★★★★★
Of all the electro-industrial/industrial metal bands that have enjoyed success and wide exposure towards the end of the 80s and, subsequently, in the early to mid 90s, Front Line Assembly have always been one of the most underrated and overlooked. At some point, Skinny Puppy, Ministry and later Nine Inch Nails were plagued by several addictions and turmoil, while Godflesh or KMFDM enjoyed a good run, ultimately disbanding, only to reform years later...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-07-09
★★★★★
Summary: Front Line Assembly integrates dubstep tendencies into their caustic electro-industrial sound for their debut soundtrack, and the results show that the group is well suited to score a game like AirMech. 12 of 13 thought this review was well written The cover of the soundtrack to the real-time strategy game "AirMech" might be a little misleading to Front Line Assembly fans who are unfamiliar with the game itself...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2012-11-18
★★★★★
Pitting mechanized chaos against palatable rhythms has always been Front Line Assembly's forte, and master knob twiddlers Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber (back in the fold) continue to spearhead the genre they helped establish decades past. There's always room for some sinister elements in techno-happy computerized music, but who's gonna knock down record store doors who doesn't already own the back catalogue? Do beat-crazy industrial gothic sound collages ever go out of style...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Summary: Rhys Fulber might have left again, but it hasn't affected the quality of this release. There was a time in the early nineties when it seemed as though Front Line Assembly were going to break into the mainstream. After their landmark 1992 release, Tactical Neural Implant, they had returned with two albums that successfully mixed metal riffs with aggressive electronic music (a combination that was still kind of a novelty at the time)...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2010-10-18
★★★★★
Imagine this: Front Line Assembly has been around for just short of 25 years now. Apparently—and I can't be 100% sure that this is true, because I just don't have the patience to go through 12 albums and countless EPs worth of material, but the press for Improvised. Electronic. Device. says it's true—apparently Bill Leeb has never penned a track in the 5/4 time signature before. And this is progress! After 25 years, here it is: "I.E.D...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-08-28
★★★★★
Summary: Rhys Fulber might have left again, but it hasn't affected the quality of this release. There was a time in the early nineties when it seemed as though Front Line Assembly were going to break into the mainstream. After their landmark 1992 release, Tactical Neural Implant, they had returned with two albums that successfully mixed metal riffs with aggressive electronic music (a combination that was still kind of a novelty at the time)...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2010-06-24
★★★★★
Last summer was the best time I've had since I resurrected my CD reviewing "career" years after doing my own fanzine (Screaming Skull) and trying to find homes for Everest-sized mounds of Metal Blade, SST and Sub Pop releases...
- www.lostatsea.net
2009-10-30
★★★★★
Following an extended hiatus, Front Line Assembly bolt into the spotlight with their latest release Artificial Soldier. Chris Peterson, long time collaborator and sonic enhancer, rejoins Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb along with newcomer Jeremy Enkle on this all-out electro assault. While their previous release, Civilization, displayed a more laid back delerium-like approach, Artificial Soldier forges steel and raw energy reminiscent of their earlier works...
- www.ink19.com
2009-07-20
★★★★★
Frontline Assembly have been making industrial music since before I even knew what the term meant. While other bands have been around for almost that same amount of time (most notibly Front 242 and KMFDM, who can never really quite decide whether they want to keep making music or not), Frontline Assembly boasts a huge catalog of music, and in that time main man Bill Leeb has also taken on several side projects, including Noise Unit and others...
- www.almostcool.org
2009-06-05
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