchestra in Leipzig, a first for the band.{{cite news |last=Vaudo |first=Zak |date=October 16, 2014 |title=Front Line Assembly to tour with Rhys Fulber, joins Gothic Meets Klassik |url=http://regenmag.com/news/front-line-assembly-tour-rhys-fulber-joins-gothic-meets-klassik/ |work=ReGen Magazine |location=College Park, Maryland |access-date=January 15, 2015}}

The same month Front Line Assembly returned from Europe, they were asked on short notice to join Leeb's former band Skinny Puppy on their Eye vs Spy North American tour as supporting band after VNV Nation, previously booked for the slot, had opted out.{{cite news |last=Vaudo |first=Zak |date=November 7, 2014 |title=Front Line Assembly replaces VNV Nation on upcoming U.S. tour |url=http://regenmag.com/news/front-line-assembly-replaces-vnv-nation-upcoming-u-s-tour/ |work=ReGen Magazine |location=College Park, Maryland |access-date=January 13, 2015}} On some dates, Fulber joined them. At the Vancouver show Leeb performed with Skinny Puppy on their encore song Assimilate.{{cite web |url=http://www.hellovancity.com/music/skinny-puppy-at-commodore-ballroom/ |title=Skinny Puppy at Commodore Ballroom |last=Boos |first=Jordan |date=December 26, 2014 |work=Hello Vancity |access-date=January 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150117223718/http://www.hellovancity.com/music/skinny-puppy-at-commodore-ballroom/ |archive-date=January 17, 2015 |url-status=dead}}

Resuming tour activities, the band gave a number of concerts in September and November 2015. They started off with a show in Vancouver{{cite magazine |date=September 14, 2015 |title=What's on this Week: Sept. 17 |url=http://www.westender.com/what-s-on/what-s-on-this-week/what-s-on-this-week-sept-17-1.2058413 |magazine=Westender |publisher=Glacier Media |location=Vancouver |access-date=October 30, 2015}} and went on to headline the second day of the Cold Waves industrial festival in Chicago.{{cite news |last=Shrum |first=Tony |date=April 15, 2015 |title=Cold Waves IV Announces Full 2015 Lineup |url=http://newnoisemagazine.com/cold-waves-iv-announces-full-2015-lineup/ |magazine=New Noise |location=Berkeley, California |access-date=October 30, 2015}} The accompanying festival CD, released in October, featured an exclusive remix of Next War from Slighter.{{cite magazine |date=October 7, 2015 |title=Limited run 'Cold Waves IV' compilation available feat. exclusive tracks from Pop Will Eat Itself, Lead Into Gold, Front Line Assembly, Cocksure, High-Functioning Flesh (remixed by Covenant) and more |url=http://www.side-line.com/limited-run-cold-waves-iv-compilation-available-feat-exclusive-tracks-from-from-pop-will-eat-itself-lead-into-gold-front-line-assembly-cocksure-high-functioning-flesh-remixed-by-covenant-an/ |magazine=Side-Line |access-date=February 25, 2018}} In November the band followed up with their first show in Mexico City, supported by Mexican electro-industrial band Hocico, and a gig in Guadalajara both of which were also supported by Canadian electro-industrial group Decoded Feedback.{{cite magazine |date=October 29, 2015 |title=Front Line Assembly to play Mexico City for the first time ever |url=http://www.side-line.com/front-line-assembly-to-play-mexico-city-for-the-first-time-ever/ |magazine=Side-Line |access-date=October 30, 2015}}

October 2014 saw the return of former long-time band member Rhys Fulber, joining Front Line Assembly on their European tour.{{cite news |last=Carlsson |first=Johan |date=February 5, 2016 |title=Front Line Assembly to tour Europe in March – with Rhys Fulber |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/front-line-assembly-to-tour-europe-in-march-with-rhys-fulber/ |work=Release Magazine |publisher=Release Musik & Media |location=Gothenburg |access-date=February 25, 2018}} In late October 2016, the band announced that a new album was in the making, including contributions by Rhys Fulber,{{cite web |url=http://www.mindphaser.com/new-fla-in-the-works/ |title=New FLA in the works! |date=October 28, 2016 |publisher=Mindphaser.com | access-date=February 25, 2018}} In March 2017 an announcement followed that the successor of sound track album AirMech was ready for release.{{cite web |url=http://www.mindphaser.com/airmech-ii-completed/ |title=Airmech II completed |date=March 10, 2017 |publisher=Mindphaser.com | access-date=February 25, 2018}} The band supported industrial rock band Revolting Cocks on their North American tour the same year.{{cite news |last=Pearis |first=Bill |date=June 21, 2017 |title=Revolting Cocks playing 'Big Sexy Land' in full on tour with Front Line Assembly |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/revolting-cocks-playing-big-sexy-land-in-full-on-tour-with-front-line-assembly/ |publisher=BrooklynVegan |location=New York City |access-date=April 7, 2018}}

Keyboardist Jeremy Inkel died January 23, 2018, due to complications resulting from an asthma condition, at the age of 34.{{cite magazine |date=January 25, 2018 |title=RIP Front Line Assembly co-writer Jeremy Inkel |url=http://www.side-line.com/rip-front-line-assembly-co-writer-jeremy-inkel/ |magazine=Side-Line |access-date=February 25, 2018}}

In March 2018 the band announced a joint European tour with German electro-industrial band Die Krupps under the moniker of "The Machinists United Tour 2018".{{cite news |last=Kahrle |first=Mikael |date=March 14, 2018 |title=Front Line Assembly and Die Krupps on joint tour |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/front-line-assembly-and-die-krupps-on-joint-tour/ |work=Release Magazine |publisher=Release Musik & Media |location=Gothenburg |access-date=April 7, 2018}} The tour will be preceded by the release of the soundtrack album WarMech, successor of 2015's AirMech, in June. Also, the band completed work on their 17th studio album, Wake Up the Coma, which was released in February 2019.{{cite news |last=Carlsson |first=Johan |date=March 23, 2018 |title=Front Line Assembly to finally release "Warmech" |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/front-line-assembly-to-finally-release-warmech/ |work=Release Magazine |publisher=Release Musik & Media |location=Gothenburg |access-date=April 7, 2018}}

In October 2020, the band announced a brand new album, called Mechanical Soul is due out on January 15, 2021. It will reportedly feature guest appearances from Jean-Luc De Meyer of Front 242 and Dino Cazares of Fear Factory.{{cite magazine |date=October 20, 2020 |title=Front Line Assembly announces new album |url=http://www.side-line.com/front-line-assembly-announces-new-album-mechanical-soul-for-january-2021-release/ |magazine=Side-Line |access-date=November 9, 2020}}

The band were set to perform as a part of the industrial strength tour, alongside bands Ministry and Helmet, scheduled for late 2021.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-12|title=Al Jourgensen and Ministry Launches 2020 Giveaway Campaign To Encourage Voting -|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/07/12/news/al-jourgensen-and-ministry-launches-2020-giveaway-campaign-to-encourage-voting/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=mxdwn Music|language=en-US}} KMFDM were originally planned to be a part of the tour, but were later replaced with Helmet. The 25-date tour was originally slated for July 2020, but was pushed to March 2021 due to COVID-19. This was pushed back again to October 2021, because of the ongoing uncertainty with the development of the pandemic.{{Cite web|date=March 19, 2021|first=Amanda|last=Hatfield|title=Ministry reschedule Industrial Strength Tour for fall 2021; Helmet replace KMFDM|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ministry-reschedule-industrial-strength-tour-for-fall-2021-helmet-replace-kmfdm/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=BrooklynVegan|language=en}} However, in September 2021, Ministry announced that they were once again postponing the industrial strength tour due to safety concerns related to the pandemic, this time with the Melvins and Corrosion of Conformity as support.{{Cite web|date=2021-09-24|title=Industrial metallers Ministry postpones autumn Orlando show - and tour - until 2022|url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2021/09/24/industrial-metallers-ministry-postpones-autumn-orlando-show-and-tour-until-2022|access-date=2021-10-10|website=Orlando Weekly|language=en}} In response to this, Front Line Assembly released a statement via social media, alleging that Ministry had never explained why they were dropping them from the tour or given them forewarning of this, and expressing disappointment with the way that the situation was handled. The band proceeded to announce a headlining US tour for Spring 2022 and a second European co-headline tour with Die Krupps scheduled for August 2022.{{cite magazine |date=November 1, 2021 |title=Front Line Assembly US tour 2022 |url=https://www.releasemagazine.net/rein-will-join-front-line-assembly-on-their-2022-us-spring-tour/ |magazine=Release |access-date=February 4, 2022}}{{cite magazine |date=August 18, 2021 |title=Front Line Assembly European tour 2022|url=https://www.kulttempel.com/kt-dp/2795 |magazine=Kult Tempel |access-date=February 4, 2022}}

Coinciding with "The Machinists Reunited Tour" in August 2022, Cleopatra issued a remastered collection of Front Line Assembly's early works.{{cite news |last=Van Isacker |first=Bernard |date=July 28, 2022 |title=Front Line Assembly team with Cleopatra Records for a 6cd box holding earliest recordings |url=https://www.side-line.com/front-line-assembly-team-with-cleopatra-records-for-a-6cd-box-holding-earliest-recordings/ |work=Side-Line |location=Belgium |access-date=September 24, 2022}} "Permanent Data 1986-1989" comprises the demo compilations Total Terror I and Total Terror II, the regular releases State of Mind, Corrosion and Disorder as well as the band's first live album. At the same time, Cleopatra re-released the band's remastered first demo Nerve War.

The band has explored many music genres across their releases, including: Industrial, industrial rock, industrial metal, electronic body music and electro-industrial.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/front-line-assembly-mn0000660941/biography |title=Front Line Assembly – Biography |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |website=AllMusic |access-date=May 14, 2021}}

Although being established as a largely industrial project, the band is known to take liberty in adapting their sound across many of their releases over the years. The band's early catalogue has been largely described as electronic body music, industrial and electro-industrial from Total Terror to Gashed Senses and Crossfire. Rhys Fulber has featured as a prominent collaborator with Leeb across many FLA releases, as both found they have a shared interest in electronic music. Fulber officially replaced longtime member Michael Balch on Caustic Grip, who was busy with other projects at the time. Fulber has since worked on and off with the band across several releases, he rejoined as a member in 2014.

Caustic Grip (1990) marked a shift to industrial rock on the single "Provision", featuring guitar work that would later be featured much more extensively on the next several albums. The opening track (Resist) also features guitar, which is uncredited and is possibly a sample. Tactical Neural Implant released soon after in 1992 and marked a major change in the band's sound, exploring more melodic and electronic styles throughout the album. The album was the first to feature widespread use of multiple film and instrumental samples, another element to be expanded on later. The release is considered one of the band's very best by fans and critics alike.{{Cite web|date=2016-05-10|title=Rediscover: Front Line Assembly: Tactical Neural Implant|url=https://spectrumculture.com/2016/05/09/rediscover-front-line-assembly-tactical-neural-implant/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Spectrum Culture|language=en-US}}

Millennium (1994) then followed and became the band's first industrial metal record, containing several guitar samples from prominent metal bands such as Pantera ("Walk") alongside the session guitar work of Devin Townsend, who also appears on the follow-up Hard Wired (1995). The inclusion of guitars has since become common on recent FLA albums, such as Improvised Electronic Device (2010), though not a permanent change.

[FLA]vour of the Weak (1997) is similar to Tactical Neural Implant, though it has significant electronica and big beat influences and is possibly the band's most melodic and musically varied album in their entire catalogue. The album largely eschews previously used guitars and samples, featuring a more stripped-down sound. Flavour and the next two releases, Implode (1999) and Epitaph (2001), featured Chris Peterson as a collaborator (including future albums) before the return of Fulber on Civilization (2004). Echogenetic (2013) saw the band incorporate dubstep into their music, which was popular at the time.

The band released a soundtrack album titled AirMech in 2012, followed by WarMech in 2018. The albums feature a continuation of the electronica style of the band's later material. The first is the eponymous soundtrack of the game and the latter is for the game's sequel, titled AirMech Wastelands.

• Bill Leeb – vocals, keyboards, percussion (1986–present)
• Rhys Fulber – keyboards, programming, percussion (1986, 1989–1996, 2002–2005, 2014–present)
• Joey Blush – keyboards, turntables (2024–present; live member)
• Eli van Vegas – drums (2024–present; live member)

• Michael Balch – keyboards, programming, percussion (1987–1990)
• Chris Peterson – keyboards, programming, percussion (1990–1992, 1996–2001, 2002, 2005–2009)
• Adrian White – drums, guitars (1995–1996, 2000–2006; live member)
• Jed Simon – guitars, percussion (1995–1999; live member)
• Jeremy Inkel – keyboards, programming, percussion (2005–2018; died 2018)
• Jared Slingerland – guitars, keyboards, programming, percussion (2005–2016)
• Tim Skold – guitars (2022–2023; live member)
• Matthew Setzer – guitars (2022–2024; live member)
• Jon Siren – drums (2022–2024; live member)

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{{Main|Front Line Assembly discography}}

This listing only lists regular full-length studio albums.

• The Initial Command (1987)
• State of Mind (1988)
• Corrosion (1988)
• Gashed Senses & Crossfire (1989)
• Caustic Grip (1990)
• Tactical Neural Implant (1992)
• Millennium (1994)
• Hard Wired (1995)
• [FLA]vour of the Weak (1997)
• Implode (1999)
• Epitaph (2001)
• Civilization (2004)
• Artificial Soldier (2006)
• Improvised Electronic Device (2010)
• Echogenetic (2013)
• Wake Up the Coma (2019)
• Mechanical Soul (2021)

• Gashed Senses & Crossfire tour (Europe and North America), 1989
• Caustic Grip tour (Europe and North America), 1991
• Tactical Neural Implant tour, 1992
• Hard Wired tour (World), 1995–1996
• Re-Wind tour, 1998
• Implosion tour (North America), 1999
• Artificial Soldier tour (Europe and North America), 2006
• Fallout tour (Europe and North America), 2007
• Improvised Electronic Device tour (Europe and North America), 2010–2011
• Echogenetic tour (Europe and North America), 2013–2014
• The Machinists United Tour, 2018 (with Die Krupps)
• Mechanical Soul tour, 2022
• North American Tour, 2024 (with Gary Numan)

In the course of Front Line Assembly's history, current and former band members have engaged in a multitude of musical activities besides Front Line Assembly.

• Conjure One is Rhys Fulber's project he started after leaving Front Line Assembly in 1997, venturing deeper into ambient and worldbeat. Fulber released the first album under this moniker in 2002 and has since hit the charts several times.
• Delerium started off as a side project in 1987. While Bill Leeb is the only constant member and band leader, collaborators include current and former Front Line Assembly personnel. The project is stylistically diverse ranging from trance, world music and ambient to electronic pop music, features a number of female guest singers and had several chart entries and number one hits.{{cite web |url=http://musiccanada.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/music-box-opera-by-delerium/ |title=Music Box Opera by Delerium |author=shawnpt |date=November 4, 2012 |work=Canadian Music Blog |access-date=August 12, 2014}}
• Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band with a long-standing working relationship with Fulber. He started off delivering remixes for Fear Factory at the beginning of the 1990s, eventually becoming their long-time producer, and was considered de facto member.{{cite web |url=http://regenmag.com/interviews/fear-factory-interview-life-in-the-industrial-age-part-1/ |title=Fear Factory Interview: Life in the Industrial Age, Part 1 | last=Yücel |first=Ilker |date=July 9, 2012 |publisher=ReGen |access-date=August 12, 2014}}
• Left Spine Down is a Canadian digital hardcore band co-founded by Jeremy Inkel. Jared Slingerland is a former member.
• Noise Unit is an industrial spin-off of Front Line Assembly launched in the late 1980s by Leeb and including Marc Verhaeghen from Belgian industrial band Klinik on their first two albums.{{cite web |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Noise-Unit/17679/ |title=Noise Unit |work=Sputnikmusic |access-date=August 12, 2014}} Other Front Line Assembly members joined at different times, the project also saw a collaboration with German industrial band Haujobb.
• Cyberaktif is a collaboration between Bill Leeb and cEvin Key and Dwayne Goettel of Skinny Puppy in 1990 and 1991 which resulted in one album and two accompanying singles, released on Wax Trax!.{{cite web |url=http://cherryberry321.wordpress.com/discography_2/wax_7118_cyberaktif/ |title=WAX 7118 – Cyberaktif – Tenebrae Vision |author=brandtgassman |date=February 11, 2011 |work=Wax Trax! Family Site |access-date=August 11, 2014}} The group reformed with Leeb, Key and Fulber in 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://artoffact.com/news/cyberaktif-returns-after-over-30-year-break/|title=Cyberaktif returns after over 30 year break!|website=Artoffact Records}}{{Cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/cyberaktif-endgame-interview|title=Reunited After 33 Years, Cyberaktif Reveal Their “eNdgame”|date=February 14, 2024|website=Bandcamp Daily}}
• Unit 187 is a Canadian industrial metal band which Peterson wrote songs for in 2003 and later joined as full-time member.

• Blackland was the main project of Michael Balch, launched in the first half of the 1990s after his departure from Front Line Assembly. Although having recorded a full-length album and an EP, Blackland never released officially through a label.{{cite web |url=http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=424 |title=Blackland |author=((Nicholas0)) |date=February 8, 2007 |work=Mindphaser.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120072822/http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=424 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2014}}
• Skinny Puppy was Leeb's first band.
• Decree is a noise dark ambient industrial metal band Chris Peterson co-founded in 1991.{{cite web |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Decree/26468/ |title=Decree |work=Sputnikmusic |access-date=August 12, 2014}} Their most recent album is the 2011 release "Fateless", and their website is no longer active.
• Equinox was a drum and bass-oriented side project of Leeb and Peterson that spawned an album and a single in 1998.{{AllMusic | class=album | id=holon-mw0000045612 | last=Huey | first=Steve | label=Equinox: Holon | access-date=August 12, 2014}}
• Fauxliage is the name of the project and the album that Leeb and Fulber started and released in 2007 together with Sixpence None the Richer singer Leigh Nash whom they had worked with on past Delerium albums.{{AllMusic | class=artist | id=fauxliage-mn0000496442 | tab=biography | last=Brown | first=Marisa | label=Fauxliage: Artist Biography by Marisa Brown | access-date=August 12, 2014}}
• Intermix was a side project of Leeb and Fulber in the 1990s that focused on techno and later on ambient.{{cite web |url=http://www.orphicmusic.com/AE/reviews.php?id=intermix |title=Intermix |last=Smootz |first=Derek |work=Orphicmusic.com |publisher=Derek Smootz |access-date=August 12, 2014}}
• Mutual Mortuary was a collaboration between Leeb and Skinny Puppy's Nivek Ogre which resulted in two tracks released on compilations in 1986.{{cite web |url=http://mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=585 |title=Mutual Mortuary |author=((epidemic27)) |date=January 24, 2007 |work=Mindphaser.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825125538/http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=585 |archive-date=August 25, 2012 |access-date=August 12, 2014}} Ogre was opposed to releasing any track of the project, claiming the tracks were unfinished.{{cite web |url=http://www.prongs.org/brap/other.html |title=Brap...The Skinny Puppy Discography – Other Projects |last=Lim |first=Stacy |work=Brap...The Skinny Puppy Discography website |access-date=August 19, 2014}}
• Pro>Tech was a solo effort of Leeb in 1997 which spawned only one album that bore similarities with Front Line Assembly's [FLA]vour of the Weak.{{cite web |url=http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=88 |title=Pro>Tech > History |author=Bahn™ |work=Mindphaser.com |date=September 7, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120072756/http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=88 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |access-date=August 12, 2014}}
• Revelstoker was a drum 'n' bass side project of Chris Peterson that released only one track on a compilation of Vancouver-based label Xynthetic in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=20335_0_2_0_C |title=Front Line Assembly member delivers exclusive track for compilation netlabel |last=Van Isacker |first=Bernard |date=January 25, 2007 |work=Side-Line |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713125217/http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=20335_0_2_0_C |archive-date=July 13, 2009 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}
• Stiff Valentine is a Canadian metal band for which Jared Slingerland appeared as guest member. Their most recent release was the track "Coke Ah Cola" for the 2015 compilation Electronic Saviors Volume 3: Remission.
• Synæsthesia was an ambient side project of Leeb and Fulber in the 1990s.{{cite web |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Synaesthesia-(CA)/31936/ |title=Synaesthesia (CA) |website=Sputnikmusic |access-date=August 12, 2014}}
• Will was an industrial venture of Peterson and Fulber together with vocalist John McRae.{{cite web |author=Sokolov |first=Veronika |date=April 10, 2025 |title=Front Line Assembly: ‘Mechviruses’ Revisits Game Soundtrack Through Remixes |url=https://www.atmostfear-entertainment.com/music/releases/front-line-assembly-mechviruses-revisits-game-soundtrack-through-remixes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429163537/https://www.atmostfear-entertainment.com/music/releases/front-line-assembly-mechviruses-revisits-game-soundtrack-through-remixes/ |archive-date=April 29, 2025 |access-date=April 29, 2025 |work=Atmostfear Entertainment}}

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