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===Success in the new millennium (2000β2011)=== The band followed up ''Implode'' with the 2001 album ''[[Epitaph (Front Line Assembly album)|Epitaph]]''. This was the final album worked on by Peterson before departing in 2002.<ref name="RMM">{{cite web |last1=Carlsson |first1=Johan |title=All Light on Chris Peterson |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/Spotlight/spotlightfla.htm |website=[[Release Music Magazine]] |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> The album was a critical success<ref>{{cite web |title=Epitaph by Ront Line Assembly |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/epitaph/frontline-assembly |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> and spawned the single "Everything Must Perish".<ref>{{cite web |title=Everything Must Perish - Front Line Assembly |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/everything-must-perish-mw0000014958 |website=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> The album also marked the band's return to Metropolis records.<ref>{{cite web |title=Epitaph - Front Line Assembly: Releases |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/epitaph-mw0000015029/releases |website=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> [[File:FrontLineAssembly.jpg|thumb|right|alt=[[Jeremy Inkel]] (left) and [[Bill Leeb]] (right) performing live at [[Majestic Theater (Detroit, Michigan)|Magic Stick]] in [[Detroit]] in 2007 as Front Line Assembly|Bill Leeb and Jeremy Inkel performing in 2007]] Fulber rejoined the band in [[2003 in music|2003]]. The reunited duo released the single "[[Maniacal (song)|Maniacal]]" in October of that year. The single peaked at No. 15 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Dance/Electronic Singles Sales|Hot Dance Singles]].<ref name="billboardhotdance">{{cite magazine |date=November 15, 2003 |title=Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Front+Line+Assembly%22&pg=PA49 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[VNU Business Publications]] |location=New York |volume=115 |issue=46 |page=49 |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> The next year, they released the studio album ''[[Civilization (album)|Civilization]]'', which landed the No. 2 position on the German Alternative Albums chart.<ref name="dac1">{{cite web | url=http://www.djcharts.de/jahrescharts2004/DAC/album.html | title=Deutsche Alternative Charts Jahrescharts 2004 Top 50 Alben | publisher=Public Music & Media Ltd. | language=de | access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> Peterson later rejoined the band to release ''[[Artificial Soldier]]'' in 2006. It was the first album to feature new members [[Jeremy Inkel]] and [[Jared Slingerland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Artificial Soldier - Front Line Assembly: Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/artificial-soldier-mw0000538936/credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> The album peaked on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Top Dance/Electronic Albums]] chart at No. 19.<ref name=chart>{{cite magazine |title=Front Line Assembly Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/Front-Line-Assembly |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=Billboard |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> After a problem with the tour bus company, the US tour that year was cut short, and the band returned home to [[Vancouver]] after playing roughly half of their scheduled dates; performances in [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Canada]] were cancelled. The band toured in [[Europe]] in August [[2006 in music|2006]], playing in 18 cities. In April 2007, Front Line Assembly released a remix album titled ''[[Fallout (Front Line Assembly album)|Fallout]]''. The album was released in a 4-panel [[digipak]] and featured three previously unreleased tracks ("Electric Dreams," "Unconscious," and "Armageddon") and nine [[remix]]es by several other [[Industrial music|Industrial]] acts and names.<ref name="sidelinefallout">{{cite web | url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=22358_0_2_0_C | title=Forthcoming Front Line Assembly remix album countdown starts | work=Side-Line | date=April 19, 2007 | last=Van Isacker | first=B. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906032254/http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=22358_0_2_0_C |archive-date=September 6, 2013 | access-date=March 31, 2014}}</ref> After the release of the [[remix]] album, the band went out to tour [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. In 2010, Front Line Assembly released two new singles, "[[Shifting Through the Lens]]" and "Angriff", and an album, ''[[Improvised Electronic Device]]''; ''I.E.D.'' saw the band embrace a heavier, more guitar-driven sound, much like ''Millenium''.<ref name="popmattersrev">{{cite web |last=Schiller |first=Mike |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/128553-front-line-assembly-improvised-electronic-device |title=Front Line Assembly: Improvised. Electronic. Device. |publisher=[[PopMatters]] |date=August 9, 2010 |access-date=January 12, 2014}}</ref> The album reached No. 23 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart<ref name=chart /> and was supported by a series of tours throughout North America and Europe.<ref name="sidelineiednatour2010cancel">{{cite web | url=http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=45212_0_2_0_C |title=Front Line Assembly cancel US tour | work=Side-Line | last=Van Isacker | first=Bernard | date=April 10, 2010 | access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> Peterson once more left the band, starting a T-shirt company with his brother.<ref name="releaseinterview">{{cite news |url=http://releasemagazine.net/Spotlight/spotlightbillleeb2010.htm |title=Bill Leeb - a tortured soul |publisher=Release Musik & Media |last=Carlsson |first=Johan |date=July 8, 2010 |access-date=July 2, 2014}}</ref> The band completed the line-up with live drummer Jason Bazinet.<ref name="fbiednatour2">{{cite web | url=http://www.facebook.com/notes/front-line-assembly-official-fan-page/front-line-assembly-announce-first-north-american-tour-in-4-years/191162400926263 | title=Front Line Assembly Announce First North American Tour in 4 Years | work=Official Front Line Assembly Facebook Page | date=March 31, 2011 | access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
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