Front Line Assembly

The chrome-plated brainchild of former Skinny Puppy member Bill Leeb, Canadian industrial rockers Front Line Assembly combine haunting keyboards, mesmerizing rhythms, and subtly employed samples to create a body of dark, anguished work that's both danceable and brooding. At times as harsh as a war zone, the group has used hard electronics to portray a chilling world of clattering machines and desensitized, icy humans dancing in lockstep. Despite later experiments with electric guitars, this is the music of rusty, battered androids. If cyberpunk literature had a soundtrack, it would probably come courtesy of Front Line Assembly.