FLA slows things down for "AfterLife" by asking, "What are we fighting for?"
throughout the song. This song is a good candidate for a movie soundtrack,
perhaps during the end credits of a movie like Terminator? This song is
inspired by the death of the father of Bill Leeb, the founder and longest
member of FLA. Bill searched for his father for twenty years before he found
him, and he passed away only two months after his search was over.
The last of the hard driving industrial tracks on the album is "Stupidity,"
and it features vocals from Al Jourgensen of Ministry - which is an interesting
tie-in, as a former member of FLA, Michael Balch, went on to join Ministry back
in the early 90's. "Stupidity" has the listener constantly comparing it to a
Ministry song, and Al singing doesn't help it at all. FLA has the guitars in
Ministry fashion on this song right from the start and could be a great tune
to play when hitting 100mph on any highway - Would go right along with the
name of the song!
"Downfall" is maybe my least favorite track on the album. It starts off slow,
which after a song like Stupidity, it's like slamming on the brakes driving
100mph on a highway! This song does provide a fine ending to the great album
though, even when at the very end of "Downfall" where a seemingly commercial
announcer proclaims "Goodbye".
Overall this album is a must for any Front Line Assembly fan, it provides a
great mix of dance, industrial, and even some down-tempo mix with "Downfall".
If you would like to hear more from Front Line Assembly, I will be interviewing
Bill Leeb during my live show on BounceRadio.net at 9pm ET - Feel free to join
us in the chat room and throw out some questions for Bill! In case you miss the
live stream, this show will also be later available as a podcast download at
Zaldor.com.
Tracklist:
01 - I. E. D.
02 - Angriff
03 - Hostage
04 - Release
05 - Shifting Through The Lens (Edit)
06 - Laws Of Deception
07 - Pressure Wave
08 - Afterlife
09 - Stupidity (Featuring Al Jourgensen)
10 - Downfall
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 15.1 MiB
Duration : 6mn 34s
Overall bit rate : 320 Kbps
Album : Improved Electronic Device
Track name : I. E. D.
Track name/Position : 1
Performer : Front Line Assembly
Recorded date : 2010
Writing library : JA! / LAME3.92
Comment : Lbl: Dependent Rec. C:MIND16
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Duration : 6mn 34s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 15.1 MiB (100%)
Writing library : LAME3.92
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