Search - Front Line Assembly & Friends :: Best of Cryogenic Studios

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Damien Schwader | Ft. Collins, CO United States | 02/23/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am an avid Leeb fan. I have always enjoyed Front Line, Synthaesia and Delerium. Here, we get a mild taste of the projects Leeb has been involved in. I appreciated this because some of these tracks are not easily attainable. This album is mostly industrial music regardless of the "band" that made the track. It's all fun and creative. Just what we expect from Leeb. Luckily, for those who despise commercial success, this album steers clear from anything that sounds remotely commercial. Sure, it has some definitive industrial sounds, but IMO Leeb is one of the few that ushered modern industrial into this world. Not the pioneer, but definitely innovative. The guy has been around for 20 years now. It shows on this release. A wide range that all still blends together with the obvious fact that Leeb is the mastermind behind it. I would have liked some more Fulber work, but Leeb is great too and I like this a lot. My only beef is the album booklet sucks. It doesn't have any detail. It's a one page gloss folded in half with the tracks listed again just as they are on the back. If this is a best of, why don't we get some information? Like When the track was made, what album was it on -if any, what inspired them to make this? I felt cheated in that aspect, but overall this two disc set provided more than I could have ever hoped."

The works of one talented Bill Leeb on show

Petar Vodogaz | Sydney, NSW Australia | 03/04/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Best of 'Cryogenic Studio' is a compilation of 2 CD's. There are 6 unique and distinctly different sounding units. Bill Leeb with Rhys Fulber have been the creators and the driving force behind Front Line Assembly and then branched out into side projects that became Delerium, Noise Unit, Equinox, Pro-tech and Synaesthesia. Disc 1 includes the best from FLA, rarities from Delerium and the top picks from Noise Unit.



As a fan of Delerium, these rare tracks unable to be found elsewhere were a treat and I enjoyed Noise Unit as well. Leeb's success as the driving force behind this type of industrial music puts him up there with Fear Factory.



Disc 2 includes some works from Equinox and Pro-tech. For me the pick was Noise Unit and Delerium on CD 1. This double CD pack will not disappoint fans of dark ambient industrial music."