EBM was a real time bomb. A set of sounds, collages and extracts gleaned
here and there, dynamized by intense vocal parts, it would continue to
influence a lot of other groups in the years that followed. Without
Front 242's Front by Front, there would never have been a Nine Inch
Nails. An important album in the discography of the founding fathers of
EBM, Front 242 created it's own path and then laid the foundations for
industrial electronic music. This development of rhythms would be
resampled in turn by a number of eurobeat or technoid bands that came
after. Boosted by the success of the single "Headhunter", which remains
their most famous track to this day, Front 242 finally emerged from the
shadows to become the most accessible ambassadors of EBM.
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