| Front Line Assembly discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 17 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 13 |
| Tribute albums | 5 |
| Singles | 32 |
| Music videos | 10 |
| Demos | 2 |
| Remix albums | 5 |
Front Line Assembly, aCanadianVancouver-basedelectro-industrial band, has released seventeen studio albums, three live albums, numerous singles and compilations, and two video game soundtracks. WithBill Leeb being the founder and sole permanent member of the band, Michael Balch,Rhys Fulber andChris Peterson were acting as long-time members during different periods of time.
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Nerve War | Self-release. Limited to 100 copies.[1] Three versions. Re-released as remastered version throughCleopatra in 2022.[2] |
| Total Terror | Self-release. Limited to 100 copies.[1] |
| Year | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Initial Command
| Re-released 1992 and 1997. The 1997 re-release contains two additional new tracks and comes with a different cover artwork. |
| 1988 | State of Mind | Re-released in 1998 with bonus track. Remastered and re-released in 2022 as part of the compilationPermanent Data 1986-1989 with bonus tracks. |
| Corrosion | Re-released as part ofConvergence in 1988 andCorroded Disorder in 1995. Remastered and re-released in 2022 as part of the compilationPermanent Data 1986-1989 and as individual LP. | |
| 1989 | Gashed Senses & Crossfire
| |
| 1990 | Caustic Grip
| |
| 1992 | Tactical Neural Implant
| Tactical Neural Implant sold more than 70,000 copies.[11] |
| 1994 | Millennium
| |
| 1995 | Hard Wired
| Also released in a limited edition Double CD box set.[13] Hard Wired sold at least 50,000 copies worldwide.[14] The limited edition with 5,000 copies was sold out in two weeks.[14] |
| 1997 | [FLA]vour of the Weak
| |
| 1999 | Implode
| |
| 2001 | Epitaph | |
| 2004 | Civilization
| On some retail CDs the back cover track listing failed to label some tracks correctly and omitted one track while the booklet left out one track.[19] |
| 2006 | Artificial Soldier | Reached No. 19 onBillboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[22] |
| 2010 | Improvised Electronic Device
| Also released as a digital Deluxe Edition with two extra tracks.[24] Reached No. 23 onBillboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[25] |
| 2013 | Echogenetic
| Reached No. 19 onBillboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart[27] and the Heatseekers Albums chart.[28] |
| 2019 | Wake Up the Coma
| Reached no. 40 onBillboard's Independent Albums chart[29] and no. 15 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.[30] |
| 2021 | Mechanical Soul
|
| Year | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Live
| Released as a Limited LP. Only 4000 copies made. Remastered and re-released in 2022 as part of the compilationPermanent Data 1986-1989. |
| 1996 | Live Wired
| Double live album. Also released in a limited edition box set with VHS. |
| 2015 | Kampfbereit
|
| Year | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Convergence
| Compilation ofCorrosion andDisorder with some unreleased tracks. |
| 1993 | Total Terror I
| CD release of most tracks of theTotal Terror demo and additional tracks from 1986. Re-released 2004 together withTotal Terror II as double CD album. Remastered and re-released with bonus tracks in 2022 as part of the compilationPermanent Data 1986-1989 and as individual LP. |
Total Terror II
| CD release of demo songs from 1986 and 1987. Re-released 2004 together withTotal Terror I as double CD album. Remastered and re-released in 2022 as part of the compilationPermanent Data 1986-1989 and as individual LP. | |
| 1995 | Corroded Disorder
| New material plus tracks fromCorrosion andDisorder. |
| 1997 | Reclamation
| Singles compilation. |
| 1998 | The Singles: Four Fit
| Compilation of previously released singlesVirus,Iceolate,Provision andMindphaser. |
Monument
| Singles compilation. | |
Cryogenic Studios
| Compilation with tracks from Front Line Assembly and side projectsDelerium,Equinox,Pro>Tech andSynæsthesia, partly previously unreleased. | |
| 1999 | Explosion
| Singles compilation composed from tracks of the singlesCircuitry,Plasticity,Colombian Necktie andComatose. |
| 2001 | Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2
| Compilation with tracks from Front Line Assembly and side projects Delerium, Equinox, Pro>Tech and Synæsthesia, partly previously unreleased. |
| 2004 | Complete Total Terror
| Two-disc compilation ofTotal Terror I andTotal Terror II demo material. |
| 2005 | The Best of Cryogenic Studio
| Two-disc compilation with previously released tracks fromCryogenic Studios andCryogenic Studio, Vol. 2. |
| 2022 | Permanent Data 1986-1989
| Six-disc compilation that consists of the releasesTotal Terror I,Total Terror II,State of Mind,Corrosion,Disorder andLive with bonus tracks. |
| Year | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Disorder | Re-released as part ofConvergence in 1988 andCorroded Disorder in 1995. Remastered and re-released with bonus tracks in 2022 as part of the compilationPermanent Data 1986-1989 and as individual LP. |
| Year | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Remix Wars: Strike 2
| Remix collaboration withDie Krupps. |
| 1998 | Re-wind
| Two-disc album with remixed tracks of[FLA]vour of the Weak. |
| 2007 | Fallout
| Originally announced as an EP. Released as an album with three previously unreleased tracks and nine remixes.[36] |
| 2014 | Echoes | |
| 2022 | The Machinists Reunited Tour EP
| Limited autographed edition available only during "The Machinists Reunited Tour 2022" at the concert venues. The EP contains two tracks each byFront Line Assembly andDie Krupps, each of which are reinterpreted by the other artist. |
| 2025 | Mechviruses
| Remixed tracks ofWarMech fromArtoffact artists. |
| Year | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Quake III: Team Arena[41]
| Expansion pack forQuake III Arena. Collaboration withSonic Mayhem. |
| 2012 | AirMech | |
| 2018 | WarMech |
| Year | Album details | Song | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna, Vol. 1
| Justify My Love | |
| 1999 | We Will Follow: A Tribute to U2
| New Year's Day | Front Line Assembly withTiffany. |
| 2023 | A Tribute To Rammstein
| Deutschland |
| Year | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Replicate 01: A Tribute to Front Line Assembly | First release on label MoMT Records.[50] |
| 2010 | Replicate 02: A Tribute to Front Line Assembly & Projects
| Last release on label MoMT Records.[52] |
| Title | Year | Album | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Tension Dementia | 1988 | Gashed Senses & Crossfire | Third Mind, Wax Trax! | Reached No. 45 onBillboard's Hot Dance Club Songs[53] |
| No Limit | 1989 | |||
| Iceolate | 1990 | Caustic Grip | Melody Maker 'Single Of The Week'[54][55] | |
| Provision | Melody Maker 'Single Of The Week'[54][55] | |||
| Virus | 1991 | Non-album single from theCaustic Grip sessions. | ||
| Mindphaser | 1992 | Tactical Neural Implant | Third Mind | |
| The Blade | ||||
| Millennium | 1994 | Millennium | Roadrunner | |
| Surface Patterns | 1995 | |||
| Circuitry | Hard Wired | Off Beat, Metropolis | ||
| Plasticity | 1996 | Non-album single from theHard Wired sessions. | ||
| Colombian Necktie | 1997 | [FLA]vour of the Weak | Off Beat, Metropolis, Energy | |
| Comatose | 1998 | Off Beat, Metropolis | ||
| Prophecy | 1999 | Implode | Metropolis, Zoth Ommog, Energy | |
| Fatalist | ||||
| Everything Must Perish | 2001 | Epitaph | Metropolis | |
| Maniacal | 2003 | Civilization | Reached No. 15 onBillboard's Hot Dance Singles | |
| Vanished | 2004 | |||
| Shifting Through the Lens | 2010 | Improvised Electronic Device | Dependent, Metropolis | |
| Angriff [Remix] | ||||
| Eye on You | 2018 | Wake Up the Coma | Metropolis | |
| Purge (Black Asteroid Remix) | 2022 | Mechanical Soul | Metropolis | |
| Deutschland | 2023 | A Tribute To Rammstein | Cleopatra | Cover of GermanNeue Deutsche Härte bandRammstein.[56] |
| Mechvirus featuringAyria (Remix)[57] | WarMech | Artoffact | ||
| Mechvirus featuring Ultra Sunn (Remix)[58] | ||||
| Force Carrier featuring Bootblacks (Remix)[59] | 2024 | |||
| Molotov featuringSeeming (Remix)[60] | ||||
| Anthropod featuring Deep Infirmary (Remix)[61] | ||||
| Heatmap featuring MVTANT (Remix)[62] | ||||
| (Re)Creator featuring Fotocrime (Remix)[63] | ||||
| Molotov featuring Encephalon (Remix) | ||||
| Molotov featuring s:cage + Famine + Lys Morke (Remix)[64] | 2025 |
| Title | Year | Album | Label | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body Count | 1988 | Disorder | Third Mind | Todd Taylor | Third Mind Records | |
| Iceolate | 1990 | Caustic Grip | Eric Koziol | H-Gun Labs, Chicago | ||
| Virus | 1991 | - | Jim Van Bebber,Bill Leeb | Plasma, Gary Blair Smith | Non-album track from theCaustic Grip sessions. | |
| Mindphaser | 1992 | Tactical Neural Implant | Robert Lee | Plasma, Gary Blair Smith | Edits Front Line Assembly into clips from 1989 Japanese live-actionmecha filmGunhed.[65] Won "Best Alternative Video" at Much Music's 1992 Canadian Music Video Awards.[66] | |
| The Blade | Bill Morrison[67] | Dean English | ||||
| Laughing Pain | - | Rod Chong,Bill Morrison[67] | Non-album track fromThe Blade single. | |||
| Millennium[68] | 1994 | Millennium | Roadrunner | Eric Zimmerman, Lon Magdich | Marc Sayous | Filmed inSeattle andChicago. |
| Plasticity[69] | 1996 | - | Metropolis | Rod Chong | Real Life Pictures, Ulf Buddensieck | Non-album track from theHard Wired sessions. WonBest Alternative Video at the 7th annualMuchMusic Video Awards in 1996. |
| Epitaph | 2001 | Epitaph | Bill Morrison[67] | |||
| Angriff | 2010 | Improvised Electronic Device | Dependent | Henrik Bauer[70] | Bill Leeb, Chris Peterson, Jeremy Inkel, Jared Slingerland[70] | |
| Blood | 2014 | Echogenetic | Metropolis | Rim Visuals[71] | ||
| Ghosts | Rim Visuals[72] | |||||
| Rock Me Amadeus | 2019 | Wake Up the Coma | Jason Alacrity,[73] Jason Jensen[74] | Jason Alacrity, Colin Pierce | FeaturingJimmy Urine. | |
| Arbeit | 2020 | Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen[75] | Starring Kim Sønderholm. | |||
| Title | Label | Release date | Format | Tracks included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Death's Vol. III[76] | C'est La Mort | 1989 | LP, CS | "Concussion" |
| Black Box – Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years[77] | Wax Trax! | 1994 | CD | "Digital Tension Dementia" |
| Tyranny Off the Beat Vol. IV[78] | Off Beat | 1997 | CD | "Electrocution (Rough Mix)" |
| Electropolis Volume II[79] | Metropolis | 2000 | CD | "Masterslave (Wumpscut RMX)" |
| Subout[80] | Basic Unit Productions | 2000 | CD | "Epitaph" |