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Industrial metal is the fusion of heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. [1] Prominent industrial metal acts include Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, and Godflesh.
- Mid-1980s; United Kingdom, United States, Germany, and Switzerland
- Strapping Young Lad – City. Taking the Fear Factory blueprint and extrapolating it, Strapping Young Lad read the rulebook, acknowledged it, wiped their arses with it and scissor-kicked it into the 41st millennium.
- Skinny Puppy – Too Dark Park. Most pre-reformation Skinny Puppy records are the auditory equivalent of being eviscerated and having your gubbins tied around your body so you look like a Christmas present, but bloody hell, Too Dark Park is so infectious.
- Ministry – The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste. Not content with essentially inventing and popularising industrial metal, Ministry’s Al Jourgensen went one step further and nearly perfected it.
- Rammstein – Mutter. The jewel in Rammstein’s kinky crown. Till Lindemann’s bassy, bone-bending vocals lay atop chunky White Zombie riffs amidst more subtle, sinister moments like Nebel and the title track.
Either way, industrial metal generally possesses greater aggressive force than straight-ahead industrial, which helped the style cross over to metal and alternative audiences accustomed to guitar-driven music. Industrial metal lyrics also mirror the darkness and aggression of standard heavy metal, although the sensibility is filtered through ...
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Industrial music is a genre of music that draws on harsh, mechanical, transgressive or provocative sounds and themes. AllMusic defines industrial music as the "most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music " that was "initially a blend of avant-garde electronics experiments ( tape music, musique concrète, white noise ...
- Early-to-mid-1970s, United Kingdom, United States (Chicago), and Germany
Mar 26, 2024 · Cacophonic loops. Dyspeptic lyrics. Abrasive vocals. These are the calling cards of industrial music, the anti-establishment genre that made its mark by bridging art-rock with aggression, oblique ...
Industrial metal is a unique blend of heavy metal and industrial music. Imagine powerful guitar riffs meeting electronic beats and you've got the essence of industrial metal. This genre emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with bands like Nine Inch Nails and Ministry leading the charge.
