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Wake Up the Coma
Studio album by
Front Line Assembly
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2019 (2019-02-08)[1]
Recorded2018
Studio
GenreElectro-industrial,[2] EBM[3]
Length62:26
LabelMetropolis
Producer
Front Line Assembly chronology
WarMech
(2018) 		Wake Up the Coma
(2019) 		Mechanical Soul
(2021)
Singles from Wake Up the Coma
  1. "Eye on You"
    Released: November 16, 2018[4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chain D.L.K.[2]
Midlands Metalheads Radio[5]
OverdriveFavorable[6]
Peek-a-boo90/100[7]
Reflections of Darkness9.5/10[8]
ReGenFavorable[9]
Release8/10[10]
Side-Line8/10[3]
Sputnikmusic[11]

Wake Up the Coma is the sixteenth full-length studio album by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly. It was released on February 8, 2019 on CD, vinyl and digitally through Metropolis.[1]

Release and promotion

A digital only single titled "Eye on You",[12] originally scheduled for release on November 2, 2018,[13] was released on November 16 to promote the album. It features Robert Görl of German electropunk band Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft[14] and contains two remixes of the title track: one by Terence Fixmer and one by Orphx.

The release date of the album was moved from October 2018 to February 2019.[13] In December, the band announced the final release date of February 8, 2019. Chris Connelly, Nick Holmes and Jimmy Urine would appear on the album as guests, the latter on a cover of Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus".[1] In January 2019 the band revealed the album's tracklist.[15]

Two days before the album's release, a video for "Rock Me Amadeus" directed by Jason Alacrity premiered at Baeble Music.[16]

On December 2, 2020 Front Line Assembly released a video for the track "Arbeit" directed by Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen and starring Danish actor Kim Sønderholm.[17]

Themes

"'Eye on You' is definitely about the paranoia of our governments watching us [...], but there’s a couple of songs that are about the complexities in relationships between people today as well", said vocalist Bill Leeb in an interview with Release Magazine.[18]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Eye on You" (feat. Robert Görl)Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber, Robert Görl, Ian Pickering4:30
2."Arbeit"Leeb, Fulber, Jared Slingerland, Sasha Keevill5:02
3."Rock Me Amadeus" (feat. Jimmy Urine)Falco, Rob Bolland, Ferdi Bolland4:14
4."Tilt"Leeb, Slingerland, Keevill5:10
5."Hatevol"Leeb, Fulber, Slingerland, Keevill5:00
6."Proximity"Leeb, Fulber, Slingerland, Keevill5:21
7."Living a Lie"Leeb, Craig Johnsen, Slingerland, Keevill5:53
8."Wake Up the Coma" (feat. Nick Holmes)Leeb, Pickering, Fulber, Slingerland, Keevill5:47
9."Mesmerized"Leeb, Fulber, Slingerland, Keevill, Jeremy Inkel4:47
10."Negative Territory"Leeb, Pickering, Fulber, Slingerland6:18
11."Structures"Leeb, Fulber, Johnsen, Slingerland, Keevill, Inkel5:07
12."Spitting Wind" (feat. Chris Connelly)Leeb, Fulber, Chris Connelly, Johnsen, Slingerland, Keevill5:17

Personnel

Front Line Assembly

  • Bill Leeb – vocals, keyboards, producer
  • Rhys Fulber – keyboards, programming, producer, mixing (5, 9)

Additional musicians

  • Jared Slingerland – additional production, additional programming (2, 4–12)
  • Sasha Keevill – additional production, additional programming (2, 4–12)
  • Craig Johnsen – additional programming (5, 7, 8, 11, 12)
  • Robert Görl – additional programming (1)
  • Jimmy Urine – lead vocals (3)
  • Nick Holmes – lead vocals (8)
  • Chris Connelly – lead vocals (12)
  • Ian Pickering – backing vocals (10)
  • Matt Lange – guitars (8, 12)
  • Jeff Swearengin – additional programming (4, 12)
  • Jeremy Inkel – additional programming (9, 11)

Technical personnel

Chart positions

Chart (2019) Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[19] 15
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[20] 40

References

  1. ^ a b c Yücel, Ilker (December 8, 2018). "Front Line Assembly announces details of upcoming album". ReGen Magazine. Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Tater, Marc (March 28, 2019). "Front Line Assembly: Wake up the Coma". Chain D.L.K. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Front Line Assembly – Wake Up The Coma (CD Album – Metropolis Records)". Side-Line. March 29, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Yücel, Ilker (October 23, 2018). "Front Line Assembly announces new single featuring DAF's Robert Görl". ReGen Magazine. Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  5. ^ Smoke, John E (February 21, 2019). "Album Review: Front Line Assembly – Wake Up the Coma". midlandsmetalheads.com. Burntwood: Midlands Metalheads Radio. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  6. ^ Allan, Lewis (February 2, 2019). "Review: Front Line Assembly – Wake Up The Coma". overdrive-mag.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Burke, Kevin (March 2, 2019). "Front Line Assembly Wake Up The Coma". Peek-a-boo. Belgium. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  8. ^ Vorndran, Daniela (February 12, 2019). "CD Review: Front Line Assembly - Wake Up The Coma". reflectionsofdarkness.com. Münster, Germany. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  9. ^ Yücel, Ilker (April 8, 2019). "Front Line Assembly – Wake Up the Coma". ReGen Magazine. Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  10. ^ Carlsson, Johan (February 6, 2019). "Front Line Assembly – Wake up the Coma". Release Magazine. Gothenburg: Release Musik & Media. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  11. ^ insomniac15 (February 10, 2019). "Front Line Assembly Wake Up the Coma". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved February 12, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Tater, Marc (November 13, 2018). "Front Line Assembly: Eye on You". Chain D.L.K. Taranto, Italy. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  13. ^ a b Carlsson, Johan (October 10, 2018). "New Front Line Assembly album next year, single very soon". Release Magazine. Gothenburg: Release Musik & Media. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  14. ^ Carlsson, Johan (October 23, 2018). "New single by Front Line Assembly featuring Robert Görl". Release Magazine. Gothenburg: Release Musik & Media. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  15. ^ Van Isacker, Bernard (January 14, 2019). "Front Line Assembly announces more details new 'Wake Up The Coma' album – including Falco cover". Side-Line Music Magazine. Belgium. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  16. ^ "Exclusive Premiere: Front Line Assembly - "Rock Me Amadeus"". Baeble Music. New York: Baeble Media. February 6, 2019. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  17. ^ Carlsson, Johan (December 3, 2020). "Watch the new video from Front Line Assembly". Release Magazine. Gothenburg: Release Musik & Media. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  18. ^ Bill, Leeb (November 5, 2018). "Welcome to the future – Front Line Assembly interviewed in Hamburg" (Interview). Interviewed by Jimi Nilsson. Gothenburg: Release Musik & Media. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  19. ^ "Front Line Assembly Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  20. ^ "Front Line Assembly Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
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