Front Line Assembly – Millennium

The movie samples on the opening track "Vigilante" and the title track are from "Falling Down".

A big change from Tactical Neural Implant, to my ears this album in line with Neue Deutsche Härte, the switch from Third Mind to Roadrunner was substantial sound wise.

Does anybody know if this comes with the gate fold jacket?

Not sure about other peoples versions, but my test pressings (direct from Artoffact) came with 2 of the "test pressing" out sleeves as pictured here AND the full-artwork gatefold sleeve of the standard commercial release version..

This album sounds amazing, its got a huge soundstage without a click or pop to be found. What impresses me most is the artwork, its unbelievably crisp and hi res. Only having owned this on cd its fun to see all the little photographs and details on the cover.

I'm listening to it for the first time now and the sound is amazing. Great instrument separation and sonic depth; way better than the CD I've been listening to for almost 30 years. They put a lot of care into this like they did with Tactical Neural Implant. I love every song on this album, even the apparently much maligned 'Victim of a Criminal'. There's something so goddamn cool about this record that endures 3 decades later; it sure had a big influence on me and the music I make today. It was my first FLA album that my first girlfriend turned me on to in '96 and I worked backwards from there (speaking of which, it would be rad if they did a proper vinyl remaster of 'Reclamation'). I find merit in all the different eras of Front Line Assembly, but you have to it that Caustic Grip, TNI, Millennium and Hard Wired are definitely high water marks for the band. The gatefold jacket is decent and the records look cool and flat. It would have been nice for some proper liner notes but overall, I highly recommend this long overdue vinyl release.

No idea why people dislike this album. Sure it has sampled guitars, but the songs are tremendous. Easily in the top 3 of their all time best (Hard Wired, Implode, Millennium).

I loved this album back in high school but it hasn't aged well and these lyrics are unintentionally hilarious. kudos to FLA for putting them in the booklet, click 'more images' up top

5/5

I never understood why so many people hated this album. Yeah, there are guitars in it and lead to the bands departure from their earlier stuff, but when I first got this album, I listened to it non-stop for weeks. Every track was a great song. Yep, it doesn't sound like Tactical Neural Implant (my other favourite album of theirs), but it's still mixed really well.

This may not be the best FLA album, but I wouldn't say its bad. This one is for the rivet heads, heavy guitar based industrial for fans of Fear Factory, 16 volt, Chemlab and the like. Lots of layers and Bill Leeb's apocalyptic manifesto running deep on this one. The only track I don't like is Victim of a Criminal, rap and industrial don't really mix. Otherwise it's a great album by FLA.