''Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2'' is a compilation album, released in 2000, and the follow-up to the 1998 album Cryogenic Studios. It is composed from songs of

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, and Synæsthesia, all of which are projects of

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. The album title refers to the name of ''Cryogenic Studio'' in Vancouver that serves as headquarters studio for Front Line Assembly and related side projects. All tracks except "Biosphere", "Eros", "Door to the Otherside", "Miracle", "Inner Chaos", and "Re-Thread" were re-released in 2005 by

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on the compilation album ''The Best of Cryogenic Studio'', together with most of the tracks from previous compilation album '' Cryogenic Studios''. The back cover shows several errors. The sixth song on disc one is called "Door to the Otherside" but only "Otherside" is visible. The ninth track on disc two is falsely labeled "Turmoil" and the track's length is not correct. Also, the number of the bands does not match the number of the songs.

Track listing

"Amnesia", "Amorphous", and "Ambience" are previously unreleased.

Personnel

Front Line Assembly

* Chris Peterson * Rhys Fulber * Michael Balch

Technical personnel

* Carylann Loeppky – cover art

References

{{Authority control Front Line Assembly compilation albums 2000 compilation albums Cleopatra Records compilation albums Industrial compilation albums