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Electro-industrial is a music genre that emerged from industrial music in the early 1980s. While EBM (electronic body music) has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial tends to have a grittier, complex and layered sound with a more experimental [1] approach.
Electro-industrial is one of the Post-Industrial outgrowths of the initial industrial sound developed in the late 70's/early 80's by acts such as Throbbing Gristle, SPK & Cabaret Voltaire. Not merely bands using electronic instruments, electro-industrial specifically refers to a… read more.
- Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral
- Throbbing Gristle: 20 Jazz Funk Greats
- Nitzer Ebb: Belief
- Skinny Puppy: VIVIsectVI
- Rob Zombie: Hellbilly Deluxe
- KMFDM: Angst
- Front 242: Front by Front
- Ministry: Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and The Way to Suck Eggs
Amid a genre characterized by scrappy inventiveness, Trent Reznor’s output possessed a perfectionist’s polish. An energetic performer and shrewd producer, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning Reznor broke into the mainstream with his seminal, multiplatinum The Downward Spiral and has since pervaded pop culture through his work in film (The Girl With the D...
Led by Genesis P-Orridge (later of Psychic TV), the first-wave industrial music group began as a provocative, controversial art collective called COUM Transmissions. They augmented their visual work, which focused on sex and mortality, with taped samples and spoken-word performances. This evolved into stark noise compositions set to brutish beats o...
An aural gateway drug from New Wave into industrial music, the English group grew their following after opening for their friends Depeche Mode. Two years later, in 1989, they released their seminal, techno-industrial album Belief(produced by Ministry and Nine Inch Nails affiliate Flood) which contrasted brighter, pulsing beats against anti-authorit...
Pioneers in crunchy synths, angular guitars, and ghoulish vocals, the band had the art-horror theatrics to go with the sound, truly transforming the genre with VIVIsectVI. Just how disturbing is their music? In 2014, Skinny Puppy billed the US Department Of Defense to the amount of $666k, after a former Guantánamo Bay guard informed them that the A...
Like Skinny Puppy and Marilyn Manson, the White Zombie frontman found great inspiration in horror. His solo debut, Hellbilly Deluxe, is a thunderous, orgiastic industrial-metal love letter to the genre (its defining single, “Dragula,” is a reference to The Munsters). The album was a pivotal release for Rob Zombie because it not only went triple Pla...
The German band, all heart-pumping riffs and beats (best album: Angst), found their following after moving to the States and touring with Ministry in 1990. (They’d pay it forward seven years later, when Rammstein – a band they clearly influenced – opened for them.) Fans speculated that their name was an acronym for Kill Motherf__king Depeche Mode. ...
Industrial may mine darkness, but Belgian’s Front 242 created the most compelling reasons to dance to it, especially on 1988’s Front By Front. They coined the term “Electronic Body Music,” which merged industrial with early techno beats, and became fast affiliates with the burgeoning Chicago industrial scene. Their pop-culture claim to fame: “Rhyth...
It’s arguable who invented industrial metal, but there’s no mistaking that Ministry broadcast it the loudest. Their escalating potential culminated in Psalm 69. When the label asked how the band spent its $750,00 advance, they delivered “Jesus Built My Hotrod,” boasting vocals from an unintelligibly drunk Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers. The label...
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Electro-industrial music is a primary subgenre that developed in the 1980s, with the most notable bands in the genre being Front Line Assembly and Skinny Puppy.
Electro-industrial is a music genre that you'll love if you're into energetic, electronic beats with a unique twist! This style came from the fusion of electronic and industrial music in the mid-80s. It's known for its dark, yet exciting sound that often features fast-paced beats and synthetic tunes.
Electro-Industrial is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of industrial music and electronic music. It typically features aggressive, distorted and distorted synthesizers, heavily distorted vocals, and a driving beat.
