Nerve War

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Nerve War
Nerve War cover
Cover from the 2nd release
Studio album by Front Line Assembly
Released 1986 (1986)
Recorded 1986 (1986)
Genre Industrial
Length 90:00/93:00
Label Self-release
Front Line Assembly chronology
Nerve War
(1986)		 Total Terror
(1986)

Nerve War is the first release by the Canadian band Front Line Assembly (known as Frontline Assembly at the time). Having a limited cassette release (between 50 and 100), it remains the most sought after release from Bill Leeb and company. The songs on the tape sound more abrasive and industrial than Leeb's more recent output which leans more toward an EBM style. It has never been officially released after Front Line Assembly became more popular (supposedly the master tapes were lost), however, the mp3's have been floating around the internet since about 2002.

There are three different versions of Nerve War, with varying track listings, lengths, and titles. The original release included a song entitled "Thy Glory", which was removed from subsequent releases at the insistence of cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy, due to the usage of a bass line from his Tear Garden song. "The Steal" and "Cold As Ice" were also removed for reasons unknown, replaced with two untitled tracks. On a third version of Nerve War, "Thy Glory" reappears, along with new tracks "View To Kill", "To The World", and "Holy War I", and "Holy War II". [1]


Contents

[edit] Track listing (Original)

Side A

  1. N-29 - (7:06)
  2. Staahl - (4:30)
  3. Contraversy - (5:38)
  4. Certain Style - (6:03)
  5. Power of Oppression - (5:58)
  6. The Steal - (7:10)
  7. Cold as Ice - (4:28)
  8. Thy Glory - (4:54)

Side B

  1. Front Line - (5:03)
  2. As of You - (4:56)
  3. Untitled 1 - (3:50)
  4. Give It To Me! - (7:03)
  5. Shadows - (6:15)
  6. Take 2 - (6:24)
  7. Overcome - (8:14)
  8. Excile - (4:51)

[edit] Track listing (Thy Glory Removed)

Side A

  1. N-29 (7:06)
  2. Staahl (4:30)
  3. Contraversy (5:38)
  4. People (5:50)
  5. Untitled 5 (5:39)
  6. Untitled 4 (6:02)
  7. Certain style (6:03)
  8. Power of Oppression (5:58)

Side B

  1. Front Line (5:03)
  2. As Of You (4:56)
  3. Untitled 1 (3:50)
  4. Give It To Me (7:03)
  5. Shadows (6:15)
  6. Take 2 (6:24)
  7. Overcome (8:14)
  8. Excile (4:51)

[edit] Track listing („Promo-Tape“ – Version 3 / with Nerve War Songs )

  1. Certain Style
  2. Power Of Oppression
  3. View To Kill
  4. Front Line
  5. As Of You
  6. To The World
  7. Thy Glory

[edit] Track listing („Promo-Tape“ – Version 4 / with Nerve War Songs )

  1. Holy War I (3:19)
  2. Certain Style (6:18)
  3. Power Of Oppresion (6:16)
  4. The Steal (7:10)
  5. Untitled 1 (4:03)
  6. Front Line (5:15)
  7. Untitled 2 (4:47)
  8. Untitled 3 (5:08)
  9. Untitled 4 (4:42)
  10. Thy Glory (4:17)
  11. N-29 (7:09)
  12. Staahl (4:38)
  13. Elusive (6:11)

14. Holy War II (2:52)

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=774 Mindphaser.com NERVE WAR – detailed analysis