Fallout

I'm not very in the know about this type of music, as my first love is Metal and Hard rock. But I enjoy other types of music as well such as electronica and dance music. This Cd has some good music but I was really looking for a heavier driving rhythym than I find here. Still, it's worth a listen.

Awesome CD!! Great remixes for the most part. Armageddon is Great!!! FrontLine Assembly is Great, glad they're still around...

FLA has always included some good surprises on their singles, as well as their remix albums. Fallout is undeniably no exception, spanning over 10 tracks while featuring three brand new songs and several remixes for Artificial Soldier. Sadly however, Fallout is not without its flaws. While it does enter the record arena with copious offerings, some of the offerings end up sounding hollow and rushed. But what Fallout does have to offer that is worthwhile, quickly reassures the listener that FLA is still ready to hammer out an industrial masterpiece "in between" albums.Armageddon could easily be said to the centerpiece of Fallout, and perhaps the main reason to justify buying the release. The sound of the song could be summed up as "very aggressive German Electro." The sound resembles that of a band such as E-Craft, but with FLA's own take on the genre. The songs lyrics are nothing special, since they consist of Bill Leeb's usual attempt at creating a rhyme scheme (it is interesting though that he threw in some of his native German language lyrics.) The sound on the song is what really makes it worth a listen. Armageddon features a full on grinding guitar assault mixed with some of the most aggressive synth work that Leeb has done in ages. It also has Leeb using much harsher vocal distortion than he has used in the past few years. All of the aforementioned culminates in one of the most delightful surprises that FLA has yet to produce since the song Anti (on the Maniacal single)!While Armageddon is reason enough to buy the album, the other two new tracks, Electric Dreams and Unconscious do well on their own. Electric Dreams sounds like a song that could have belonged on either Implode or Epitaph, but its usage of electronics makes it more easily fitting for the Artificial Soldier era. Unconscious is also decent in its own right, but it's not as great of an instrumental/electronic landscape as Anti or Disseminate. Still, it captures a nice face paced EBM/cybernetic feel that FLA doesn't seem to really explore very often in this day and age.As for the remixes on Fallout, listeners will most likely find half of them to be good while the other half will sound, as previously mentioned, rushed and hollow sounding. The most well thought out and produced remixes would be DJ(?) Acucrack's remix of Buried Alive, J. Inkel's remix of Social Enemy, Greg Reely's remix of Lowlife and FLA's own remix of Unleashed. Greg Reely especially does the listener a major service by taking Lowlife one-step further and "improves it" by adding onto Bill Leeb's vocal distortion and polishing up various parts of the track to give it and even more slick and powerful electronic sound. On the other hand, DJ(?) Acucrack's remix of Buried Alive is a welcome attempt at building on the song's drum and bass feel. Unfortunately, the song gets lost at certain parts due to losing momentum and seemingly dabbling around in experimentation. Still, the song is a valiant attempt at taking FLA and bringing them one step closer to the D&B genre.Despite having a slew of unimpressive remixes, Fallout manages to come out ahead of the rest of many releases this year by offering up both some incredible takes on previous FLA tracks and some great new material. It is slightly disappointing due to the boring remixes but it is still very worth the price of admission for the new tracks, and if only one, definitely Armageddon.

In my opinion, FLA's 2007 remix album exceeds the 2006 original, 'Artificial Soldier'. If you are wondering if you should buy it, then the answer is yes.What worked especially well:-------------------------------Unleashed (Mindless Mix by S. Komor): a nice remix of one of the better songs on Artificial Soldier.-Beneath the Rubble (Combichrist Remix): aggro update of one of the most formulaic and dull songs in FLAs catalogue. This mix far exceeds the original version.-'Electric Dreams' & 'Armageddon': a couple of truly amazing previously unreleased tracks, as mentioned by several reviewers. Worth it for these 2 songs alone.-Reprobate: Greg Reely's remix of Low Life. A great update of probably the best song on Artificial Soldier.-Domination: another quality remix of Unleashed.-The Storm (Covenant Remix): logical remix given that the Covenant vocalist did the vocals on the original. Remix arguably better than the original.-Unconscious: the 3rd original track here. Instrumental. Heavy & distorted. Not filler. Not as good as 'Electric Dreams' or 'Armageddon', but no slouch either.Honorable Mention:---------------------Low Life (Portion Control Rmx): interesting. The most purely 'industrial' song on here.-Social Enemy (Inkel's Remix): a sort of speed-techno version of the original. This energetic remix is better than the original, which was mediocre at best.The Ugly (these songs should be taken out back behind the studio, fatally shot, and thrown in the dumpster):--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The 'Buried Alive' and 'Humanity' remixes. Garbage.Despite a couple missteps, this is the best FLA remix album. And if you liked Artificial Solider, then pick-up a copy of Fallout. You won't be disappointed.

There are so many great mixes on Fallout, each having their own unique treatment, it's almost unexplainable how great this album really is! I have meriads of other FLA remix albums, and none compare to this one...granted, the remixes on Fallout are all taken from Artificial Soldier. Included on Fallout are other tracks that didn't make it on A.S. (Electric Dreams, Armageddon and Unconscious), so buying Fallout is a win/win situation. (Electric Dreams is phenominal!)Kinda interesting, if you think about it, the album is divied-up into 3 new FLA tracks, 3 tracks remixed by FLA, 3 tracks remixed by other bands, and 3 tracks remixed by DJ's. Remixers include Combichrist, Covenant, Portion Control, Sebastian Komor from Icon of Coil and Monofader (and several other side projects), and others along with guest collaborators on drums and guitars. Convenant, naturally, remix "The Storm" for which Covenant vocalist Eskil Simonsson sings in.This is what ebm is all about! A must have, and best of '07', pick it up!

the remixes are nice, but the unreleased tracks are what really pay for the cd. the first, electric dreams, is sort of a simple/implode sounding song. it's not as layered as a lot of the stuff on artificial soldier, but the verse synth works well enough on it's own. and +1 for the robot voice. secondly, armageddon, is almost a millennium/hard wired era song. live drums and live guitar. really in your face. lastly, unconscious, is an instrumental that kind of sounds like implode synth meets epitaph drum programming.

当方FLAに関しては初期からGashedSenses&Crossfireあたりまで夢中でフォロー、その後はBillのサイドプロジェクトのNoiseUnit、Intermixを聴いてから永年完全にFLAを離れてしまいました。最近の彼等は本来のテクノなスタイルに戻りつつ有ると言うのを知り、現在少々ですが良かった時期の過去の作品を買い集めてます。本作の最新のリミックス集、中々の内容で同時購入したアルバムCivilisationと同時進行でハマッてます。やはり貴重なのがPortionControl参加と言う点でしょ（当方ＰＣの初期からの大ファンです）＋アルバム中、最も気に入っているトラックが４曲目の新曲ElectricDreamsです。FLAにしては珍しく？ボコーダーをバリバリにメインで使用、この曲はリピートで何度も聴かせる程の出来で超カッコいい！。テクノは、こうでなくっちゃねー。FLAは昔からシンセベースの音に非常に拘りが有る。本作でもそれを知っての上でなのか参加リミキサーはシンベ音のセレクションには拘っている気がします。クラブ系の在り来たりなテクノに最近かなり飽き飽きな状態で、当方としては今丁度聴きたい感じのテクノがオンパレードな内容、まだしばらくの間FLAしか聴けないです。過激なテクノサウンドで刺激が欲しいと言うテクノ大好きな方にオススメできる１枚です。