 They spent the next five years honing their skill and recruiting talent, all the while drawing attention to Bill Leeb, whom hired both Inkel and Slingerland into Front Line Assembly for the Artificial Soldier tour and album in 2006.LSD had begun to build a cult following, both local and abroad, and not until they found bass player Denyss McKnight and Tim Hagberg did they self-release their debut "Smartbomb EP", in June 2007.The EP was produced by Front Line Assembly/Noise Unit's Chris Peterson.