Everything Must Perish [Single]

Front Line Assembly | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 11, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Metropolis Records
• ASIN: B00005NGZ3
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #458,901 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holy..., February 13, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Everything Must Perish (Audio CD)

If there was one word to discribe what I found on this album it would be "Why." Where has Bill Leeb been with this? I am wondering if "Providence" could be some sort of a prelude to one of his best works yet, perhaps a rebirth in not Delerium per se, but rather in the side-project Intermix. If Bill Leeb ever decided to create an new Intermix album with songs like "Providence" and "Terra Firma / Delerium" then that would be an album I would never stop listening to. I heard that he was working on side projects along with working on "Chimera," perhaps my wish may become reality.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too bad the rest of Epitaph doesn't live up to this., October 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Everything Must Perish (Audio CD)

"Everything Must Perish" is a marvelous dance song. First off, I am not a fan of Frontline Assembly. But I am a big fan of most other Leeb/Fulber/Peterson projects (especially Delerium). I sampled the single in a used music store (yes, the cd was already being sold as used), and I loved it. It was much more upbeat and catchier than previous Frontline Assembly stuff, and the vocals were actually well-sung vocals; not distorted try-to-be-evil growls. And the bonus track "Providence": incredible! It does sound like it would belong more on a Delerium album, but the beats are a little more intense and the sound is just a little darker. I got the impression from the single that FLA had changed (and improved) their sound with the new album. I happened to stumble upon "Epitaph" today at Best Buy (three days before it's supposed to be released), so I bought it, excited for more of this new sound. Unfortunately, all tracks besides "Everything Must Perish" are more of the same old stuff. The vocals are just growls and the overall sound is the typical ridiculously dark stuff. Being a huge fan of Delerium, the darkness now seems quite fake coming from Leeb and the gang. Or maybe the lightness of Delerium is fake, but I am biased as a Delerium fan. To give the rest of "Epitaph" some credit, though, the music is pretty cool. I really do like all of Leeb and company's music (at least the stuff from Delerium's "Semantic Spaces" on); FLA is just brought down by the vocals in my opinion. So anyway, the single is definitely worth getting for both "Everything Must Perish" and "Providence." Both are the best songs FLA have ever come up with. But if you're not a fan of FLA's old dark stuff that sounds like good background music while reading the Necrinomicon, skip "Epitaph."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent, eminently melodic FLA, September 28, 2001

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D. M. MATALLIN "Origami" (Valencia, Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everything Must Perish (Audio CD)

'Providence' is a typical later Delerium song, which is: angelic female voices, more danceable than before, soft beats... I didn't like 'Poem', so I'm not very reliable as a critic for those who like this Delerium. I'm not against it, but I loved the early Delerium, actually.

But here comes the real FLA song, 'Everything Must Perish': I must admit that, even though I really like FLA, I stmes think that a bit more melody wouldn't be out of place. That's why my favourite songs from previous albums were 'Threshold', 'Lifeline', 'Infra-Red Combat', 'This Faith'...
And that's why 'Implode' is my favourite FLA album: songs like 'Falling', 'Prophecy', 'Unknown Dreams', 'Silent Ceremony'... were prettier than ever.
And so I love 'Everything Must Perish': It is more danceable that 'Unknown Dreams', for example, but the chorus is as catchy, you can actually sing it with pleasure, you can understand exactly what Leeb's undistorted voice says: he even chooses to whisper or sing beautifully depending on the moment: his voice transmits many more nuances than he did on albums like 'Millenium' or 'Hard Wired', for example. I like some distortions, but his voice is more beautiful than expected...
So I can't take the chorus of this song out of my head since I listened to it for the first time.
And from what I've listened so far from 'Epitaph' the album, we can expect more of this, and also more agressive and danceable songs...

It seems Leeb & Peterson follow the path started by 'Implode': to merge aspects from other side-proects into FLA: so FLA's spectrum is richer and wider than ever. And I welcome that.

So 3 stars for 'Providence', 5 stars for 'Everything Must Perish'