Wake Up the Coma

Wake Up the Coma is the sixteenth full-length studio album by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly. It was released on February 8, 2019 on CD, vinyl and digitally through Metropolis.[1]

Wake Up the Coma
Studio album by
Front Line Assembly
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2019 (2019-02-08)[1]
Recorded2018
Studio
GenreElectro-industrial,[2] EBM[3]
Length62:26
LabelMetropolis
Producer
Front Line Assembly chronology
WarMech
(2018)		 Wake Up the Coma
(2019)		 Mechanical Soul
(2021)
Singles from Wake Up the Coma
  1. "Eye on You"
    Released: November 16, 2018[4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chain D.L.K.[2]
Midlands Metalheads Radio[5]
OverdriveFavorable[6]
Peek-a-boo90/100[7]
Reflections of Darkness9.5/10[8]
ReGenFavorable[9]
Release8/10[10]
Side-Line8/10[3]
Sputnikmusic[11]

Release and promotion

A digital only single titled "Eye on You",[12] originally scheduled for release on November 2, 2018,[13] was released on November 16 to promote the album. It features Robert Görl of German electropunk band Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft[14] and contains two remixes of the title track: one by Terence Fixmer and one by Orphx.

The release date of the album was moved from October 2018 to February 2019.[13] In December, the band announced the final release date of February 8, 2019. Chris Connelly, Nick Holmes and Jimmy Urine would appear on the album as guests, the latter on a cover of Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus".[1] In January 2019 the band revealed the album's tracklist.[15]

Two days before the album's release, a video for "Rock Me Amadeus" directed by Jason Alacrity premiered at Baeble Music.[16]

On December 2, 2020 Front Line Assembly released a video for the track "Arbeit" directed by Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen and starring Danish actor Kim Sønderholm.[17]

Themes

"'Eye on You' is definitely about the paranoia of our governments watching us [...], but there’s a couple of songs that are about the complexities in relationships between people today as well", said vocalist Bill Leeb in an interview with Release Magazine.[18]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Eye on You" (feat. Robert Görl)Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber, Robert Görl, Ian Pickering4:30
2."Arbeit"Leeb, Fulber, Jared Slingerland, Sasha Keevill5:02
3."Rock Me Amadeus" (feat. Jimmy Urine)Falco, Rob Bolland, Ferdi Bolland4:14
4."Tilt"Leeb, Slingerland, Keevill5:10
5."Hatevol"Leeb, Fulber, Slingerland, Keevill5:00
6."Proximity"Leeb, Fulber, Slingerland, Keevill5:21
7."Living a Lie"Leeb, Craig Johnsen, Slingerland, Keevill5:53
8."Wake Up the Coma" (feat. Nick Holmes)Leeb, Pickering, Fulber, Slingerland, Keevill5:47
9."Mesmerized"Leeb, Fulber, Slingerland, Keevill, Jeremy Inkel4:47
10."Negative Territory"Leeb, Pickering, Fulber, Slingerland6:18
11."Structures"Leeb, Fulber, Johnsen, Slingerland, Keevill, Inkel5:07
12."Spitting Wind" (feat. Chris Connelly)Leeb, Fulber, Chris Connelly, Johnsen, Slingerland, Keevill5:17

Personnel

Front Line Assembly
  • Bill Leeb – vocals, keyboards, producer
  • Rhys Fulber – keyboards, programming, producer, mixing (5, 9)

Additional musicians
  • Jared Slingerland – additional production, additional programming (2, 4–12)
  • Sasha Keevill – additional production, additional programming (2, 4–12)
  • Craig Johnsen – additional programming (5, 7, 8, 11, 12)
  • Robert Görl – additional programming (1)
  • Jimmy Urine – lead vocals (3)
  • Nick Holmes – lead vocals (8)
  • Chris Connelly – lead vocals (12)
  • Ian Pickering – backing vocals (10)
  • Matt Lange – guitars (8, 12)
  • Jeff Swearengin – additional programming (4, 12)
  • Jeremy Inkel – additional programming (9, 11)

Technical personnel

Chart positions
Chart (2019) Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[19] 15
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[20] 40

References
  1. Yücel, Ilker (December 8, 2018). "Front Line Assembly announces details of upcoming album". ReGen Magazine. Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. Tater, Marc (March 28, 2019). "Front Line Assembly: Wake up the Coma". Chain D.L.K. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  3. "Front Line Assembly – Wake Up The Coma (CD Album – Metropolis Records)". Side-Line. March 29, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  4. Yücel, Ilker (October 23, 2018). "Front Line Assembly announces new single featuring DAF's Robert Görl". ReGen Magazine. Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  5. Smoke, John E (February 21, 2019). "Album Review: Front Line Assembly – Wake Up the Coma". midlandsmetalheads.com. Burntwood: Midlands Metalheads Radio. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  6. Allan, Lewis (February 2, 2019). "Review: Front Line Assembly – Wake Up The Coma". overdrive-mag.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. Burke, Kevin (March 2, 2019). "Front Line Assembly Wake Up The Coma". Peek-a-boo. Belgium. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  8. Vorndran, Daniela (February 12, 2019). "CD Review: Front Line Assembly - Wake Up The Coma". reflectionsofdarkness.com. Münster, Germany. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  9. Yücel, Ilker (April 8, 2019). "Front Line Assembly – Wake Up the Coma". ReGen Magazine. Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  10. Carlsson, Johan (February 6, 2019). "Front Line Assembly – Wake up the Coma". Release Magazine. Gothenburg: Release Musik & Media. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  11. insomniac15 (February 10, 2019). "Front Line Assembly Wake Up the Coma". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  12. Tater, Marc (November 13, 2018). "Front Line Assembly: Eye on You". Chain D.L.K. Taranto, Italy. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  13. Carlsson, Johan (October 10, 2018). "New Front Line Assembly album next year, single very soon". Release Magazine. Gothenburg: Release Musik & Media. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  14. Carlsson, Johan (October 23, 2018). "New single by Front Line Assembly featuring Robert Görl". Release Magazine. Gothenburg: Release Musik & Media. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  15. Van Isacker, Bernard (January 14, 2019). "Front Line Assembly announces more details new 'Wake Up The Coma' album – including Falco cover". Side-Line Music Magazine. Belgium. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  16. "Exclusive Premiere: Front Line Assembly - "Rock Me Amadeus"". Baeble Music. New York: Baeble Media. February 6, 2019. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  17. Carlsson, Johan (December 3, 2020). "Watch the new video from Front Line Assembly". Release Magazine. Gothenburg: Release Musik & Media. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  18. Bill, Leeb (November 5, 2018). "Welcome to the future – Front Line Assembly interviewed in Hamburg" (Interview). Interviewed by Jimi Nilsson. Gothenburg: Release Musik & Media. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  19. "Front Line Assembly Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  20. "Front Line Assembly Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
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