''WarMech'' is a

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album by

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-based

electro-industrial Electro-industrial is a music genre that emerged from industrial music in the early 1980s. While EBM (electronic body music) has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial tends to have a grittier, complex and layered sound wi ...

band

Front Line Assembly Front Line Assembly (FLA) is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. FLA has developed its own sound incorporating elements of electronic body music and electro-industrial. The band's members ...

. The album was released through

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on June 22, 2018 as the soundtrack to Carbon Games' ''AirMech Wastelands'', a sequel to the 2012 video game ''

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'' that also featured a

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by Front Line Assembly. ''WarMech'' features

Jeremy Inkel Jeremy Michel Neville Inkel (8 February 1983 – 11 January 2018) was a Canadian electronic musician based in Vancouver. He was best known as a keyboard player and programmer for Left Spine Down and electro-industrial band Front Line Assembly as we ...

's final recordings, as he died on January 13, 2018. The songs "Mechvirus" and "Molotov" were released for early streaming through the group's

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account.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from ''WarMech'' liner notes.

Front Line Assembly

Bill Leeb Wilhelm Anton "Bill" Leeb (born 21 September 1966, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-Canadian electronic musician and record producer. He is best known for being a founding member of the industrial music group Front Line Assembly. Additionally ...

– vocals, electronic instruments, production *

Jared Slingerland Jared Slingerland (born January 16, 1984) is a Canadian guitarist and electronic musician based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as a member of the electro-industrial band Front Line Assembly (FLA). History Early life Slingerlan ...

– electronic instruments, production *

– strings recording, electronic instruments, production * Sasha Keevil – electronic instruments, production * Craig Johnson – electronic instruments, production

Additional musicians

* Jason Bazinet – additional samples

Technical personnel

Dave McKean David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpt ...

– album art

Chart history

References

External links

''WarMech''
on the

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platform
''AirMech Wastelands''
on the Steam platform
''AirMech'' site at Carbon Games
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