Industrial metal is a
musical genre that draws elements from industrial music
and heavy metal music. Industrial metal music is usually
centered around metal guitar riffs and industrial
synthesizer/sequencer lines, heavily distorted, very low
pitched guitars, as well as harsh vocals, but in some
instances can have clean vocals. This term is used quite
loosely, describing everything from industrial bands
sampling metal riffs to heavy metal groups augmented
with sequencers and drum machines. Industrial metal
encompasses industrial subgenres such as aggro-industrial
and coldwave (see List of post-industrial music genres
and related fusion genres) and often overlaps some
elements of nu-metal and post-punk.
It is difficult to distinguish many industrial metal
artists and industrial rock because both genres leave
much room for ingenuity and creativity. By convention,
all industrial metal artists may be more vaguely
described as industrial rock as well, but not all
industrial rock artists are properly described as
industrial metal.
Though guitars had been used by industrial groups like
Throbbing Gristle since the early days of the genre, it
wasn't until the late-1980s that industrial and metal
began to fuse into a common genre. The industrial metal
scene was the result of the convergence of a number of
different musical trends, although the British band
Killing Joke is generally considered a pioneer of
industrial rock and was a major influence on many
industrial metal bands. Coming out of the late 70's/early
80's, their sound, considered post-punk at the time,
combined dark punk/quasi-metallic post-punk with
synthesizers and rhythms that alternated between dance
(a disco influence), thrash, and tribal. Big Black can
also be considered a great infleunce on the industrial
metal sound. Finally, the band Chrome has been mixing
punk with industrial and electronic music since the late
70s, and although they are considered to be very
influential by artists within the genre, they are often
overlooked by fans.
A number of electronic bands had begun to add elements
of metal to their music, with Ministry's The Land of
Rape and Honey and Godflesh's self-titled EP at the
forefront (both released in 1988). Previously a
guitarless band, Ministry's inclusion of metal guitars
on "Stigmata", "The Missing", and "Deity" proved to be a
watershed event. Subsequent albums, The Mind is a
Terrible Thing to Taste and ??F????T (commonly referred
to as simply "Psalm 69"), would establish Ministry as a
premier industrial metal act. Godflesh went their own
way, melding Sabbath riffs with The Swans's crawling
pace, topped with Throbbing Gristle-like white noise
blasts. Though not a top-seller compared to Ministry,
Godflesh became hugely influential, their name regularly
dropped by Danzig, Faith No More, Fear Factory, Korn and
Metallica.
At the same time, KMFDM was bringing metal influences to
its guitars in singles like 1989's Virus and 1990s
Godlike. In 1990, Killing Joke released the explosive
Extremities, Dirt And Various Repressed Emotions, which
built the band's earlier dark, brooding sound and
electronic experiments into an industrial metal sound. A
final element was added by a number of technologically
advanced bands within the metal scene, spearheaded by
Canadians, Voivod.
Industrial metal blossomed in the early 1990s,
particularly in North America where it outstripped pure
industrial in popularity. The original strain of
industrial metal became known as aggro-industrial, while
a new form featuring punk- and hardcore-influenced
guitars and more pronounced synthesizer accompaniment
became known as coldwave. Prominent coldwave bands
included Chemlab, 16 Volt, and Acumen (later Acumen
Nation), though more recently, Acumen Nation has nearly
dropped all electronics in favor of a more metal sound.
In Europe, some groups such as Young Gods and Swamp
Terrorists would create industrial metal without live
guitars, relying wholly on samplers. Many established
groups adopted industrial-metal techniques around this
period, either temporarily or permanently, including
Skinny Puppy (on the Jourgensen-produced Rabies), Front
Line Assembly and Die Krupps.
More recently, groups like Rammstein and Oomph! have
taken inspiration from electronic music as well as
industrial and hard rock to create a new genre called
Neue Deutsche Härte (New German Hardness) or what
Rammstein describe as "Tanz-Metall" or "dance metal".
The influence of industrial metal has permeated
throughout the heavy metal genre, with a number of bands
accenting their live instrumentation with industrial
programming and sampling. Fear Factory is one of the
most notable, incorporating electronic elements from a
very early stage and often being produced by Rhys Fulber
of Front Line Assembly. Devin Townsend's metal band,
Strapping Young Lad, also features pronounced
industrial-metal aspects. Many contemporary metal/nu-metal
groups, drawing influences from industrial, hip hop, and
electronica, have incorporated samplers and sequencers.
As a result, acts like Rob Zombie, Static-X, Powerman
5000, Monster Voodoo Machine and Dope are often, though
inconsistently, included in industrial metal.
(Taken from
wikipedia.org)
Within the industrial metal style, we can name many
different subgenres, all of which you can find several
bands on our page.
Alternative
Bands mixing metal with powerful noise, ambient or in
common.
Featured bands: Beat In Zen, B-Low, CriadCrias,
DerDrakos, Destination Zero, Digitalis Purpurea,
Division Alpha, Dolls of Pain, Dominion III, Drumcorps,
Feldgrau, Forgotten Sunrise, Glaukom Synod, Habacus
Hordes, Heritech, Infection Code, Kill The Thrill, La
Division Mentale, Low Distortion Unit, Mecha Godzilla,
Mechanism, Nemesis Industries, Obizio-Dei, Pedigree,
P.H.O.B.O.S., Plan E, Plasma Pool, Plutonium, The
Processus, [P.U.T], PxS.6, Raism, Rave Party Animals,
Reduxtion, Society Hates, Stigma Diabolicum, Terrodrown,
Torso, Tourette Syndrom, T.Raumschmiere, Violent Diva,
Virgins O.R Pigeons, The Wicked, ZNO, ZS Concept, Zweizz,
Non-featured bands (yet): ...
Cyber Grind
Bands mixing grindcore with all kinds of industrial and
cyber influences.
Featured bands: Anal Penetration, The Berzerker,
Headcrash, Insidious, Legionz ov Hell, M.A.C. of Mad,
Nebel, S.M.E.S., Tourette Syndrom, Tristwood, Umbah,
Non-featured bands (yet): Spermswamp, Kots
Cyber Metal
Industrial metal with a more cyberish approach.
Featured bands: Akado, ...And Oceans, Anti, Ashcorn,
Asyndess, Beneath Eden, Bristol Myers Squibb, Chaotica,
Conflict, Cruentus, Cryogen, Cynergy 67, Dekadenz,
Dimension F3H, Doomsday Refreshment Committee, DyNAbyte,
Embrioma, Eric Ortiz, Finish Me Off, Freak XXI, Furia,
Generation of Dawn, Golden Age, Havoc Unit, IMP9MM,
Industrial Company Inc., Interlock, Jenx, Kaos Krew,
Killus, The Kovenant, Kreuzdammer, Ktulu, Limbogott,
Lucky Striker 201, Luntara, Malmonde, Marazene, Marlee,
Miksha, More.Machine.Than.Man, Mors in Tabula, Moshpit,
MXD, Next Waste Dimension, Noctiferia, Noidz, OAK,
Obizio-Dei, Orbeth, Pain, Paulzeder, Pedigree,
Pentatonik, Plastic Whore, Project: Failing Flesh, The
Project Hate MCMXCIX, Psionic, Psy-Kick, Rasta, Re:Aktor,
Ruoska, Sapient Network, Scorngrain, Shadowcast, Shöck,
Sybreed, Synthetic Breed, Thyrane, Vergeltung, Violent
Work of Art, Winds Died Down, Xe-None, X-Ternals, Zavod,
Zinkruz,
Non-featured bands (yet): ...
Cyber Punk
Bands mixing (modern) punk music with industrial and
techno.
Featured bands: Bioconflict, Bloody Suicide Gang,
Brutalizzed Kids, Deathboy, Digicore, Dope Stars Inc,
Hæckefløsse, KMFDM, Latexxx Teens, Malakwa, Mes In Je
Rib, Muckrackers, Nekrotech, Psydoll, Punish Yourself,
Rave Party Animals, Ruth, Sex Machine, Stillborn Child,
T.Raumschmiere, Undercover Slut,
Non-featured bands (yet): ...
Dance Metal
Bands who create an explosive mix between metal and
dance, techno, trance, etc.
Featured bands: Blood, Bremenn, Bristol Myers Squibb,
Cold+Sleep, Deep Metal Mechanic, DerDrakos, Doomsday
Refreshment Committee, Dope Stars Inc, Drones, Krell,
Mes In Je Rib, MortIIs, Pain, Raism, Rammstein, Reel,
Replica, Samael, Sex Machine, Skinflick, T3chn0ph0b1a,
Turmion Kätilöt, Unk!, Whaw!Zaiks, Xe-None,
Non-featured bands (yet): ...
Electro Metal
Maybe the less extreme one. Bands who create a mix
between electro and metal are often placed in the 'gothic'
genre.
Featured bands: Aima, Andrako, Androgene Collective,
Aphonnic, Aquefrigide, Asyndess, Audi Sile, Autolyse,
Avoidance of Doubt, Backdoor Syndicate, Bioconflict,
Black Comedy, Black Light Discipline, Blue Velvet,
Bremenn, Broken Culture, Caffeine Kill, Catalepsy,
Chaotica, Charlie Drown, Code Name, Cold+Sleep, Crack ov
Dawn, Cryogen, Deathboy, Deepest Symphony, Deflore,
Destination Zero, Digitalis Purpurea, Dimension F3H,
Division Alpha, Dol Ammad, Drionide, Drones, Edenyzed,
Element A44, Elyzium, Ensoph, Even Vast, Flood of Rain,
Forgotten Sunrise, 4tune8, Freak XXI, Godyva, Golden Age,
Golem 101, Krell, Helalyn Flowers, Herrschaft, Infection
Code, Intervenom, Into The Hole, Keen, Killing Miranda,
Kubrick, Latex, Lepopulssi, Lost Reality, Low Distortion
Unit, Marlee, Minim, Moth Complex, Mute Servant, MXD, My
Beloved Sin, My 2nd Shade, Mystyk, Nekrotech, Neon
Synthesis, The New Flesh, Nine Inch Nails, No-Big-Silence,
Noidz, Nuclear Fusion-G, Omega Lithium, Plan E, Plasma
Pool, Psideralica, Psionic, [P.U.T], The RazorBlade
Dolls, Reborn Z, Redoqueene, Replica, Richard Christ,
Rise of the Fallen, Ruth, Rukia, Samael, Seven Icons,
Sex Machine, Skeptical Minds, Starfall, St. Grial,
StrommousHeld, Swansdown, T3chn0ph0b1a, Techny-Call X,
Thoughts of a Dream, Torso, Toxic Engine, Transworld,
Velcra, Venegrida, Vigilante, Virgins O.R Pigeons, Von
Sirius, Waste Disposal Machine, WhipKraft, Wormachine,
Würm, Zorg,
Non-featured bands (yet): Swamp Terrorists,
Industrial Black Metal
Bands mixing industrial in their black metal attitude.
Featured bands: Aborym, ...And Oceans, Anti, Arcane
Church, Atrophia Red Sun, Autolyse, Avernum, Blacklodge,
Burzukh, Carrier Flux, The CNK, Cuntworm, DHG, Diabolos
Rising, Edenyzed, Ezgaroth, Habacus Hordes, Herrschaft,
ID:Vision, Impure Domain, Inhvman, Kryptyk Plague, La
Division Mentale, Machinerie Perfect, Mysticum, Nebel,
Nemesis Industries, Nyne, Od Sanctus, oOo, Plutonium,
The Processus, Psy-Kick, Razor Key Exit, Red Harvest,
Skiltron N.V. 101, Stagnatus, Terrodrown, Thee Maldoror
Kollective, Troll, Unhealthy Dreams, Vari, Vergeltung,
Void, Void of Silence, Vox Ov Seth, Weltbrand, Zweizz,
Non-featured bands (yet): ...
Industrial Death Metal
Bands mixing industrial in their death metal attitude.
Featured bands: A Dark Halo, The Amenta, Anorma,
Atrophia Red Sun, Barracuda, The Berzerker, Dagoba,
Downstroke, Embrioma, Fucktory X, Havoc Unit, Hypnosis,
Jenx, Laments of Silence, The Lords of Bosnian Darkness,
Malmonde, Next Waste Dimension, Paulzeder, The Project
Hate MCMXCIX, Rasta, Tristwood, Zuul FX,
Non-featured bands (yet): ...
Industrial Metal
Bands who don't fit in the genres above fit in here.
Call it the 'old school' group.
Featured bands: A Dark Halo, A.N.A.E.L., Andrako,
Avoidance of Doubt, Backdoor Syndicate, Bioconflict,
Black Comedy, Blitzkill, Blood, B-Low, The Bombs of
Enduring Freedom, B.O.S.C.H., Conteched, Cynergy 67,
Cynicon, DeadCell, Deathstars, Deep Metal Mechanic,
Deflore, Digimortal, Division Alpha, Dugout TX, DyNAbyte,
Eisbrecher, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Elktronik Sciety,
Elyzium, Eternal Return, Ewigkeit, Fairlight, Feldgrau,
Finish Me Off, 4tune8, Generation of Dawn, Golem 101,
Gothminister, Havoc Unit, Hackmesser, Hæckefløsse, The
Heretiks Aliens From Space, IMP9MM, InHumanDolls, In-Zekt,
Keen, Killus, Kiwi Inc., KMFDM, Kormoss, The Kovenant,
Kreuzdammer, Lifend, Limbogott, Lluther, Mankind is
Obsolete, Man.Machine.Industry, Marazene, Mars on Earth,
Masterlast, Methodical, Miksha, Ministry, Mordachi,
More.Machine.Than.Man, Morgue's Last Choice, MortIIs,
MXD, Noesis, No Forgiveness, 002, Oomph!, Orgy, Painflow,
Petroleum, Psy, Rammstein, Ram-Zet, The Republic of
Desire, Rob Zombie, Ruoska, Sapient Network, The Sin
Decay, SMP, Snow Black, Still Life Decay, Symawrath,
Symptoms, Synthetic Breed, Systemyk, T3chn0ph0b1a,
Technikult of Flesh, Terminal, Testify, Thoughts of a
Dream, Treibhaus, Tronn, Undercover Slut, Vigilante,
Violent Work of Art, Volkmar, Zavod, Zensor, Zeromancer,
Zorglüb,
Non-featured bands (yet): Die Krupps, Godfles, The Young
Gods,
|
