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The release of the ''millennium'' single preceded the release of the album. The single contains three remixes of the title song. Non-album track "Transtime" uses a sample from the song "Home Computer" which was released by German electronic music band [[Kraftwerk]] on their 1981 album [[Computer World]].<ref name="transtimesample">{{cite web | url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/76576/Front-Line-Assembly-Transtime-Kraftwerk-Home-Computer/ | title=Front Line Assembly's Transtime sample of Kraftwerk's Home Computer | publisher=[[WhoSampled]] | accessdate=March 23, 2014}}</ref> "Transtime" is also featured on the compilation album [[Monument (Front Line Assembly album)|Monument]].<ref name="momument">{{cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/Frontline-Assembly-Monument/release/1058569 | title=Frontline Assembly – Monument | publisher=[[Discogs]] | accessdate=March 23, 2014}}</ref> |
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The second single ''Surface Patterns'' features three remixes of the title track and non-album track "Internal Combustion". The cardboard case is mislabeled "Suface Patterns" on the spine. |
The second single ''Surface Patterns'' features three remixes of the title track and non-album track "Internal Combustion". The cardboard case is mislabeled "Suface Patterns" on the spine. |
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Millennium is an album by Industrial artists Front Line Assembly, released in 1994 by Roadrunner Records on both Compact Disc and LP formats. The album was re-released in 2007 as a limited two disc remastered edition. The second disc of which contains all of the remixes and B-sides from the Millennium and Surface Patterns singles.
The track "Surface Patterns" is featured on the soundtrack album of 1995 American horror film Hideaway.[3]
Singles
The release of the millennium single preceded the release of the album. The single contains three remixes of the title song. Non-album track "Transtime" uses a sample from the song "Home Computer" which was released by German electronic music band Kraftwerk on their 1981 album Computer World.[4] "Transtime" is also featured on the compilation album Monument.[5]
The second single Surface Patterns features three remixes of the title track and non-album track "Internal Combustion". The cardboard case is mislabeled "Suface Patterns" on the spine.
See also Disc 2 in Track listing.
Musical style
Shifting from the electronic music dominated style of Front Line Assembly's former works, Millennium makes heavy use of metal guitars. "[W]e just wanted to like do a different kind of record and just basically broadened our sound and our appeal", Bill Leeb said in an interview with Chaos Control about the change in sound, adding, "we also wanted to challenge the fans that we have, the listeners, because I’ve always been a die-hard purist in electronic music. I mean, if I could change I thought anybody else could, too."[6] Some of the guitar sounds are used as looped samples, some are played live in the studio.[6] A further addition to Front Line Assembly's sound on Millennium is rap on Victim of a Criminal.
Samples
Millennium borrows guitar riffs from several metal songs:[7]
- "Millennium", "Division of Mind": "A New Level" (Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power)
- "Surface Patterns": "Walk" (Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power),[8] "Don't Tread on Me" (Metallica - Metallica)[9]
- "Victim of a Criminal": "Dead Embryonic Cells" (Sepultura - Arise).
There are also samples from songs of other bands:[7]
- "Vigilante": "Esperanto" (Elektric Music - Esperanto)
- "Millennium": "Get Right With Me" (Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion)
- "Search and Destroy": "Nasa Arab" (Coil Vs. The Eskaton - Nasa Arab), "Religion (Pussy Whipped Mix)" (Front 242 - 06:21:03:11 Up Evil)
- "Sex Offender": "Shout (US Remix)" (Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair)[10]
The album contains several voice and effect samples from a number of films, including these:[7]
- Falling Down (to which at least the first track is also thematically related)
- Alien 3
- Full Metal Jacket
- The Fly
- Darkman
- The Abyss[11]
- Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth[12][13]
- Kafka
- Army of Darkness
- Evil Dead 2
- Fire in the Sky[14]
- Reservoir Dogs[14]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Vigilante" | 6:28 |
| 2. | "Millennium" | 6:10 |
| 3. | "Liquid Separation" | 5:05 |
| 4. | "Search and Destroy" | 6:30 |
| 5. | "Surface Patterns" | 5:36 |
| 6. | "Victim of a Criminal" (Written and composed by Leeb, Fulber and David Hansen) | 6:32 |
| 7. | "Division of Mind" | 5:47 |
| 8. | "This Faith" | 6:12 |
| 9. | "Plasma Springs" | 6:20 |
| 10. | "Sex Offender" | 8:13 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Surface Patterns (Surveillance Remix)" | 5:53 |
| 2. | "Surface Patterns (Chemical Cauldron Remix)" | 7:38 |
| 3. | "Internal Combustion" | 5:37 |
| 4. | "Surface Patterns (Scarification Remix)" | 4:35 |
| 5. | "Millennium (1000 Years Of Decay Remix)" | 6:19 |
| 6. | "Millennium (Left In Ruins Remix)" | 7:50 |
| 7. | "Transtime" | 5:58 |
| 8. | "Millennium (Until Death Remix)" | 4:43 |
| Total length: | 48:33 | |
Personnel
Front Line Assembly
- Bill Leeb – programming, vocals
- Rhys Fulber – programming
Additional musicians
- Devin Townsend – guitar (1, 7, 10)
- Don Harrison – guitar (4, 9)
- Che the Minister of Defense – vocals (6)
Technical personnel
- Greg Reely – engineering, mixing
- Delwyn Brooks – assistant engineering
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Dave McKean – design, illustration, photography
Chart positions and awards
Chart positions
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] | 31 |
Awards
Millennium was nominated for the Juno Awards of 1995 in the category Best Hard Rock Album.[16]
References
- ^ "Front Line Assembly - Millenium". Roadrunner Records. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^ "Millennium - Front Line Assembly". Allmusic. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^ "Hideaway - Das Böse (1995) Soundtracks". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^ "Front Line Assembly's Transtime sample of Kraftwerk's Home Computer". WhoSampled. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^ "Frontline Assembly – Monument". Discogs. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^ a b "Front Line Assembly". Chaos Control Digizine. 1994. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Front Line Assembly samples". mindphaser.com. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
- ^ "Front Line Assembly's Surface Patterns sample of Pantera's Walk". WhoSampled. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^ "Front Line Assembly's Surface Patterns sample of Metallica's Don't Tread on Me". WhoSampled. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^ "Front Line Assembly's Sex Offender sample of Tears for Fears's Shout (US Remix)". WhoSampled. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^ "Frontline Assembly samples". codeblog. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^ "Liquid Separation". §107.net Sources of voice samples in music. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|work=at position 9 (help) - ^ "Surface Patterns". §107.net Sources of voice samples in music. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|work=at position 9 (help) - ^ a b "Sex Offender". §107.net Sources of voice samples in music. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|work=at position 9 (help) - ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Front Line Assembly – Millennium". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^ "About – Rhys Fulber". Rhys Fulber website. Retrieved April 29, 2014.