Reclamation

Faith No More - Sol Invictus (2015) {Japan Edition - Reclamation! Recordings, HSE-30351} [a Japan only bonus track]
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© 2015 Reclamation! Recordings / Ipecac Recordings / Hostess Entertainment | RRIPCOO2J / HSE-30351
Rock / Alternative / Alternative Metal / Funk Metal

First album release from Faith No More in 18 years. Comes with lyrics and liner notes. Special Feature / Bonus Track: a Japan only bonus track. In the years before Nirvana rewrote the book on the commercial possibilities of alternative rock, Faith No More were one of the rare alt-rock acts that managed to have a major commercial success on their own terms with the catchy but uncompromised funk-metal monster "Epic," from 1989's The Real Thing. But it quickly became clear that wild card vocalist Mike Patton, who joined during the sessions for The Real Thing, had greater stylistic ambitions for Faith No More than he was able to cram into that album's framework, and the group's follow-up, 1992's Angel Dust, was a strange, fascinating, and wildly diverse album that blew open the group's creative palette without much concern for their new audience, and in the grand tradition of the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique, it was at once a creative touchstone and a commercial disappointment.

The influential Front Line Assembly was far ahead of their time. Although later technoid groups would achieve far more popularity (Nine Inch Nials, Prodigy), most of the later industrial/electronic sounds were first laid down by Front Line Assembly. Formed in Vancouver, Canada back in 1986, FLA were one of the first groups (along with Skinny Puppy and Ministry) to fuse dance music with elements of both rock and alternative. Shouted vocals, repetitive synthesizers, and drum machines, eerie sound effects, and darkly futuristic lyrics were all present in the mix. Reclamation is essentially a best-of compilation covering 1989-1993, but also includes remixes and hard-to-find B-sides, making it the perfect introduction to the band and an indispensable addition to longtime fans' collections.