Strategy of Violence is an album by industrial music

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 artists Noise Unit

Noise Unit

Noise Unit is a musical band, a side-project of the prolific Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber, of Front Line Assembly. Its members have included Marc Verhaeghen and Chris Peterson...

. For the band's two previous releases, Grinding Into Emptiness

Grinding Into Emptiness

Grinding Into Emptiness is an album by industrial music artists Noise Unit. It is the first of two collaborations under this moniker between Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly and Marc Verhaeghen of Klinik...

 and Response Frequency

Response Frequency

Response Frequency is an album by industrial music artists Noise Unit. It is the second collaboration between Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly and Marc Verhaeghen of Klinik who were joined on this venture by Leeb's regular Front Line Assembly cohort Rhys Fulber...

, the line-up consisted primarily of Marc Verhaeghen of Klinik

Klinik

Klinik, , is an industrial music band from Belgium, originally formed around 1982 by electro-synthpop practitioner Marc Verhaeghen, who is the only constant member.-History:...

 and Bill Leeb

Bill Leeb

Bill Leeb is an electronic musician.He moved to Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada with his family when he was 13...

 of Front Line Assembly

Front Line Assembly

Front Line Assembly is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining...

. However, during this project Verhaegen did not participate at all, being replaced by Leeb's long-time Front Line Assembly cohort Rhys Fulber

Rhys Fulber

Nowell Rhys Fulber is a Canadian electronic musician and producer. He was a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium along with Bill Leeb, and now records on his own under the name Conjure One.- Biography :...

, essentially making this another Front Line Assembly album. Originally release by German label Dossier Records in 1992, it is from the same era as Front Line Assembly's Caustic Grip

Caustic Grip

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 and Tactical Neural Implant

Tactical Neural Implant

Tactical Neural Implant is an album by electro-industrial artists Front Line Assembly. Third Mind Records originally released it in 1992 on both compact-disc and LP formats...

 releases but features a clear leap forward in riff construction and complexity, a style which was again utilized heavily for FLA's Hard Wired

Hard Wired

Hard Wired is an album by Front Line Assembly, released in 1995. It makes extensive use of audio-clips from the 1995 film In the Mouth of Madness, especially in the track "Mortal." The album includes artwork by David McKean....

 album in 1995, a full 3 years after the release of Strategy of Violence. The album was licensed to Cleopatra Records

Cleopatra Records

Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...

 for re-release in 1994 with an alternative cover.

Track listing

1. Corroded Decay - 5:26
2. Hollow Ground - 6:33
3. Hate You Feel - 5:29
4. Assault - 5:46
5. Carnage - 5:19
6. Kick To Kill - 4:08
7. Alle Gegen Alles - 4:34
8. The Passage - 5:18
9. No Soul, No Fear - 6:26

Personnel

• Bill Leeb
  Bill Leeb
  Bill Leeb is an electronic musician.He moved to Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada with his family when he was 13...
  
    - vocals, programming, mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
  In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
  
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• Rhys Fulber
  Rhys Fulber
  Nowell Rhys Fulber is a Canadian electronic musician and producer. He was a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium along with Bill Leeb, and now records on his own under the name Conjure One.- Biography :...
  
    - programming, mixing.
• Chris Peterson - assistance with mixing.