Early July 2013 will see the surfacing of FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY's new Album "Echogenetic". Band leader Bill Leeb had announced a purely electronic return to the classic FLA albums like "Caustic Grip" and "Tactical Neural Implant". Now they are coming through with their promise. The band links their trademark electronic sound at its most successful with elements of glitch and dubstep incorporated into their cinematic as well as club-oriented sonic DNA, creating this potent hybrid.
Having given industrial metal a decent upgrade in 2010 with their last studio album "Improvised Electronic Device", the band released the soundtrack to the successful browser videogame "Airmech", which was sold out instantly in Europe, and was very well-received by the band's followers.
"Echogenetic" is like an upgraded version of the most successful FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY releases, and includes high octane dancefloor grenades like "Killing Floor" and "Exhale", as well as pure electronic midtempo epicness like "Exo" and the heavy and percussive "Prototype". Tracks such as "Ghosts" and the title track show the band willing to push past the boundaries between modern electronica and electro-industrial. The mastering and mixing was done again by studio legend Greg Reely. The album title leans towards the medical term 'echogenic', which relates to matter "containing structures that reflect high-frequency sound waves and thus can be imaged by ultrasound techniques". However, just as FLA incorporate new influences into their music to create a new sound, the title too represents a hybrid mix for current and future technology. FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY have clearly regained the pole position in electronic sound design and music for 2013!
The vinyl edition of the ablum comes in a deluxe gatefold sleeve, and is STRICTLY limited to 1000 copies. It includes download codes for the entire album.
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