Defiance (Assemblage 23 album)

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Defiance
Assemblage 23 Defiance cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 2002 (2002-10-22)
Genre Industrial, electro, EBM
Length55:22
Label Metropolis Records
Accession Records
Assemblage 23 chronology
Failure
(2001)
Defiance
(2002)
Storm
(2004)

Defiance is Assemblage 23's third studio album, released through Metropolis Records and Accession Records in October 2002. The album contains the song "Document," released as a single prior to the release of Defiance. The album received high appraisal from electronic music magazine ReGen. [1]

Track listing

All songs written, performed and produced by Tom Shear.

No.TitleLength
1."Opened"5:56
2."Drive"5:11
3."Blindhammer"5:22
4."Cocoon"5:58
5."Document"5:15
6."Fallen Down"5:46
7."Horizon"7:33
8."Light"4:27
9."Maps of Reality"4:30
10."Lullaby"5:24

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References

  1. "ReGen Reviews :: Assemblage 23 - Defiance". www.regenmag.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-31.