Caustic Grip is the fifth full-length studio album by Front Line Assembly, originally released on Third Mind Records in Europe and on Wax Trax!

[2] Originally intended to record the successor to Gashed Senses & Crossfire together with Leeb, Balch took on tour obligations for Ministry and Revolting Cocks.

[7] Caustic Grip also marked the beginning of the long-standing collaboration with Canadian record producer Greg Reely who assumed mixing duties on the album.

[1] The band wrote and programmed the whole album in Leeb's apartment with analog equipment, a turntable and a cassette deck, while mixing and recording of the vocals took place at Vancouver Studios within ten days.

[14] The different release formats include tracks also appearing on the album – "Provision", "Iceolate" and "Mental Distortion" – as well as remixes of "Virus", "Resist" and "Overkill".