Front Line Assembly, a Canadian Vancouver-based electro-industrial band, has released seventeen studio albums, three live albums, numerous singles and compilations, and two video game soundtracks. With Bill Leeb being the founder and sole permanent member of the band, Michael Balch, Rhys Fulber and Chris Peterson were acting as long-time members during different periods of time.
Demos Year Title Notes1986 Nerve War Self-release. Limited to 100 copies. Three versions. Re-released as remastered version through Cleopatra in 2022. Total Terror Self-release. Limited to 100 copies.
Albums Studio albums Year Album details Notes 1987 The Initial Command Released: December 1987 Label: KK, ROIR, Third Mind, Cleopatra, Zoth Ommog Formats: LP, CD 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 Released: January 1988 Label: Dossier, ROIR, Third Mind, Cleopatra Formats: LP, CS Re-released in 1998 with bonus track. Remastered and re-released in 2022 as part of the compilation Permanent Data 1986-1989 with bonus tracks. Corrosion Released: February 1988 Label: Third Mind, Wax Trax! Formats: LP, CS Re-released as part of Convergence in 1988 and Corroded Disorder in 1995. Remastered and re-released in 2022 as part of the compilation Permanent Data 1986-1989 and as individual LP. 1989 Gashed Senses & Crossfire Released: April 1, 1989 Label: Third Mind, Wax Trax!, Roadrunner Formats: LP, CD, CS 1990 Caustic Grip Released: 1990 Label: Third Mind, Wax Trax!, Roadrunner Formats: CD, LP, CS 1992 Tactical Neural Implant Released: April 28, 1992 Label: Third Mind, Apollon International, Roadrunner Formats: CD Tactical Neural Implant sold more than 70,000 copies. 1994 Millennium Released: October 1, 1994 Label: Roadrunner, Apollon International, Metal Mind Formats: CD 1995 Hard Wired Released: November 14, 1995 Label: Off Beat, Metropolis, Energy, Black Rain Formats: CD, LP Also released in a limited edition Double CD box set. Hard Wired sold at least 50,000 copies worldwide. The limited edition with 5,000 copies was sold out in two weeks. 1997 [FLA]vour of the Weak Released: November 3, 1997 Label: Off Beat, Energy, Metropolis, Synthetic Symphony Formats: CD, LP (re-release 2015) 1999 Implode Released: April 26, 1999 Label: Metropolis, Zoth Ommog, Energy Formats: CD, LP 2001 Epitaph Released: October 9, 2001 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, LP (re-release 2015) 2004 Civilization Released: January 20, 2004 Label: Metropolis, Synthetic Symphony Formats: CD 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. 2006 Artificial Soldier Released: June 20, 2006 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, LP (re-release 2016) Reached No. 19 on Billboard'''s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. |- | 2010 | Improvised Electronic Device Released: June 22, 2010 Label: Metropolis, Dependent Formats: CD, LP, digital download | Also released as a digital Deluxe Edition with two extra tracks. Reached No. 23 on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. |- | 2013 | Echogenetic Released: July 9, 2013 Label: Metropolis, Dependent Formats: CD, LP, digital download | Reached No. 19 on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart and the Heatseekers Albums chart. |- | 2019 | Wake Up the Coma Released: February 8, 2019 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, LP, digital download | Reached no. 40 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart and no. 15 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. |- | 2021 | Mechanical Soul'' Released: January 15, 2021 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Live albums Year Album details Notes 1989 Live Released: 1989 Label: Third Mind Formats: LP Released as a Limited LP. Only 4000 copies made. Remastered and re-released in 2022 as part of the compilation Permanent Data 1986-1989. 1996 Live Wired Released: September 16, 1996 Label: Off Beat, Metropolis, Energy Formats: CD Double live album. Also released in a limited edition box set with VHS. 2015 Kampfbereit Released: April 7, 2015 Label: MVD Visual Formats: DVD
Compilation albums Year Album details Notes 1988 Convergence Released: 1988 Label: Third Mind, Wax Trax! Formats: CD, CS Compilation of Corrosion and Disorder with some unreleased tracks.1993 Total Terror I Released: 1993 Label: Cleopatra, Dossier Formats: CD CD release of most tracks of the Total Terror demo and additional tracks from 1986. Re-released 2004 together with Total Terror II as double CD album. Remastered and re-released with bonus tracks in 2022 as part of the compilation Permanent Data 1986-1989 and as individual LP. Total Terror II Released: 1993 Label: Cleopatra, Dossier Formats: CD CD release of demo songs from 1986 and 1987. Re-released 2004 together with Total Terror I as double CD album. Remastered and re-released in 2022 as part of the compilation Permanent Data 1986-1989 and as individual LP. 1995 Corroded Disorder Released: November 21, 1995 Label: Cleopatra, Off Beat, Energy, Synthetic Symphony Formats: CD New material plus tracks from Corrosion and Disorder. 1997 Reclamation Released: October 1, 1997 Label: Roadrunner, Metal Mind Formats: CD Singles compilation.1998 The Singles: Four Fit Released: 1998 Label: Zoth Ommog Formats: CD Compilation of previously released singles Virus, Iceolate, Provision and Mindphaser. Monument Released: 1998 Label: Roadrunner, Metal Mind Formats: CD Singles compilation. Cryogenic Studios Released: 1998 Label: Cleopatra, Zoth Ommog Formats: CD Compilation with tracks from Front Line Assembly and side projects Delerium, Equinox, Pro>Tech and Synæsthesia, partly previously unreleased. 1999 Explosion Released: 1999 Label: Off Beat Formats: CD Singles compilation composed from tracks of the singles Circuitry, Plasticity, Colombian Necktie and Comatose. 2001 Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2 Released: 2001 Label: Cleopatra Formats: CD Compilation with tracks from Front Line Assembly and side projects Delerium, Equinox, Pro>Tech and Synæsthesia, partly previously unreleased. 2004 Complete Total Terror Released: 2004 Label: Cleopatra Formats: CD Two-disc compilation of Total Terror I and Total Terror II demo material. 2005 The Best of Cryogenic Studio Released: 2005 Label: Cleopatra Formats: CD Two-disc compilation with previously released tracks from Cryogenic Studios and Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2. 2022 Permanent Data 1986-1989 Released: August 19, 2022 Label: Cleopatra Formats: CD, digital download Six-disc compilation that consists of the releases Total Terror I, Total Terror II, State of Mind, Corrosion, Disorder and Live with bonus tracks.
Extended plays Year Album details Notes 1988 Disorder Released: May 1988 Label: Third Mind, Wax Trax! Formats: Vinyl EP Re-released as part of Convergence in 1988 and Corroded Disorder in 1995. Remastered and re-released with bonus tracks in 2022 as part of the compilation Permanent Data 1986-1989 and as individual LP.
Remix albums Year Album details Notes 1996 The Remix Wars: Strike 2 Released: 1996 Label: Off Beat, Cleopatra Formats: CD, LP (re-release 2016) Remix collaboration with Die Krupps. 1998 Re-wind Released: August 17, 1998 Label: Off Beat, Metropolis, Energy, Synthetic Symphony Formats: CD, LP (re-release 2016) Two-disc album with remixed tracks of [FLA]vour of the Weak. 2007 Fallout Released: April 24, 2007 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, LP (re-release 2016) Originally announced as an EP. Released as an album with three previously unreleased tracks and nine remixes. 2014 Echoes Released: May 13, 2014 Label: Metropolis Formats: CD, LP, digital download 2022 The Machinists Reunited Tour EP Released: August 9, 2022 Label: Self-release Formats: CD Limited autographed edition available only during "The Machinists Reunited Tour 2022" at the concert venues. The EP contains two tracks each by Front Line Assembly and Die Krupps, each of which are reinterpreted by the other artist. 2025 Mechviruses Released: February 7, 2025 Label: Artoffact Formats: CD, LP, digital download Remixed tracks of WarMech from Artoffact artists.
Soundtracks
Year Album details Notes 2000 Quake III: Team Arena Released: December 18, 2000 Expansion pack for Quake III Arena. Collaboration with Sonic Mayhem. 2012 AirMech Released: November 13, 2012 Label: Metropolis, Dependent Formats: CD, digital download, LP (re-release 2014) 2018 WarMech Released: June 18, 2018 Label: Artoffact Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Tribute albums From Front Line Assembly Year Album details Song Notes 1999 Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna, Vol. 1 Released: March 23, 1999 Label: Cleopatra Justify My Love 1999 We Will Follow: A Tribute to U2 Released: July 13, 1999 Label: Cleopatra New Year's Day Front Line Assembly with Tiffany. 2023 A Tribute To Rammstein Released: August 25, 2023 Label: Cleopatra Deutschland
To Front Line Assembly Year Album details Notes 2003 Replicate 01: A Tribute to Front Line Assembly Released: August 18, 2003 Label: MoMT Formats: CD, digital download First release on label MoMT Records. 2010 Replicate 02: A Tribute to Front Line Assembly & Projects Label: MoMT Formats: Digital download Last release on label MoMT Records.
Singles Title Year Album Label Notes Digital Tension Dementia 1988Gashed Senses & CrossfireThird Mind, Wax Trax! Reached No. 45 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs No Limit 1989 Iceolate1990Caustic Grip Melody Maker 'Single Of The Week' Provision Melody Maker 'Single Of The Week' Virus 1991 Non-album single from the Caustic Grip sessions. Mindphaser1992Tactical Neural Implant Third Mind The Blade Millennium 1994MillenniumRoadrunner Surface Patterns1995 Circuitry Hard WiredOff Beat, Metropolis Plasticity 1996 Non-album single from the Hard Wired sessions. Colombian Necktie 1997[FLA]vour of the Weak Off Beat, Metropolis, Energy Comatose 1998 Off Beat, Metropolis Prophecy1999ImplodeMetropolis, Zoth Ommog, Energy Fatalist Everything Must Perish 2001 EpitaphMetropolis Maniacal 2003Civilization Reached No. 15 on Billboard's Hot Dance Singles Vanished 2004 Shifting Through the Lens2010Improvised Electronic DeviceDependent, Metropolis Angriff [Remix] Eye on You 2018 Wake Up the Coma Metropolis Purge (Black Asteroid Remix) 2022 Mechanical Soul Metropolis Deutschland2023 A Tribute To Rammstein Cleopatra Cover of German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. Mechvirus featuring Ayria (Remix)WarMechArtoffact Mechvirus featuring Ultra Sunn (Remix) Force Carrier featuring Bootblacks (Remix)2024 Molotov featuring Seeming (Remix) Anthropod featuring Deep Infirmary (Remix) Heatmap featuring MVTANT (Remix) (Re)Creator featuring Fotocrime (Remix) Molotov featuring Encephalon (Remix) Molotov featuring s:cage + Famine + Lys Morke (Remix) 2025
Music videos Title Year Album Label Director(s) Producer(s) Notes Body Count 1988 DisorderThird 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 the Caustic Grip sessions. Mindphaser1992Tactical Neural Implant Robert Lee Plasma, Gary Blair Smith Edits Front Line Assembly into clips from 1989 Japanese live-action mecha film Gunhed.