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Echogenetic is an album by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly, released in 2013. The band toured Europe in support of Echogenetic. With the release the band announced a remix album.
Echogenetic received mostly favorable reviews. Jeremy Atkins of Brutal Resonance wrote, "This ambitious release is a must have for fans of FLA." Raul Stanciu of Sputnik Music called Echogenetic the "updated, more atmospheric counterpart to Tactical Neural Implant." Several critics noted the Dubstep influences on Echogenetic. Gregory Burkart of FEARnet said, "It also marks a return to the band's earlier all-synth phase, losing the industrial-metal riffage that had become an integral part of their sound over the past several albums through 2010's Improvised Electronic Device." Barcode Magazine praised the songwriting: "The music is gripped by a thirst for grisly robotics, fused with formidable dubstep bass vibes, monster cyberiffs, cavernous effects and sublimely programmed beats that combine to infuse the songs with a tangible sense of power and intensity."
As opposed to the band's earlier output, guitars were absent from Echogenetic. Intravenous Magazine commented on this, saying "Instead the band assimilate the sound into their arsenal so effectively that it fits quite comfortable and even manages to mask the pronounced lack of guitars on the album."
Readers of Revolver voted Echogenetic Album of the Week for the week after its release.
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