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== Side projects and associated acts == In the course of ''Front Line Assembly''<nowiki/>'s history, current and former band members have engaged in a multitude of musical activities besides ''Front Line Assembly''. ===Active bands=== * ''[[Conjure One]]'' is Rhys Fulber's project he started after leaving Front Line Assembly in 1997, venturing deeper into [[Ambient music|ambient]] and [[worldbeat]]. Fulber released the first album under this moniker in 2002 and has since hit the charts several times. * ''[[Delerium]]'' started off as a side project in 1987. While Bill Leeb is the only constant member and band leader, collaborators include current and former Front Line Assembly personnel. The project is stylistically diverse ranging from [[Trance (music genre)|trance]], [[world music]] and [[Ambient music|ambient]] to electronic [[pop music]], features a number of female guest singers and had several chart entries and number one hits.<ref name="camusicblogmbo">{{cite web |url=http://musiccanada.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/music-box-opera-by-delerium/ |title=Music Box Opera by Delerium |author=shawnpt |date=November 4, 2012 |work=Canadian Music Blog |access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> * ''[[Fear Factory]]'' is an American industrial metal band with a long-standing working relationship with Fulber. He started off delivering remixes for Fear Factory at the beginning of the 1990s, eventually becoming their long-time producer, and was considered de facto member.<ref name="regenffinterview">{{cite web |url=http://regenmag.com/interviews/fear-factory-interview-life-in-the-industrial-age-part-1/ |title=Fear Factory Interview: Life in the Industrial Age, Part 1 | last=Yücel |first=Ilker |date=July 9, 2012 |publisher=ReGen |access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> * ''[[Left Spine Down]]'' is a Canadian [[digital hardcore]] band co-founded by Jeremy Inkel. Jared Slingerland is a former member. * ''[[Noise Unit]]'' is an industrial spin-off of Front Line Assembly launched in the late 1980s by Leeb and including Marc Verhaeghen from [[Belgium|Belgian]] industrial band [[Klinik]] on their first two albums.<ref name="sputnikmusicnoiseunit">{{cite web |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Noise-Unit/17679/ |title=Noise Unit |work=Sputnikmusic |access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> Other Front Line Assembly members joined at different times, the project also saw a collaboration with German industrial band [[Haujobb]]. * ''[[Cyberaktif]]'' is a collaboration between Bill Leeb and cEvin Key and [[Dwayne Goettel]] of Skinny Puppy in 1990 and 1991 which resulted in one album and two accompanying singles, released on Wax Trax!.<ref name="waxtraxtenebraevision">{{cite web |url=http://cherryberry321.wordpress.com/discography_2/wax_7118_cyberaktif/ |title=WAX 7118 – Cyberaktif – Tenebrae Vision |author=brandtgassman |date=February 11, 2011 |work=Wax Trax! Family Site |access-date=August 11, 2014}}</ref> The group reformed with Leeb, Key and Fulber in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artoffact.com/news/cyberaktif-returns-after-over-30-year-break/|title=Cyberaktif returns after over 30 year break!|website=Artoffact Records}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/cyberaktif-endgame-interview|title=Reunited After 33 Years, Cyberaktif Reveal Their “eNdgame”|date=February 14, 2024|website=Bandcamp Daily}}</ref> * ''[[Unit 187]]'' is a Canadian industrial metal band which Peterson wrote songs for in 2003 and later joined as full-time member. ===Inactive or defunct bands=== * ''Blackland'' was the main project of Michael Balch, launched in the first half of the 1990s after his departure from Front Line Assembly. Although having recorded a full-length album and an EP, Blackland never released officially through a label.<ref name="mpblackland">{{cite web |url=http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=424 |title=Blackland |author=((Nicholas0)) |date=February 8, 2007 |work=Mindphaser.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120072822/http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=424 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2014}}</ref> * ''[[Skinny Puppy]]'' was Leeb's first band. * ''[[Decree (band)|Decree]]'' is a [[Noise music|noise]] [[dark ambient]] [[industrial metal]] band Chris Peterson co-founded in 1991.<ref name="sputnikmusicdecree">{{cite web |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Decree/26468/ |title=Decree |work=Sputnikmusic |access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> Their most recent album is the 2011 release "Fateless", and their website is no longer active. * ''[[Equinox (electro-industrial band)|Equinox]]'' was a [[drum and bass]]-oriented side project of Leeb and Peterson that spawned an album and a single in 1998.<ref name="allmusicholon">{{AllMusic | class=album | id=holon-mw0000045612 | last=Huey | first=Steve | label=Equinox: ''Holon'' | access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> * ''[[Fauxliage]]'' is the name of the project and the album that Leeb and Fulber started and released in 2007 together with [[Sixpence None the Richer]] singer [[Leigh Nash]] whom they had worked with on past Delerium albums.<ref name="allmusicfauxliage">{{AllMusic | class=artist | id=fauxliage-mn0000496442 | tab=biography | last=Brown | first=Marisa | label=Fauxliage: ''Artist Biography by Marisa Brown'' | access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> * ''[[Intermix (band)|Intermix]]'' was a side project of Leeb and Fulber in the 1990s that focused on [[Techno music|techno]] and later on [[Ambient music|ambient]].<ref name="orphicmusicintermix">{{cite web |url=http://www.orphicmusic.com/AE/reviews.php?id=intermix |title=Intermix |last=Smootz |first=Derek |work=Orphicmusic.com |publisher=Derek Smootz |access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> * ''[[List of Skinny Puppy side projects|Mutual Mortuary]]'' was a collaboration between Leeb and Skinny Puppy's Nivek Ogre which resulted in two tracks released on compilations in 1986.<ref name="mpmutualmortuary">{{cite web |url=http://mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=585 |title=Mutual Mortuary |author=((epidemic27)) |date=January 24, 2007 |work=Mindphaser.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825125538/http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=585 |archive-date=August 25, 2012 |access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> Ogre was opposed to releasing any track of the project, claiming the tracks were unfinished.<ref name="brapspdisco">{{cite web |url=http://www.prongs.org/brap/other.html |title=Brap...The Skinny Puppy Discography – Other Projects |last=Lim |first=Stacy |work=Brap...The Skinny Puppy Discography website |access-date=August 19, 2014}}</ref> * ''[[Pro-Tech|Pro>Tech]]'' was a solo effort of Leeb in 1997 which spawned only one album that bore similarities with Front Line Assembly's ''[FLA]vour of the Weak''.<ref name="mpprotech">{{cite web |url=http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=88 |title=Pro>Tech > History |author=Bahn™ |work=Mindphaser.com |date=September 7, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120072756/http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=88 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> * ''[[Chris Peterson (producer)|Revelstoker]]'' was a drum 'n' bass side project of Chris Peterson that released only one track on a compilation of Vancouver-based label Xynthetic in 2007.<ref name="sidelinepurpose">{{cite web |url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=20335_0_2_0_C |title=Front Line Assembly member delivers exclusive track for compilation netlabel |last=Van Isacker |first=Bernard |date=January 25, 2007 |work=Side-Line |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713125217/http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=20335_0_2_0_C |archive-date=July 13, 2009 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> * ''[[Stiff Valentine]]'' is a Canadian metal band for which Jared Slingerland appeared as guest member. Their most recent release was the track "Coke Ah Cola" for the 2015 compilation [[Electronic Saviors Volume 3: Remission]]. * ''[[Synæsthesia (Canadian band)|Synæsthesia]]'' was an ambient side project of Leeb and Fulber in the 1990s.<ref name="sputnikmusicsynaesthesia">{{cite web |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Synaesthesia-(CA)/31936/ |title=Synaesthesia (CA) |website=Sputnikmusic |access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> * ''[[Will (band)|Will]]'' was an industrial venture of Peterson and Fulber together with vocalist John McRae.<ref name="mpwill">{{cite web |author=Sokolov |first=Veronika |date=April 10, 2025 |title=Front Line Assembly: ‘Mechviruses’ Revisits Game Soundtrack Through Remixes |url=https://www.atmostfear-entertainment.com/music/releases/front-line-assembly-mechviruses-revisits-game-soundtrack-through-remixes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429163537/https://www.atmostfear-entertainment.com/music/releases/front-line-assembly-mechviruses-revisits-game-soundtrack-through-remixes/ |archive-date=April 29, 2025 |access-date=April 29, 2025 |work=Atmostfear Entertainment}}</ref>
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