Originally announced as an EP,
Front Line Assembly
's
Fallout
arrived as an album featuring three new tracks and nine remixes. Minus the club highlight
"Armageddon,"
everything comes off or was left off the very good
Artificial Soldier
album, making this an instantly desirable release for hardcore fans and one of the better odds and ends collections in
FLA
's catalog, and there are plenty.
Combichrist
aim their mix at the club,
Sebastian R. Komor
(
Icon of Coil
) makes
"Unleashed"
sound absolutely epic, while
DJ? Acucrack
offers a
drum'n'bass
mix with changing, morphing rhythms. The most difficult and rewarding remix come from the legendary
Portion Control
who strip the pounding beat from
"Lowlife"
and create something much more creepy and sinister. The dreamy new track
"Electric Dreams"
might be too precious for the more cynical
fans but that shouldn't keep them from considering this satisfying fringe release. ~ David Jeffries