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== Musical style ==
The band has explored many music genres across their releases, including: Industrial, [[industrial rock]], industrial metal, electronic body music and electro-industrial.<ref name=Johnson2012/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/front-line-assembly-mn0000660941/biography |title=Front Line Assembly – Biography |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 14, 2021}}</ref>

=== Development ===
Although being established as a largely [[Industrial music|industrial]] project, the band is known to take liberty in adapting their sound across many of their releases over the years. The band's early catalogue has been largely described as electronic body music, industrial and electro-industrial from ''Total Terror'' to ''Gashed Senses and Crossfire''. Rhys Fulber has featured as a prominent collaborator with Leeb across many FLA releases, as both found they have a shared interest in electronic music. Fulber officially replaced longtime member Michael Balch on ''Caustic Grip'', who was busy with other projects at the time. Fulber has since worked on and off with the band across several releases, he rejoined as a member in 2014.

''Caustic Grip'' (1990) marked a shift to [[industrial rock]] on the single "Provision", featuring guitar work that would later be featured much more extensively on the next several albums. The opening track (''Resist'') also features guitar, which is uncredited and is possibly a sample. ''Tactical Neural Implant'' released soon after in 1992 and marked a major change in the band's sound, exploring more melodic and electronic styles throughout the album. The album was the first to feature widespread use of multiple film and instrumental samples, another element to be expanded on later. The release is considered one of the band's very best by fans and critics alike.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-10|title=Rediscover: Front Line Assembly: Tactical Neural Implant|url=https://spectrumculture.com/2016/05/09/rediscover-front-line-assembly-tactical-neural-implant/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Spectrum Culture|language=en-US}}</ref>

''Millennium'' (1994) then followed and became the band's first industrial metal record, containing several guitar samples from prominent [[Heavy metal music|metal]] bands such as [[Pantera]] ("[[Walk (Pantera song)|Walk]]") alongside the [[Session musician|session]] guitar work of [[Devin Townsend]], who also appears on the follow-up ''Hard Wired'' (1995). The inclusion of guitars has since become common on recent FLA albums, such as ''Improvised Electronic Device'' (2010), though not a permanent change.

[''FLA]vour of the Weak'' (1997) is similar to ''Tactical Neural Implant'', though it has significant electronica and big beat influences and is possibly the band's most melodic and musically varied album in their entire catalogue. The album largely eschews previously used guitars and samples, featuring a more stripped-down sound. ''Flavour'' and the next two releases, ''Implode'' (1999) and ''Epitaph'' (2001), featured Chris Peterson as a collaborator (including future albums) before the return of Fulber on ''Civilization'' (2004). ''Echogenetic'' (2013) saw the band incorporate [[dubstep]] into their music, which was popular at the time.

The band released a [[soundtrack album]] titled ''AirMech'' in 2012, followed by ''WarMech'' in 2018. The albums feature a continuation of the electronica style of the band's later material. The first is the eponymous soundtrack of the game and the latter is for the game's sequel, titled ''AirMech Wastelands.''