Implode (album)

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Implode
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Studio album by
Front Line Assembly
ReleasedApril 27, 1999 (1999-04-27) [1]
Recorded1999 (1999), Hippo-sonic Studios
Genre Electro-industrial, big beat, trip hop, IDM
Length65:22
Label Metropolis, Zoth Ommog, Energy
Producer Bill Leeb, Chris Peterson, Dan Handrabur
Front Line Assembly chronology
Monument
(1998)		Implode
(1999)		 Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2
(2000)
Singles from Implode
  1. "Prophecy"
    Released: May 4, 1999 [2]
  2. "Fatalist"
    Released: October 5, 1999 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
BarcodeMixed [5]
CMJ New Music Monthly Mixed [6]
Exclaim! Mixed [7]
Outburn Favorable [8]
Prospective7/10 [9]
Release 7/10 [10]
Rock Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [11]
Side-Line8.5/10 [12]

Implode is the tenth full-length studio album by industrial group Front Line Assembly. The album was released through Metropolis on April 27, 1999. [1]

Contents

Release and promotion

Implode was released on digipak CD [13] and via Zoth Ommog on gatefold cover sleeve double vinyl with limited circulation of 2,000. [14] The track "Torched" is featured in the 2002 horror film Resident Evil but not on the accompanying soundtrack. [15]

Originally, Implode was supposed to be the last Front Line Assembly release for Metropolis. [16]

Singles

Implode was followed by the release of two singles. The single "Prophecy" includes the original version, a radio edit and a remix of the title track. "Unknown Dreams" is also featured as radio edit. "Paralysis" is a non-album track. [17] The second single, "Fatalist", was released in different versions in Europe and North America. German label Zoth Ommog issued a four-track single that contains remixes of "Fatalist" (Rhys Fulber), "Retribution" (Front 242) and "Prophecy" (Haujobb) as well as non-album track "Deception". [18] The six track version was released for the Scandinavian countries through Energy and in the United States through Metropolis. [19] Additional tracks on this version are two remixes of "Fatalist" by Aqualite and Tribal Techno.

Touring

In August 1999, Front Line Assembly confirmed dates for a North America tour in October and November 1999 with Dutch rock band and label colleagues Clan of Xymox as support. [20] However, the tour was cancelled because the necessary financing could not be secured. [21]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bill Leeb and Chris Peterson

No.TitleLength
1."Retribution"5:28
2."Fatalist"5:43
3."Prophecy"6:23
4."Synthetic Forms"8:05
5."Falling"5:32
6."Don't Trust Anyone"4:19
7."Unknown Dreams"6:01
8."Torched"5:59
9."Machine Slave"6:58
10."Silent Ceremony" (The song "Silent Ceremony" ends at 6:10. After one minute of silence, at 7:10, begins the hidden track "Stalker".)10:54

Personnel

Front Line Assembly

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

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