History Main / IndustrialMetal

In recent times, industrial seems to have fallen out of favour. Nine Inch Nails is/are moving in entirely different directions, Manson are jokes, Ministry broke up for a few years, so on and so forth. Only Rammstein seem to be that popular anymore. Newer bands seem to be moving towards the upgraded version of Electronic Body Music: Aggro EBM / Hellectro, unless they go in a [[FollowTheLeader similar direction as Rammstein]] ([[OlderThanTheyThink though it was actually Oomph! that created Rammstein's style]]) into the sub-genre of ''Neue Deutsche Härte'' ("New German Loudness")[[note]]named as a ShoutOut to the genre that in the late Seventies spawned the seminal Industrial group [[Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten Einstürzende Neubauten]], ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Deutsche_Welle Neue Deutsche Welle]]''[[/note]] with bands such as Eisbrecher, Megaherz and ASP leading the way. This genre also seems to be the go-to genre for GothicMetal and BlackMetal acts to change to when they undergo a GenreShift, like Music/TheatreOfTragedy, Music/TheKovenant and to an extent Music/CradleOfFilth eventually did.

* TropeMaker: Music/{{Ministry}} and Music/{{Godflesh}} were the first two bands to have played the genre, respectively on ''The Land of Rape And Honey'' and ''Streetcleaner'' which were both released in 1989.

* TropeCodifier: Music/NineInchNails and Music/MarilynManson codified much of the genre's usual sounds, respectively on ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral'' and ''Music/AntichristSuperstar''. Music/FearFactory could also be considered one to a lesser extent with their mixture of industrial metal with heavier forms of metal in ''Demanufacture'', which was released one year before the aforementioned two albums.

* TropeMaker: Music/{{Ministry}} and Music/{{Godflesh}} were the first two bands to have played the genre, respectively on ''The Land of Rape And Honey'' and ''Streetcleaner'' which were both released in 1992.

%%* TropeCodifier: Music/NineInchNails and to some extent Music/MarilynManson and Music/FearFactory; Music/{{Rammstein}} for the Neue Deutsche Härte subgenre.
%%* TropeMaker: Music/{{Ministry}} and/or Music/{{Godflesh}}; Music/{{Oomph}} for the Neue Deutsch Härte.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwdrOYblIfA Chemlab - Jesus Christ Porno Star]]

+ ThrashMetal, AlternativeMetal, HardcorePunk, PostPunk, Synthpop (some modern examples)

** [[Music/CircleOfDust Circle of Dust]] (Klayton's former project before Celldweller, also ChristianMetal up until its return with ''Machines of Our Disgrace'')

* Music/DawnOfAshes (Industrial BlackMetal with MelodicDeathMetal elements, early work was [[Music/{{Industrial}} EBM]])

* Music/FrankKlepacki

* Music/GunsNRoses ( on Chinese Democracy surprisingly enough, mixed with traditional styled HardRock)

* Music/{{MindlessSelfIndulgence}}

* Music/{{PitchShifter}}
* Music/{{Powerman 5000}} ( Industrial NuMetal)
* Music/{{Prick}}

* Music/StabbingWestward ( Industrial AlternativeMetal )

* Music/TheMonolithDeathcult (Industrial TechnicalDeathMetal)
* Music/TheProjectHateMCMXCIX (Industrial DeathMetal)
* Music/TheBirthdayMassacre (their heavier songs border on this, usually DarkWave and GothRock)
* Music/TheUnchained
* Music/{{Uniform}} (mixed with NoiseRock)

* [[Music/AuthorAndPunisher Author & Punisher]] (also [[DoomMetal drone metal]], death industrial and power electronics)

* Music/{{BlueStahli}}

* [[Music/AuthorAndPunisher Author & Punisher]] (also [[DoomMetal drone metal]] and power electronics)

* [[Music/DevinTownsend Strapping Young Lad]] (Industrial DeathMetal)

* Music/MotionlessInWhite

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Af3pxLgts Zardonic - Override]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQtPgmjgYek Crossfaith - Xeno]]

* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Usually tends towards the darker end of the spectrum here, though some bands (ie Music/{{KMFDM}}) have an evident sense of humor. Though even that tends to be somewhat towards the cynical end of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism..
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Falls all over the upper half of the scale, with 6-8 being typical (9-10 is primarily the domain of DeathMetal and BlackMetal -influenced bands). Some bands drop a bit lower from time to time as well, but not all that often.

* Music/{{PAIN}} (Side project of Music/{{Hypocrisy}} frontman Peter Tagtgren)

In recent times, industrial seems to have fallen out of favour. Ministry have broken up, Nine Inch Nails is/are moving in entirely different directions, Manson are jokes, so on and so forth. Only Rammstein seem to be that popular anymore. Newer bands seem to be moving towards the upgraded version of Electronic Body Music: Aggro EBM / Hellectro, unless they go in a [[FollowTheLeader similar direction as Rammstein]] ([[OlderThanTheyThink though it was actually Oomph! that created Rammstein's style]]) into the sub-genre of ''Neue Deutsche Härte'' ("New German Loudness")[[note]]named as a ShoutOut to the genre that in the late Seventies spawned the seminal Industrial group [[Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten Einstürzende Neubauten]], ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Deutsche_Welle Neue Deutsche Welle]]''[[/note]] with bands such as Eisbrecher, Megaherz and ASP leading the way. This genre also seems to be the go-to genre for GothicMetal and BlackMetal acts to change to when they undergo a GenreShift, like Music/TheatreOfTragedy, Music/TheKovenant and to an extent Music/CradleOfFilth eventually did.