Epitaph (Front Line Assembly album)
Epitaph | ||||
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Studio album by Front Line Assembly | ||||
Released | October 8, 2001 | |||
Recorded | 2001 | , Cryogenic Studio|||
Genre | Industrial, electro-industrial | |||
Length | 54:57 | |||
Label | Metropolis | |||
Producer | Bill Leeb, Chris Peterson | |||
Front Line Assembly chronology | ||||
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Singles from Epitaph | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 82/100[2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Barcode | 7.2/10[4] |
Industrial Nation | Mixed[5] |
Metal Hammer | 7/10[6] |
Outburn | [7] |
Rock Sound | [8] |
Side-Line | 9/10[9] |
Splendid | Favorable[10] |
Epitaph is an album by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly, released in 2001.
Release
With the release, Metropolis also issued a Digipak version that contains a hidden bonus track and was limited to 25.000 copies.[11] Even though the bonus track was originally announced as untitled,[11] its title was later revealed as "Submerged".[12]
The track "Existence" is featured in the 2002 horror film Resident Evil but not on the accompanying soundtrack.[13]
In 2015, Canadian label Artoffact re-released Epitaph on limited edition vinyl.[14]
Single
Everything Must Perish is the only single taken from Epitaph. Along with the original version the title track is featured as radio edit. Non-album track "Providence" is sung by Jenifer McLaren, also guest vocalist on Delerium's Poem. Johan Carlsson from Release Magazine wrote that the band has taken "a more mature and melodic route"[15] with the single. Noting the Delerium influence on "Providence", he described the song as "beefed up, speeded up and dancified Delerium track".[15]
Writing and composition
Being a characteristic feature on previous recordings, on Epitaph Front Line Assembly did not use samples. "This is the first time we quit using movie samples.", said Bill Leeb to Belgian magazine Side-Line and cited the more important role of samples in contemporary music and its financial side: "Sampling is an artform which was criticised in the beginning, but now it's a respected artform with big money in it. It's a big business where I don't feel at ease any longer."[16]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Bill Leeb and Chris Peterson, except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Haloed" | 4:45 |
2. | "Dead Planet" | 5:20 |
3. | "Backlash" | 5:37 |
4. | "Epitaph" | 4:19 |
5. | "Everything Must Perish" | 6:19 |
6. | "Conscience" | 5:12 |
7. | "Decoy" | 6:17 |
8. | "Insolence" | 5:46 |
9. | "Krank It Up" | 5:43 |
10. | "Existence" (Digipak release includes hidden track "Submerged" (Written and composed by Peterson, Jason Filipchuck)) | 7:58 |
Personnel
Front Line Assembly
- Bill Leeb – production, vocals
- Chris Peterson – production
Technical personnel
- Greg Reely – mixing, engineering
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Dave McKean – artwork, design
References
- ↑ "Front Line Assembly: Everything Must Perish". Allmusic. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Epitaph - Frontline Assembly". Metacritic. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- ↑ Kavadias, Theo. Front Line Assembly: Epitaph > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Front Line Assembly - Epitaph". Barcode Magazine. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ↑ Theresa (2002). "Front Line Assembly - Epitaph". Industrial Nation (17).
- ↑ Ingham, Chris. "Front Line Assembly - Epitaph". Metal Hammer (TeamRock).
- ↑ Didier, Ben (2002). "Front Line Assembly - Epitaph". Outburn (17).
- ↑ Whitehead, Alex. "Front Line Assembly - Epitaph (Metropolis)". Rock Sound (Freeway Press Inc.).
- ↑ Van Isacker, Bernard. "Front Line Assembly - Epitaph (cd - Metropolis Records)". Side-Line.
- ↑ Zahora, George (November 21, 2001). "Frontline Assembly: Epitaph". Splendid WebMedia. Archived from the original on February 2, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- 1 2 "Front Line Assembly > Epitaph - Limited Edition". Metropolis. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- ↑ Carlsson, Johan. "All light on Chris Peterson". Release Musik & Media. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- ↑ Anderson, Paul W. S. (Director) (2002). Resident Evil (Motion Picture). Germany, United Kingdom, France: Anderson, Paul W. S.
- ↑ "Front Line Assembly's 'Epitaph' album re-released on vinyl in various packages". Side-Line (Belgium). June 1, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- 1 2 Carlsson, Johan (September 7, 2001). "Front Line Assembly: Everything Must Perish - Release Music Magazine review". Release Magazine. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- ↑ Leeb, Leeb (2001). Interview with Bill Leeb (37). Interview with Bernard van Isacker.
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