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Front Line Assembly

Front Line Assembly was formed in Canada in 1985 by Bill Leeb, aka Wilhelm Schroeder, who was a former member of Skinny Puppy. He was later joined by Micheal Balch and they signed to the famous Wax Trax! label.

After the release of their the second album “Command” (1988), Rhys Fulber replaced Micheal Balch who went on to pursue other interests. A year later, Michael Balch left the band to joined the popular industrial band Ministry.

In 1989, Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber also started another group Interinix and Delerium and have worked with increasingly popularity by working with artists like Sarah McLachlan.

The release of “Gashed Senses and Crossfire” in 1989 caught the attention of the underground international scene and in the following years they become some of the most important underground industrial bands internationally, with the albums “Caustic Grip” (1990) and “Tactical Neural Implant” (1992). Their “Millennium” album, released in 1994, was a pioneer of industrial rock by fusioning industrial electronica with metal guitars.

Rhys Fulber left the band to pursue a producer career for bands like Fear Factory and was replaced by Chris Peterson to record the the album “Flavour of the Weak”, which represented a big turn in the band’s style to synth pop. After a couple of synth pop oriented albums, “Implode” (1999) and “Epitaph” (2001), Chris Petersen left Front Line Assembly in 2002. Rhys Fullber rejoined the band a year later, releasing “Civilization” in 2004.

Front Line Assembly’s side projects include: Conjure One, Delerium, Pro-Tech, Synæsthesia, Will, Intermix, Noise Unit, Equinox, Cyberaktif and Mutual Mortuary