Bill Leeb announces ‘Machine Vision’ EP on Metropolis Records – out August 22, 2025
Bill Leeb announces 'Machine Vision' EP on Metropolis Records - out August 22, 2025
Bill Leeb, best known for Front Line Assembly and Delerium, will release “Machine Vision” via Metropolis Records on August 22, 2025. The EP is a companion to his 2024 solo debut “Model Kollapse” and contains five remixes from that album plus one new track. Leeb’s solo debut “Model Kollapse” was released in September 2024 on Metropolis.
“Machine Vision” will be available as a 12-inch vinyl EP and digital download/stream. Pre-orders are live via Metropolis Records and Bandcamp. It also includes the April 4, 2025 single “Neuromotive (Stacks Mix by Rhys Fulber).
Leeb tours North America with Front Line Assembly in September–October 2025 on the Cold Waves-presented Industrial Nation run, with dates spanning September 11 to October 5.
About Bill Leeb
Bill Leeb is an Austrian-born Canadian musician based in Vancouver. He began in Skinny Puppy in 1984 under the name Wilhelm Schroeder.
In 1986, he founded Front Line Assembly (initially with Michael Balch, later joined by Rhys Fulber and Chris Peterson). In 1987, Leeb and Fulber launched Delerium, which later achieved international recognition with “Silence.”
Over the decades, Leeb’s projects have appeared on labels including Nettwerk, Third Mind, Wax Trax!, Cleopatra, Dependent, and Metropolis Records. His first solo album “Model Kollapse” was released on September 13, 2024 via Metropolis, followed in 2025 by the “Machine Vision” EP.
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