Flesh Field is an American electronic / industrial band formed in 1996 by Ian Ross in

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, United States. The name Flesh Field is an unofficial term Ian Ross came up with to describe the psychological defense mechanisms of rape victims.

History

Rian Miller joined the band in 1997 to contribute female

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. The band's debut album, ''Viral Extinction'', peaked at #18 on the

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RPM Charts in the U.S. and ranked #31 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) Top 50 Albums of year 2000. The followup EP, ''Redemption'', peaked at #12 on the CMJ RPM Charts. In 2004, Rian was replaced by another female vocalist, Wendy Yanko. Their 2004 album '' Strain'' peaked at number 4 on the 2005 DAC, charting for 8 weeks. In 2005, Flesh Field performed at the

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, Germany. In January 2011, Ian Ross pronounced the retirement of Flesh Field as a musical project. Ian went on to further say that he will continue to make music, and that he is considering a new project. Seven of the instrumentals for "Tyranny of the Majority" were released on the official Flesh Field website mastered along with two additional untitled instrumentals that were cut from the album. Two of the album's tracks, "Swarm" and "Forgotten Trauma" can be found on the albums, ''Dependence: Next Level Electronics: Volume 2'' and ''Septic VI'' respectively. Flesh Field's track "Beneath Contempt" appeared in season 5, episode 8 of the

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''. Flesh Field released the album ''Voice of the Echo Chamber'' on November 3, 2023, and the album ''Voice of Reason'' on April 26, 2024. Flesh Field's track "Uprising" appeared in the end credits of the Hulu original science fiction thriller film " The Mill (2023 film)" released in October 2023.

Members

* Ian Ross - All Music, Lyrics, Vocals

Former members

* Rian Miller - vocals * Wendy Yanko - Vocals * Scott Tron/Matthias Ewald - Keyboards (live performances only) * Josh Creamer - Guitar (live performances only)

Discography

Albums

*''Viral Extinction'': Inception Records / Trisol/Matrix Cube (1999) *''Redemption EP'': Inception Records / Trisol/Matrix Cube (2000) *''Belief Control'': Inception Records / Trisol/Matrix Cube (2001) *'' Strain'':

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/ Dependent Records (2004) *''

Tyranny Of The Majority Tyranny of the majority refers to a situation in majority rule where the preferences and interests of the majority dominate the political landscape, potentially sidelining or repressing minority groups and using majority rule to take non-democrat ...

'': Free internet release (instrumentals only) (2011) *
Voice of the Echo Chamber
': Metropolis Records (2023) *

': Metropolis Records (2024)

Singles

*"Beautifully Violent"

Internet release

*''Inferior EP'': (2003) *''Conquer Me EP'': (2003)

Film, video game and television appearances

*''Haven'': Project Gotham Racing 3 (2005) *''Uprising'': Crackdown (2007) *''Forgotten Trauma'': Project Gotham Racing 4 (2007) *''Voice of Dissent (Remix)'': Trailer for The Club at the 2006 E3 *''Beneath Contempt'':

Season 5, Episode 8 "Somebody that I Used to Know" (2012) *''Uprising'': The Mill (2023 film)

References

External links

Flesh Field official homepage

Flesh Field page in VK

Discogs page

Bandcamp page

Flesh Field official Myspace page

Flesh Field official Vampirefreaks page
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2005 Interview with Jeremy Eckhart of Grave Concerns
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