Front Line Assembly
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
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 1992s Tactical Neural Implant found the groups music moving in a harder-edged disco direction. By 1994, the sound evolved yet again, with the album Millennium displaying a newfound reliance on guitars; both the title track and This Faith scored as club hits. Fulber departed the lineup by 1997, while his replacement Chris Peterson debuted with 1998s Monument. Implode appeared one year later. Sticking with a heavy dose of synth pop trance and throbbing melodies, Leeb and Peterson issued Epitaph in fall 2001. Rhys Fulber returned for the 2001 album Civilization and remained for the 2006 release Artificial Soldier, which found guitarist/keyboardist Jeremy Inkel joining the band.
