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 1992's Tactical Neural Implant found the group's music moving in a more hard-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 1998's Flavour of the Weak. A best-of/remix compilation, Monument, was released the same year, as well as Re-Wind, a re-mix collection of material from Flavour of the Weak. 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.
Once again re-united as FLA, Bill And Rhys released a killer single 'Maniacal' (2003) as a precursor to the new album 'Civilization' (2004) and the sighs of relief amongst FLA fans were audible across the globe. 'Maniacal' is good old-fashioned FLA bought up to date whilst B-side 'Anti' shows that messers Leeb and Fulber can still produce stark and dark Industrial.
For the first time, Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber, and Chris Peterson have joined ranks. The trio, with new members Jeremy Inkel and Adrian White, began work on Artificial Soldier in early 2005, and it was time well spent. Just release in June 2006 the newly re-formed line-up managed to create a release that should live up to the expectations of Front Line Assembly fans. Heavy pounding beats, atmospheric strings, percolating melodies, dynamic synths and Bill Leeb's trademark vocals are the norm here. Two guest vocalists also appear on Artificial Soldier. Eskil Simonsson from Covenant (on “The Storm”) and Jean-Luc De Meyer from Front 242 (on “Future Fail”).
Other projects include: Conjure One, Delerium, Pro-Tech, Synaesthesia, Will, Intermix, Noise Unit, Equinox, Cyberaktif and Mutual Mortuary.
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Shifting Through The Lens
Front Line Assembly Lyrics
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lays naked there to waste.
Neurotic choking eyeballs
fuel paranoid crazed cells.
Slide into darkness,
slither down the shaft,
Slide into darkness,
Sterilized all contact points,
inhale if you want to breath,
dirty poison oxygen,
delivers Shiva need.
Movements mirror his subjects,
shifting through the lens.
Dirty shadow's dissipate,
dissolve into myself
slide into darkness
slighter down the shaft of hell.
Body parts bleached,
amputated feelings,
fluid core,
dismembered, dissolved into abyss.
The lyrics to Front Line Assembly's song Shifting Through The Lens depict a dark and dystopian world, where human faith is believed to be mindless and wasteful. The imagery is bleak, with neurotic eyes fueling paranoid thoughts and cells. The singer is depicted as sliding deeper and deeper into darkness, down the shaft of hell, while all contact points are sterilized, and oxygen is now a dirty poison that delivers their Shiva need.
A sense of detachment and dissociation is highlighted, as the singer shifts through the lens, mirroring their movements with an eerie detachment. The dirty shadows dissolve into themselves, as they slide deeper into the abyss. Body parts are bleached, and feelings amputated, as they are dissolved into the fluid core of the abyss. The lyrics reveal a bleak reality where hopelessness and despair are rife, and where the only option is to slip deeper into the darkness.
Line by Line Meaning
Mindless human faith
Blind obedience of humans
lays naked there to waste.
Is useless and irrelevant
Neurotic choking eyeballs
Obsessive and panicked thoughts
fuel paranoid crazed cells.
Drive irrational and anxious behaviors
Slide into darkness,
Succumb to despair
slither down the shaft,
Plunge into a downward spiral
Slide into darkness,
Succumb to despair
slighter down the shaft of hell.
Continuously falling deeper into darkness
Sterilized all contact points,
Eliminated all meaningful connections
inhale if you want to breath,
Breathing tainted air to survive
dirty poison oxygen,
Toxic element needed to survive
delivers Shiva need.
Meets a self-destructive desire
Movements mirror his subjects,
Actions reflect those observed
shifting through the lens.
Viewing the world through a distorted perspective
Dirty shadow's dissipate,
Negative influences fade away
dissolve into myself
Become isolated and detached
slide into darkness
Succumb to despair
slighter down the shaft of hell.
Continuously falling deeper into darkness
Body parts bleached,
Faded and lifeless limbs
amputated feelings,
Emotional detachment
fluid core,
Evolving sense of self
dismembered, dissolved into abyss.
Broken down and lost in the unknown
Contributed by Charlie M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@dddux
Another really great album by FLA! Love this one so much, IED, Day of Violence, Afterlife, Stupidity!
@DependentRecords
thank you, we do so as well!
@resofactor
The energy in this track just slams.
@DependentRecords
indeed
@ThePrimReaper
God, I love this song. Totally made the initial chorus riff (without lyrics) my ring tone. Brilliant.
@syndrome666
Wow, I just put this tune through my car speakers, and the bass is just so dominant, all the windows and mirrors distorted from the sound waves and the seats rumbling do hard, this tune has some serious bass. If you have good woofers, turn up the volume! This track is euphoric
@mikeyyates5377
syndrome666 FLA is my go to for testing audio hardware. Rhys Fulber is a bad ass.
@ascensionindustries9631
Get even bigger woofers!!!
@xVictimOfADownx1
i think i like their new stuff more than their old stuff, fuck yeah for a band that gets progressively better each album!
@SoSkinny69
Cant wait to see them in sthlm! Leeb is still going strong it seems.