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8Primary Stylistic Influences:
9+ {{Industrial}}, HeavyMetal
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12Secondary Stylistic Influences:
13+ ThrashMetal, AlternativeMetal, HardcorePunk, PostPunk, SynthPop (some modern examples)
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16Also known as "[[OddlyNamedSequel Industrial 2: Electric Boogaloo]]". If you want to know what happened in the first one, click [[{{Industrial}} here]].
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18Anyway, assuming you're up-to-date on this... After Music/SkinnyPuppy brought {{industrial}} music a slight amount of recognition in not-underground-but-not-mainstream-either circles, a man named Al Jourgenson took note. He was a member of the SynthPop band Music/{{Ministry}}, and he was incredibly bored and contemptuous of the music his band was making. So, at some point, he rediscovered his old passion, the electric guitar, and decided to combine metal with this "industrial music" he'd heard so much about. And so, Ministry drastically changed their style from SynthPop to... industrial metal.
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20Ministry weren't the only ones who kickstarted the industrial metal genre, however. The German band Music/{{KMFDM}} were one other early pioneer (albeit less influential than Ministry), as was the British Music/{{Godflesh}} (who, while not as successful as Ministry, had a larger impact on the genre than KMFDM did). The genre really kicked off, however, when one man took note of all this and decided to get involved. This man was named Trent Reznor, and, having left his previous band, he decided to form a solo project. This solo project was called "Music/NineInchNails", and had a similar musical style to Ministry except with more angsty lyrics, production wizardry, and, at first, slightly less metal content (but only on ''Pretty Hate Machine''; TheNineties brought massive guitar assaults). Nine Inch Nails was the band that brought industrial music into the mainstream with their/his album, ''The Downward Spiral'', in 1994 (the album with that "I-wanna-fuck-you-like-an-animal" song [[RefrainFromAssuming which is known as "Closer" to some people]]). Ministry also got a lot more recognition with their album, ''Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs'', in 1992.
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22And so, industrial became massively popular. One band, Music/MarilynManson and the Spooky Kids, opened for Nine Inch Nails and, thanks to Trent Reznor's mentorship (if that's a word), dropped the "and the Spooky Kids" bit and basically stuck with the name of its frontman. Thanks to that, people confuse the band with the guy. Initially, Marilyn Manson were (we're talking about the band here) very popular amongst goths, but in recent times have become a joke within the goth scene.
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24Industrial music, particularly Marilyn Manson, got more focus in the mainstream thanks to the controversy caused by the Columbine killings. The news spread rumours that the two teens responsible for the massacre were "convinced" to do it by Marilyn Manson's music. This idea kept spreading even after it transpired that the two teens listened not to Manson but to KMFDM and Music/{{Rammstein}}, neither of whom were picked on as much. And, given that KMFDM and Rammstein [[AllGermansAreNazis are German]], you can guess [[MusicToInvadePolandTo what the next allegation that the press threw at these bands happened to be]].
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26In recent times, industrial seems to have fallen out of favour. Nine Inch Nails is/are moving in entirely different directions, Manson recently got implicated for domestic abuse, 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 SubGenre 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. Other bands, mostly falling under the {{metalcore}} banner - most prominently Music/BringMeTheHorizon, Crossfaith, Music/CodeOrange, and Music/MotionlessInWhite - have dabbled with the genre in some form.
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28Oh, the music, right. Well, industrial metal is a fusion of industrial music and metal. It's characterised by frequent use of samples, synthesizers and keyboards, and repetitive guitar riffs. Vocals are often distorted, and drum machines are sometimes used. There are two main styles of industrial metal: one with a greater emphasis on ''industrial'' with slightly less guitars and a more prominent use of keyboards, synths and drum machines -- good examples being Nine Inch Nails, Angelspit and KMFDM; and one with a greater emphasis on ''metal'', which is far-and-away the most common type of this genre -- with good examples being Fear Factory, Marilyn Manson and Godflesh.
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30Often used interchangeably with the term "Industrial Rock", which is, for the most part, just less abrasive Industrial Metal.
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33!!Industrial metal artists include:
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35[[index]]
36* [[Music/ThreeTeeth 3TEETH]]
37* Music/TwentyDeadFlowerChildren
38* Music/{{Aborym}} (Industrial BlackMetal)
39* Music/AcumenNation
40* Music/AliceCooper (Brutal Planet and Dragontown)
41* Music/TheAmenta (Industrial DeathMetal)
42* Music/AmericanHeadCharge (Industrial NuMetal)
43* Music/AnaalNathrakh (Industrial BlackMetal; also incorporate elements of {{Grindcore}} and DeathMetal)
44* Music/{{Angelspit}}
45* Music/{{ASP}}
46* [[Music/AuthorAndPunisher Author & Punisher]] (also [[DoomMetal drone metal]], power noise and traditional industrial, notable for using entirely electronic instrumentation)
47* Music/TheAxisOfPerdition (Industrial BlackMetal)
48* Music/AzureEmote (side project of Monstrosity singer Mike Hrubovcak; has DeathMetal, BlackMetal, and AvantGardeMetal in the mix)
49* Music/{{Backxwash}} (early material is strictly industrial hip-hop, but she began crossing over with industrial metal starting with ''God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It'')
50* Music/TheBerzerker (mixed with {{Grindcore}})
51* Music/BigBlack (another possible UrExample)
52** 1987 - ''Music/SongsAboutFucking''
53* Music/{{BILE}} (Credited as pioneers of the genre during their earliest years.)
54* Music/TheBirthdayMassacre (their heavier songs border on this, usually DarkWave and GothRock)
55* Music/BlackLightBurns (Wes Borland's post-Music/LimpBizkit project, and generally better-received)
56* Music/BloodStainChild (a bizarre example, mixing MelodicDeathMetal with {{Trance}} and JPop)
57* Music/BlueStahli
58* Music/BlutAusNord (Industrial BlackMetal)
59* [[Music/BrandOfSacrifice Brand of Sacrifice]] (Industrial {{Deathcore}})
60* Music/BringMeTheHorizon (on ''POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR'', mixed with {{Metalcore}} and NuMetal)
61* Music/{{Celldweller}}
62** Music/CircleOfDust (Klayton's former project before Celldweller, also ChristianMetal up until its return with ''Machines of Our Disgrace'')
63* Music/{{Chemlab}}
64* Music/{{Chimaira}} (mostly GrooveMetal, ThrashMetal, and {{Metalcore}}, but the industrial influence is obvious on both their first and latest albums)
65* Music/{{Clawfinger}}
66* Music/{{Crash}} (Also ThrashMetal and GrooveMetal with RapMetal influences)
67* Music/{{Crossfaith}} (industrial {{Metalcore}})
68* Music/CodeOrange (mixed with NuMetal and {{Metalcore}} on ''Forever'' and ''Underneath'')
69* Music/{{Combichrist}} (Starting on We Love You. Previous work was Aggrotech.)
70* Music/{{Cubanate}}
71* Music/{{Cypecore}} (Also MelodicDeathMetal, although they toned down the Melodeath elements a bit on ''Identity'' onwards)
72* Music/DawnOfAshes (Industrial BlackMetal with MelodicDeathMetal elements, early work was [[{{Industrial}} EBM]])
73* Music/{{Daath}} (Industrial GrooveMetal with DeathMetal influences)
74* Music/DavidBowie (decided to take a stab at this with 1995's ''Music/{{Outside}}'', see in particular "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" and the original version of "Hallo Spaceboy")
75* Music/DeadWorld
76* Music/{{Deathstars}}
77* Music/{{Debauchery}} (primarily DeathMetal with strong HardRock elements, but they incorporate elements of this in some songs as well)
78* Music/{{Deceptionist}} (Industrial TechnicalDeathMetal)
79* Music/{{Device}} ({{Supergroup}} with {{Music/Disturbed}}'s David Draiman and {{Music/Dope}}'s guitarist Virus)
80* [[Music/DEspairsray D'Espairsray]] (Industrial HardRock)
81* Music/DieKrupps (Their work in the 90s especially- their early work was [[Music/{{Industrial}} EBM]])
82* Music/{{Dope}} (also borders on NuMetal)
83* Music/EconolineCrush
84* Music/{{Eisbrecher}} (Neue Deutsche Härte)
85* Music/ElectricHellfireClub
86* Music/{{Emigrate}} ([[Music/{{Rammstein}} Richard Z. Kruspe]]'s side project, mixed with AlternativeMetal)
87* Music/FallOfBecause (along with Head of David, one of the bands from which Music/{{Godflesh}} evolved, and a clear precursor musically)
88* Music/FearFactory (overlaps with GrooveMetal and AlternativeMetal, with some elements of DeathMetal)
89** 1995 - ''Music/{{Demanufacture}}''
90* Music/{{Filter}} (formed by ex-NIN member Richard Patrick, basically Industrial Metal mixed with PostGrunge)
91* Music/FrontLineAssembly (typically {{Industrial}} (although they usually have one or two songs with metal guitar on each album) but their ''Millennium'' album is IndustrialMetal)
92* Music/TheGazette
93* Music/{{Genitorturers}}
94* Music/GodLivesUnderwater
95* Music/{{Godflesh}} (either a TropeMaker or a TropeCodifier; they've been on the scene since the late 80s)
96* Music/{{Godhead}}
97* Music/MickGordon
98* Music/GravityKills
99* Music/GunsNRoses (on Chinese Democracy surprisingly enough, mixed with traditional styled HardRock)
100** 2008 - ''Music/ChineseDemocracy''
101* Music/HanzelUndGretyl
102* Music/HateDept
103* Music/HeadOfDavid (one of the bands from which Music/{{Godflesh}} mutated)
104* Music/{{HEALTH}} (mixed with NoiseRock and EBM in ''VOL. 4: SLAVES OF FEAR''. Their next proper album "RAT WARS" leaned into Industrial Metal even more.)
105* Music/InThisMoment
106* Music/{{Innerpartysystem}}
107* Music/{{Jesu}} (mixed with [[PostRock post-metal]])
108* Music/JulienK (mixed with Synthpop, until their second album where they dropped the industrial and the metal entirely before going back to it full-force on ''Harmonic Disruptor'')
109* Music/KidneyThieves
110* Music/KillingJoke (UrExample)
111* Music/FrankKlepacki
112* Music/{{KMFDM}}
113** Music/{{MDFMK}}
114** Music/ExcessiveForce
115** Music/SlickIdiot
116* Music/{{Korn}} (''See You On the Other Side'' primarily; also NuMetal)
117* Music/TheKovenant (Industrial BlackMetal after a GenreShift)
118* Music/{{Lahannya}}
119* Music/{{Lard}} (collaboration between [[Music/{{Ministry}} Al Jourgensen]] and Music/JelloBiafra; currently, tropes found in their work can be found on Biafra's page)
120* Music/{{Knorkator}} (comedic Neue Deutsche Härte)
121* Music/MachinaeSupremacy
122* Music/LordMantis (along with [[DoomMetal sludge]] and BlackMetal)
123* Music/MarilynManson (TropeCodifier alongside Nine Inch Nails)
124** 1994 - ''Music/PortraitOfAnAmericanFamily''
125** 1995 - ''Music/SmellsLikeChildren''
126** 1996 - ''Music/AntichristSuperstar''
127** 2000 - ''Music/HolyWoodInTheShadowOfTheValleyOfDeath''
128* Music/{{Mechina}}
129* Music/{{Megaherz}}
130* Music/MegLeeChin
131* Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence
132* Music/{{Ministry}} (TropeMaker)
133* Music/{{Mnemic}}
134* Music/TheMonolithDeathcult (Industrial TechnicalDeathMetal)
135* Music/{{Mortiis}} (After being dark ambient, and then borderline SynthPop)
136* Music/MotionlessInWhite (mixed with {{Metalcore}} and GothicMetal)
137* Music/{{Mushroomhead}}
138* Music/MyLifeWithTheThrillKillKult (On the fence between this and Electro-{{Industrial}})
139* Music/{{Nailbomb}}
140* Music/NineInchNails (TropeCodifier alongside Marilyn Manson)
141** 1992 - ''Music/{{Broken|Album}}''
142** 1994 - ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral''
143* Music/{{NKVD}} (Industial BlackMetal with martial industrial influences)
144* Music/{{Oomph}} (TropeMaker and UrExample of Neue Deutsche Härte)
145* Music/{{Orgy}} (They also border on NuMetal)
146* Music/{{PAIN|Sweden}} (Side project of Music/{{Hypocrisy}} frontman Peter Tagtgren)
147* Music/ParadiseLost (for a while, anyways; they eventually went back to being GothicMetal)
148* Music/{{Pig}}
149* Music/{{Pigface}} ({{Supergroup}})
150* Music/PitchShifter
151* Music/Powerman5000 (Industrial NuMetal)
152* Music/{{Prick}}
153* Music/TheProjectHateMCMXCIX (Industrial DeathMetal)
154* Music/{{PROSTATECANCER}} (Mixed with Speedcore)
155* Music/PsyclonNine (mixed with BlackMetal)
156* Music/RabbitJunk
157* Music/{{Rammstein}} (TropeCodifier of Neue Deutsche Härte)
158* Music/RazedInBlack (Also Electro-{{Industrial}})
159* Music/RevoltingCocks (Ministry side project, with a heavy emphasis on absurdist humour)
160* Music/{{Samael}} (Industrial BlackMetal; first two albums were straight black metal)
161* Music/SeasonOfGhosts (Straddles between IndustrialRock and this; mixes with GothicMetal and sometimes SymphonicMetal)
162* Music/SeraphimShock
163* [[Music/ShiningNorway Shining (Norway)]] (more than a slight case of GenreBusting, as they also incorporate elements of ProgressiveMetal, BlackMetal, fusion jazz, and numerous other styles. ''Blackjazz'' marks the point where their material becomes consistently metal-oriented; before that, most of their material was acoustic jazz or progressive rock, although their live shows had always incorporated quite a lot of metal influence)
164* Music/SisterMachineGun
165* [[Music/SpectrumX Spectrum-X]]
166* Music/StabbingWestward (Industrial AlternativeMetal)
167* [[Music/StaticX Static-X]] (Industrial NuMetal)
168* Music/{{Swans}} (Possible UrExample)
169* [[Music/DevinTownsend Strapping Young Lad]] (Industrial [[DeathMetal death/thrash metal]])
170* Music/{{Sybreed}} (Mixed with MelodicDeathMetal and GrooveMetal)
171* Music/TheatreOfTragedy (After a GenreShift)
172* Music/TreponemPal
173* [[Music/TurmionKatilot Turmion Kätilöt]]
174* Music/TheUnchained
175* Music/{{Uniform}} (mixed with NoiseRock)
176* Music/VerticalSection
177* Music/WarningGermany (Also DoomMetal and Progressive Electronic, a Ur-example for the genre)
178* [[Music/RobZombie White Zombie]]
179** The Music/RobZombie solo albums count as well
180* Music/TheYoungGods (Swiss band around since TheEighties, cited by Music/NineInchNails and Music/{{Ministry}} as an influence)
181* Music/{{Zardonic}} (Mixed with DrumAndBass)
182* Music/{{Zyklon}}
183[[/index]]
184
185!!The Industrial Metal genre contains the following tropes:
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187%%* AlternativeMetal: There's a lot of overlap between the two genres.
188%%* ConceptAlbum: Not at all uncommon, surprisingly. Music/NineInchNails, Music/MarilynManson and Fear Factory have all done more than one album of this type.
189* HarshVocals: Not universal, but pretty common in the genre, and done a variety of different ways- from DeathMetal style growling to straight-up CarefulWithThatAxe to electronically distorted weirdness.
190* MusicToInvadePolandTo: Another (false) accusation thrown at certain bands due to the band in question either being [[AllGermansAreNazis German]] or using totalitarian imagery in a subversive way. Or both, in the case of Music/{{KMFDM}}.
191* NuMetal: Some bands, like Dope, Orgy, Static-X and Powerman 5000, combine these two genres to some degree. Not surprising, since many NuMetal bands were influenced by IndustrialMetal to begin with.
192%%* {{Sampling}}: Very common, and, like in {{Industrial}} Music, more likely to be movies or found sounds than other songs, though the latter has been known to happen from time to time.
193%%* SubduedSection: Popularized in this genre by Music/NineInchNails, but common for many other bands in the genre as well.
194* TheNewRockAndRoll: A number of bands in the genre got accused by MoralGuardians of being responsible for school shootings, suicides and the like, with Music/MarilynManson being the biggest target of them all.
195* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Some bands favor simple riffs and rhythms. Also, solos are rarer than in most other subgenres of HeavyMetal, though not completely unheard of. However, the often dense production makes for an odd variation of this trope, and some bands (Music/NineInchNails, for example) make use of numerous tempo and time changes.
196* 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 nearly at the same time along with the aforementioned two albums.
197* 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 between 1988 and 1989.
198%%* UrExample: Music/KillingJoke, Music/{{Swans}}, Music/BigBlack and The Young Gods can be thought of as this.
199
200!! Examples of industrial metal songs
201
202* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOBfdkGSUWg 3TEETH - Affluenza]]
203* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnhstW-lwdU Backxwash - Amen]]
204* [[https://youtu.be/4iOPS0X3pbk The Birthday Massacre - Red Stars]]
205* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAxOulZm_Zg Blue Stahli - ULTRAnumb]]
206* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKyXvNkGQKc Bring Me The Horizon - Kingslayer]]
207* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QLVxOvESf4 Celldweller - Eon]]
208* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwdrOYblIfA Chemlab - Jesus Christ Porno Star]]
209* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twLFLZWLpGo Circle of Dust - Humanarchy]]
210* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wac-uLMgfsg Emigrate - My World]]
211* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpR6S38djFM Fear Factory - Edgecrusher]]
212* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ6Z502koK4 Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot]]
213* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCDg5DrNslU Godflesh - Streetcleaner]]
214* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8cmFAl5JPA HEALTH - Black Static]]
215* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OwFgS6DrYQ Julien-K - This Machine]]
216* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E82Tn1VjbPI Kidneythieves - The Invisible Plan]]
217* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFtrq9vy9UM Killing Joke - The Death & Resurrection Show]]
218* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91w6Q2tytLc KMFDM - Juke Joint Jezebel]]
219* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQMDSw3Aqo Marilyn Manson - This Is The New Shit]]
220* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZLo8sBOt4A Mindless Self Indulgence - Shut Me Up]]
221* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yss0_6C22lE Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod]]
222* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIEc_11Aydc Motionless In White - Disguise]]
223* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghIRu6UvQPc Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole]]
224* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36GckdbMbaM Orgy - Stitches]]
225* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTYIR75kEEc PAIN - Shut Your Mouth]]
226* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qde5Qgl4h2s Pitchshifter - Microwaved]]
227* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkW-K5RQdzo Rammstein - Feuer frei!]]
228* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHBtpqbOKXk Rob Zombie - Superbeast]]
229* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RTy2X_09bo Stabbing Westward - Save Yourself]]
230* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f20L0msLsM Strapping Young Lad - Detox]]
231* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqiVvOXotyw Static-X - I'm With Stupid]]
232* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTpHsPwSm7g Zardonic - Raise Hell]]

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