Noise Unit
Recording sessions for Noise Unit "Grinding Into Emptiness"
Background information
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Industrial,[1]EBM,[2]Electro-industrial
Years active	1989 (1989)–present
Labels	Wax Trax!, Antler-Subway, Dossier, Cleopatra, Off Beat, Metropolis, Artoffact
Members	Bill LeebRhys Fulber
Past members	Marc VerhaeghenChris PetersonJeremy Inkel

Noise Unit is a Canadianindustrial band, founded by Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly as a side project.^[3][4] The band has seen several changes in line-up, with Bill Leeb being the only permanent member.

Noise Unit's first album, Grinding into Emptiness, arose from the collaboration between Leeb and Marc Verhaeghen of Belgian industrial band Klinik.^[5][1] It was released in 1989 through Wax Trax!, and Antler-Subway.

The 1990 album Response Frequency included Rhys Fulber. After the completion of the album, Verhaeghen left Noise Unit for several years.^[6] Fulber remained with the band for the next three releases, including the contemporary techno album Decoder in 1995.^[7]

Verhaeghen resumed his collaboration with Noise Unit for the 1996 album Drill, which also featured members of German industrial band Haujobb.^[8]

After an eight-year hiatus, Leeb teamed with former Front Line Assembly member Chris Peterson in 2004 to release Voyeur in 2005.^[3] Jason Filipchuk and Michael Balch also contributed to the album.^[9] The album peaked at #4 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) and ranked #26 on the DAC Top Albums of 2005.^[10]

In 2016, Canadian label Artoffact reissued the albums Grinding Into Emptiness, Response Frequency and Drill on vinyl and CD.^[2]

In May 2020, it was announced that Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb were working on a new Noise Unit album, the first in 15 years.^[11] On November 24, 2020, album title Deviator and cover were revealed. The cover art was created by Dave McKean.^[12] In May 2021, Artoffact scheduled the release date for September 17 the same year and made the second album track "Body Aktiv" available to the public via Bandcamp.^[13] The album contained ten tracks and featured Raymond Watts on the track "Atrocity Obsession". In July 2021, Artoffact released a lyric video for this track on their YouTube channel.^[14]

In July 2022, Artoffact announced the release of a new Noise Unit album titled Cheeba City Blues for October 21, 2022. The announcement coincided with the release of the single Alone Again, co-written by former member Jeremy Inkel before his death in January 2018.^[15] One month later the band followed up with the release of the second single Dub It Up.^[16]

• Grinding Into Emptiness (1989, Wax Trax!, Antler-Subway)
• Response Frequency (1990, Antler-Subway)
• Strategy of Violence (1992, Dossier, Cleopatra)
• Decoder (1995, Dossier, Cleopatra)
• Drill (1996, Off Beat, Metropolis)
• Voyeur (2005, Metropolis)
• Deviator (2021, Artoffact)
• Cheeba City Blues (2022, Artoffact)

• "Deceit" / "Struktur" (1989, Wax Trax!, Antler-Subway)
• "Agitate" / "In Vain" (1990, Antler-Subway)