Line #439 Main/Industrial


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6	[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[Music/ThrobbingGristle My sister and my mother, my father, my son / Do everything I want them to with persuasion]]"''[[note]]Clockwise from upper-left: Music/CabaretVoltaire's "Mix-Up"; Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten's "Kollaps"; Music/{{Daughters}}'s "You Won't Get What You Want"; Music/ThisHeat's Self-Titled; Music/{{Swans}}'s "Filth"; Music/{{Coil}}'s "Love's Secret Domain"; Music/SkinnyPuppy's "Bites"; Music/SuicideBand's Self-Titled; Music/ThrobbingGristle's "20 Jazz Funk Greats".[[/note]]]]
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9	Primary Stylistic Influences (Old-School Industrial):
10	+ ElectronicMusic, AvantGardeMusic, PunkRock, Musique Concrete, Electroacoustic Music, PsychedelicRock, Art Pop, Free Improvisation, Performance Art
11	]
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13	Secondary Stylistic Influences (Old-School Industrial):
14	+ PostPunk, ProtoPunk, Free Jazz, {{Krautrock}}, ProgressiveRock, Early ComedyMusic, various others
15	]
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18	Primary Stylistic Influences (EBM and Futurepop):
19	+ Old-School Industrial, ElectronicMusic, Synth Punk
20	]
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22	Secondary Stylistic Influences (EBM and Futurepop):
23	+ PostPunk and ItaloDisco (On EBM), ClassicalMusic, HouseMusic, {{Techno}} and {{Trance}} (Both on Futurepop)
24	]
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27	Primary Stylistic Influences (Electro-Industrial):
28	+ ElectronicMusic, EBM, SynthPop
29	]
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31	Secondary Stylistic Influences (Electro-Industrial):
32	+ Old School Industrial, DarkWave, HouseMusic, {{Techno}}, Soundtracks, sometimes {{Trance}}, HardcoreTechno, NoiseRock, and HarshNoise
33	]
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36	Primary Stylistic Influences (Industrial Hip-Hop):
37	+ Old-School Industrial, HipHop (Generally HardcoreHipHop and AlternativeHipHop)
38	]
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40	Secondary Stylistic Influences (Industrial Hip-Hop):
41	+ EBM, Electro-Industrial, TripHop, AlternativeDance, AlternativeRock, SynthPop
42	]
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45	Primary Stylistic Influences (Ambient-Industrial, Post-Industrial and Martial):
46	+ Old-School Industrial, {{Ambient}}, Drone Music, HarshNoise, Neoclassical Dark Wave, Neofolk, Marches
47	]
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49	Secondary Stylistic Influences (Ambient-Industrial, Post-Industrial and Martial):
50	+ AvantGardeMusic, ClassicalMusic, FolkMusic, World Music (In Post-Industrial and some Ambient Industrial), PsychedelicRock (In Post-Industrial) and NoiseRock
51	]
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54	Primary Stylistic Influences (Power Noise):
55	+ Old-School Industrial, HarshNoise, Electro-Industrial, HardcoreTechno,
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58	Secondary Stylistic Influences (Power Noise):
59	+ EBM, NoiseRock
60	]
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63	Primary Stylistic Influences (Power Electronics and Death Industrial):
64	+ Old-School Industrial, Modern ClassicalMusic
65	]
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67	Secondary Stylistic Influences (Power Electronics and Death Industrial):
68	+ AvantGardeMusic, {{Ambient}} (Especially in Death Industrial), HarshNoise
69	]
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71	In the late [[TheSeventies seventies]], when PunkRock was the dominant form of rebellious music, several artists who were more underground felt that punk was not as effective a means of expressing true rebellion as many had claimed. These musicians decided to move towards the more weird sounds of ElectronicMusic instead. Rather than embracing the mainstream electronica of their time, however, they drew inspiration from bands like Music/{{Suicide\|Band}} and strove to combine ElectronicMusic with various experimental styles such as AvantGardeMusic, Musique Concrete, and Free Improvisation, with a punk mentality.
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73	The new genre grew to be referred to as "Industrial" partly (and primarily) because the majority of its artists were signed to ''Industrial Records'' (which was itself founded by members of the pioneering Industrial group Music/ThrobbingGristle), and partly because of the tendency of artists within the genre to involve unconventional, metallic sounding instruments/sounds in the composition of their work (sounding like a NightmarishFactory).
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75	The first widely recognized Industrial group was the aforementioned Music/ThrobbingGristle, a highly experimental outfit that incorporated electronic music with elements of avant-garde, UsefulNotes/{{Dada}}, and performance art. Their lyrical themes focused mainly on violence, rebellion, sexuality, and neo-pagan philosophy. Band membership consisted of several English performance/visual artists, musicians, and writers already well-known within UsefulNotes/{{Britain}}'s underground art scene. Their material was not strictly composed of recognizable electronic instruments; they would use any sound they deemed necessary.
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77	Arguably, German group Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten also fit alongside Throbbing Gristle in terms of being one of Industrial's experimental forebears. Lesser known but equally innovative acts like experimental trio Music/CabaretVoltaire of Sheffield, Music/{{Chrome\|Band}} of San Francisco, and extreme performance artists SPK of Australia and NON of California also contributed significantly to the fledgling genre.
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79	As electronic music became more popular during TheEighties, the earlier kinds of experimental Industrial music underwent refinement and became increasingly synthesizer based. The genre grew in two major directions, the first approaching almost entirely electronic music in the bizarre and experimental spirit of Throbbing Gristle (this direction being exemplified by Canadian group Music/SkinnyPuppy), while the second focused more on producing danceable electronic music that retained the cold and aggressive DarkerAndEdgier qualities and attitude of the early experimental Industrial artists (this direction, often called Electronic Body Music (or EBM) or Industrial Dance, was exemplified by groups such as Nitzer Ebb and Music/Front242).
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81	Two other, frequently-intersecting "purist" directions in Industrial music also emerged at the turn of the decade: Power Electronics and Post-Industrial. The former was first pioneered by a group called Music/{{Whitehouse}} in the late seventies with the express purpose of fusing deliberately offensive lyrics and SensoryAbuse into one teeming mass of NightmareFuel. The latter is a much more nebulous term, applying mostly to the many esoterically-inclined groups formed by members, ex-members and colleagues of Psychic TV and Music/{{Coil}} (groups that formed from the ashes of Throbbing Gristle following the band's 1981 breakup) alongside those of Nurse With Wound and Current 93. Coil would evolve into HarshNoise, then [[{{Ambient}} Dark Ambient]]. Nurse with Wound debuted two years after Throbbing Gristle, incorporating Musique Concrète with numerous surrealist influences over time. Current 93 eventually transitioned from nightmare-inducing drones and chants into a form of lilting acoustic music which would become known as "Apocalyptic Folk". These bands made little direct impact on the future Industrial genre (Coil's early albums being an exception), although there is a certain degree of fan overlap.
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83	As the genre kept evolving, it began adding elements from other genres and/or recombining with various forms of itself. Bill Leeb, an early member of Music/SkinnyPuppy, tamed his former group's bizarre experimentalism by building his songs around an EBM backbone and going all-out CyberPunk in attitude. Albums from his project Music/FrontLineAssembly, particularly ''Tactical Neural Implant'', have often been considered landmarks in the genre.
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85	The EBM faction of the genre kept making itself progressively DarkerAndEdgier, sometimes increasing the tempo and toughening up the drums whenever possible. The project Leaether Strip ([[MyNaymeIs misspelling deliberate]]) embodies this trend pretty well.
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87	Naturally, the dark, chaotic lyrics and sound of Industrial music caused it to acquire a fanbase within the [[GothRock goth community]] and it didn't take too long for stylistic blending to occur. Industrial was already pretty [[DarkerAndEdgier Dark and Edgy]], but when some [[GermanicDepressives very depressed Germans]] decided to goth it up (influenced by a gothic-inspired form of SynthPop known as DarkWave), it became Nightmare Fuel. The project :wumpscut: took this to potentially {{Wangst}}y extremes: their album ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Embryodead]]'' is a ConceptAlbum which argues that ''it is better to die in the womb than to be born in this cruel and miserable world full of hate and beyond reason''. Needless to say, it isn't the most pleasant listen for most audiences.
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89	Of course, this new audience opened up a new marketing opportunity for many Industrial bands, leading to an increasing focus on making successful dance-floor hits for goths. The more mainstream Industrial groups (for a given value of mainstream) progressively incorporated influences from pop-based dance genres. {{Trance}} became a significant influence (though admittedly, Electronic Body Music can at times sound like DarkerAndEdgier {{Trance}}, so it wasn't a particularly huge deviation from established norms), something which resulted in the rise of a SubGenre called "Futurepop". Bands that pioneered this style include Music/VNVNation (whose album ''Empires'' is the TropeCodifier for Futurepop), Icon of Coil and Apoptygma Berzerk.
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91	A less dance-friendly fringe style known as [[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} Noise]] later appeared as a reaction against Futurepop and an attempt to remove any and all mainstream elements form industrial and focus solely on the abrasiveness. Noise mostly consists of loud electronic samples brickwalled and distorted in order to inflict pain upon the audience. If there are any lyrics then they're usually angry, offensive and violent. Music/{{Merzbow}} is the most recognizable name among fans of Noise music.
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93	Members of the subculture that arose from the Industrial scene became known as "rivet-heads", and adopted a militaristic dress code. Unsurprisingly, rivet-heads [[FriendlyFandoms got on supremely well]] with goths, due in no small part to their shared love of Industrial and Industrial-related styles. Fans who fall somewhere between rivet-head and goth are often referred to as "cybergoths".
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95	As of the writing of this page, Industrial music has [[DeadHorseGenre entered a period of stagnation]], with two main sub-genres/derivative genres retaining some level of popularity - the remnants of the Futurepop acts that are sliding into synthpop and/or more retro forms of electronic music, and the DarkerAndEdgier "Hellektro" or “Aggrotech” (essentially really, really hard EBM, sometimes with insanely angry and/or miserable attitudes and sometimes without) acts like Combichrist and Psyclon Nine. This is, of course, a simplification, and many artists can be found that defy this basic characterization, but it certainly applies to the majority of the Industrial that gets played at most goth clubs these days. Several older Industrial Dance songs sometimes get spun in clubs as part of '80s nights, due to their compatibility with the format; it helps that AlternativeDance bands like Music/DepecheMode incorporated conspicuous industrial elements into their sound as a means of distinguishing themselves from more traditional SynthPop (for instance, compare "Shake the Disease" to Music/{{Ministry}}'s "Every Day is Halloween", or Music/NineInchNails' ''Pretty Hate Machine'' to DM's ''Music/MusicForTheMasses''; Trent Reznor even cited Depeche Mode's ''Music/BlackCelebration'' as a major influence on ''Pretty Hate Machine'').
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97	While the Industrial genre itself may be developing a bit of rust on its rivets, modern movements like {{Dubstep}}, HarshNoise, and {{Glitch}} owe a debt to the pioneers who discovered the art creating emotionally charged music from controlled chaos and many artists in these genres cite Industrial groups as a major influence.
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99	Not to be confused with IndustrialMetal (the genre into which bands like Music/{{Ministry}}, Music/{{Rammstein}}, Music/NineInchNails, and Music/{{KMFDM}} fall), which is the result of bands [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin combining elements of industrial music with metal]]. See that genre's page for more detail.
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102	Industrial acts and creators, categorized by subgenre:
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104	%%%Keep in mind that many of these bands and artists crossover between multiple subgenres, and that this is only a general guide and not a set of hard-and-fast rules.
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106	[[folder: '''Traditional or "Old-School" Industrial''']]
107	The original form of the genre, originating in the mid-late TheSeventies and heavily influenced by (and sometimes overlapping with) PostPunk. Often characterized by harsh or primitive production quality, crude synthesizers and/or drum machines, the use of found sounds (including metallic percussion), incorporation of tape music and musique concrete and often harsh, distorted or electronically processed vocals in combination with traditional rock music instrumentation used in decidedly non-traditional ways. The basis for the later styles, and what the term "Industrial Music" originally referred to.
108	[[index]]
109	* Music/AuthorAndPunisher (mixed with [[DoomMetal drone metal]], power noise and IndustrialMetal, notable for using entirely electronic instrumentation)
110	* [[Music/TwentyThreeSkidoo 23 Skidoo]] (Also PostPunk)
111	* Music/{{Babyland}} (Much newer than most examples here, but their style is a rough fit)
112	* Music/BourboneseQualk
113	* Music/CabaretVoltaire (TropeMakers; later on [[GenreShift changed]] to EBM, then to HouseMusic)
114	* Music/{{Chrome\|Band}} (The lesser-known TropeMaker)
115	* Music/ClockDVA (Later on became EBM/Electro-Industrial)
116	* Music/ControlledBleeding (The [[UnbuiltTrope avant-garde precursor]] to the marriage between {{Goth}} and Industrial; [[GenreRoulette extremely unpredictable]])
117	* Music/CopShootCop (Also NoiseRock)
118	* Music/{{Daughters}}
119	** 2018 - ''Music/YouWontGetWhatYouWant''
120	* Music/DeliriantMutant
121	* Music/DerPlan (Also PostPunk and NewWaveMusic)
122	* Music/DieHaut
123	* [[Music/DieTodlicheDoris Die Tödliche Doris]]
124	* Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten
125	* [[Music/EsplendorGeometrico Esplendor Geométrico]]
126	* Music/{{Factrix}}
127	* [[Music/JGThirlwell Foetus]] %% While Foetus is a redirect, please keep this pothole so Music/JGThirlwell gets indexed properly.
128	* Music/{{Laibach}} (Also the TropeMaker of Martial)
129	* Music/LeatherNun (Among [[GenreBusting other things]]...)
130	* Music/{{Merzbow}} (Also the TropeMaker for HarshNoise)
131	* Music/MissingFoundation
132	* Music/MonteCazzaza
133	* Music/NervousGender (TropeMaker)
134	* Music/NocturnalEmissions
135	* Music/NurseWithWound
136	* [[Music/P16D4 P16.D4]]
137	* Music/IggyPop:
138	** 1977 - ''Music/TheIdiot'' (often considered an UrExample of the genre, released the same year as Throbbing Gristle's debut)
139	* Music/LouReed:
140	** 1975 - ''Music/MetalMachineMusic'' (Often considered an UrExample of this and HarshNoise)
141	* Music/BoydRice (A.k.a. Music/{{NON}}; the ''other'' other {{Trope Maker\|s}})
142	* Music/SeveredHeads
143	* Music/{{SPK}}
144	* Music/MarkStewartAndTheMafia (sometimes mixed with Post-punk and sometimes dub. Possible UrExample of IndustrialHipHop)
145	* Music/{{Suicide\|Band}} (UrExample)
146	* Music/{{Swans}} (Up to ''[[NewSoundAlbum Children Of God]]''; foreshadowed IndustrialMetal)
147	* Music/TestDept
148	* Music/ThisHeat (a GenreBusting experimental band who helped to pioneer the genre)
149	** 1979 - ''[[Music/ThisHeatAlbum This Heat]]''
150	** 1981 - ''Music/{{Deceit}}''
151	* Music/ThrobbingGristle (First TropeMaker, usually considered the UrExample)
152	** Music/{{Coil}} (Early on, mostly)
153	** Music/PsychicTV (Though they're also GenreBusting, as well)
154	* Music/{{Yello}} (mainly on their first three albums and on much of their fourth; later material would lean increasingly away from industrial in favor of other ElectronicMusic genres)
155	* [[Music/{{Zev}} Z'ev]] ([[OverlyLongGag Yet another]] TropeMaker)
156	[[/folder]]
157
158	[[folder:Electronic Body Music (EBM)]]
159	A subgenre that first appeared in Europe in the early '80s, characterized by SynthPop influenced minimalistic production, a steady, four-on-the-floor beat played by hard-hitting drum machines and/or drum loops (though live drums aren't uncommon), rhythmic synth basslines, extensive use of sampling (televangelists and advertisements were/are popular choices), often minimal synthesized atmospherics and shouted or chanted, "militaristic"-sounding vocals. Most bands use exclusively electronic instrumentation, though some throw in a little bit of guitar. Was fairly popular in clubs back in the 80s, and was the first form of Industrial to gain any kind of commercial success. Spawned the Futurepop subgenre and influenced most later dance-oriented Industrial subgenres.
160	[[index]]
161	* [[Music/{{AGRUMH}} à;GRUMH...]]
162	* Music/AndOne (Early albums only; later work is Futurepop)
163	* Music/ArmageddonDildos
164	* [[Music/ASplitSecond A Split-Second]]
165	* Music/AutoAggression
166	* Music/{{BiGod20}}
167	* Music/{{Borghesia}}
168	* Music/CabaretVoltaire (Their mid-period work was one of the TropeMakers; later became HouseMusic)
169	* Music/ChrisAndCosey
170	* Music/{{ClockDVA}} (On later albums)
171	* Music/TheCrystallineEffect
172	* [[Music/DeutschAmerikanischeFreundschaft D.A.F.]] (TropeMakers and possible UrExample)
173	* Music/{{Dive}} (Noisier than most, an influence on Power Noise)
174	* Music/DieKrupps (Early work; later on, they were TropeMakers for Neue Deutsche Härte)
175	* Music/DieWarzau
176	* Music/Front242 (Perhaps the [[TropeCodifier definitive]] EBM group and the TropeNamer as well)
177	* Music/{{KMFDM}} (Later work is IndustrialMetal, but their early works fall here)
178	* Music/{{Laibach}} (Their later albums combine this with Martial)
179	* Music/LiasonsDangerouses (UrExample, arguably)
180	* Music/{{Ministry}} (On ''Twitch'' and the contemporaneous singles only- early work was SynthPop, later work IndustrialMetal)
181	* Music/TheNeonJudgement (Also SynthPop and NewWaveMusic)
182	* Music/NitzerEbb
183	* Music/OrangeSector (New-ish band, old style)
184	* Music/PortionControl (TropeMaker, alongside D.A.F.)
185	* Music/PouppeeFabrikk
186	* Music/SchnittAcht
187	* Music/{{Spetsnaz}} (Like Orange Sector, a new band playing classic EBM)
188	* Music/VomitoNegro
189	[[/index]]
190	[[/folder]]
191
192	[[folder:Futurepop]]
193	An offshoot of EBM that appeared in the mid-'90s, Futurepop (also known by a few people as "Bodypop") combines the classic EBM sound with additional doses of SynthPop influence, as well as {{Techno}}, HouseMusic and {{Trance}} elements. The songs typically follow Verse / Chorus structures and the vocals and music are more melodic than other genres of Industrial, making it more accessible to fans of less abrasive ElectronicMusic genres, and also making it [[BrokenBase somewhat]] [[ItsPopularNowItSucks divisive]] among a few Rivetheads. However, the genre remains pretty popular both within and outside the Industrial fanbase.
194	[[index]]
195	* Music/AngelsAndAgony
196	* Music/AndOne (On their later albums)
197	* Music/ApoptygmaBerserk ([[TropeMaker Invented the genre]] on their first few albums, later became AlternativeDance.)
198	* Music/Assemblage23
199	* Music/{{Ayria}} (later albums are more Electro-Industrial)
200	* Music/{{Blume}}
201	* Music/{{Covenant}} (Not to be confused with the BlackMetal [[Music/TheKovenant band formerly of the same name]])
202	* Music/CultureKultur
203	* Music/FrozenPlasma
204	* Music/{{Informatik}}
205	* Music/{{Interface}}
206	* Music/ImperativeReaction
207	* Music/InformationSociety
208	* Music/MassivInMensch
209	* Music/MidnightResistance (first album; his second is more DarkWave)
210	* Music/MindInABox
211	* Music/{{Neuroticfish}}
212	* Music/NoxiousEmotion (With a prominent Electro-Industrial influence)
213	* Music/{{Seabound}}
214	* Music/{{SITD}}
215	* Music/SystemSyn (Albeit with some Electro-Industrial influences)
216	* [[Music/{{TOY}} T.O.Y.]]
217	* Music/VNVNation (TropeCodifier)
218	* Music/{{XP8}}
219	[[/index]]
220	[[/folder]]
221
222	[[folder:Electro-Industrial (including Hellektro/Aggrotech and Dark Electro)]]
223	Nowadays, this is the genre people are most likely referring to when they talk about Industrial Music. Invented in the 80s, it combines Old-School Industrial with more danceable forms of ElectronicMusic, much like EBM, but unlike EBM, it tends to have a somewhat more layered and complex sound, with layered, atmospheric synths, throbbing basslines and more complex drum patterns than those found in EBM. Guitars are used occasionally, but even then, sparingly (and as a textural element, rather than a lead or rhythm instrument), and HarshVocals are common (and often pushed back in the mix). Later bands tended to combine this style with the rhythmic drive of EBM (Music/FrontLineAssembly pioneered this approach), spawning the faster and more aggressively dance-oriented Hellektro or Aggrotech subgenre (which also had some occasional {{Trance}} and [[HardcoreTechno Hardcore]] influences). Another offshoot is Dark Electro, which is slower, darker-sounding and influenced by horror movie soundtracks.
224	[[index]]
225	* [[Music/ThirtyTwoCrash 32Crash]] (also EBM)
226	* Music/AbbeyNex (also IndustrialMetal)
227	* Music/AlterDerRuine (Also Power Noise and, sometimes, SynthPop)
228	* [[Music/AmGod amGod]]
229	* Music/{{Angelspit}}
230	* Music/EmilieAutumn ([[GenreBusting Victorian/violin/gothic industrial]], she also falls under Dark Cabaret and IndustrialMetal at times.)
231	* Music/{{Chant}}
232	* Music/{{Cenobita}}
233	* Music/{{Combichrist}} (One of the most successful Aggrotech groups, would switch to straight-up IndustrialMetal on ''We Love You'')
234	* Music/{{Covenant}} ([[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness First two albums]], after which they became one of the figureheads of the Futurepop subgenre, as mentioned above)
235	* Music/{{Cylab}}
236	* Music/DasIch (A TropeMaker for DarkWave / Industrial crossover bands)
237	* Music/DecodedFeedback
238	* Music/EgoLikeness
239	* Music/TheElectricHellfireClub
240	* Music/EverythingGoesCold
241	* Music/{{Fockewolf}} (also DarkWave)
242	* Music/FormaTadre
243	* Music/FrontLineAssembly (TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for the EBM-based, CyberPunk influenced variation of the genre, and one of the subgenre's longest-lasting groups)
244	* Music/FunkerVogt
245	* Music/PeterGabriel (provided the UrExample with his fourth album, before diving into the sound more thoroughly on ''Up'')
246	** 1982 - ''Music/{{Security}}''
247	** 2002 - ''Music/{{Up\|PeterGabrielAlbum}}''
248	* Music/{{Garbage}} (Occaionally touch on this genre)
249	* Music/{{Gesaffelstein}} (mixed with electro, shifted away from the style with ''Hyperion'' before dipping into it once again with ''GAMMA'')
250	* Music/GodModule
251	* Music/{{Grendel}}
252	* Music/{{Haujobb}} (TropeCodifier for the genre in the '90s)
253	* Music/{{HEALTH}} (mixed with NoiseRock starting with ''Death Magic'')
254	* Music/{{Hocico}}
255	* Music/{{IAMX}}
256	* Music/{{Implant}}
257	* Music/KevorkianDeathCycle (Sometimes IndustrialMetal)
258	* Music/{{Kidneythieves}} (Also IndustrialMetal)
259	* Music/TheKlinik (Another TropeMaker)
260	* Music/{{Laibach}}
261	* Music/{{Leaetherstrip}} (Arguably the UrExample for the Hellektro subgenre)
262	* Music/LesFriction
263	* Music/MeatBeatManifesto (Another TropeMaker, and an odd, [[GenreBusting eclectic]] example; also Industrial Hip-Hop)
264	* Music/MentalloAndTheFixer
265	* Music/MicrochipLeague
266	* Music/{{Nachtmahr}}
267	* Music/{{Numb}}
268	* Music/{{Perturbator}} Originally cyberpunk influenced {{synthwave}}, added a heavy dose of industrial starting with ''New Model'' and ''Lustful Sacraments''.
269	* Music/PlaceboEffect
270	* Music/{{Pop1280}} (combined with NoiseRock)
271	* Music/ProjectPitchfork (Also DarkWave, and perhaps a TropeCodifier for DarkWave-influenced Industrial)
272	* Music/PsyborgCorp
273	* Music/PsyclonNine (Later albums like ''Order of the Shadow'' also have a heavy BlackMetal influence)
274	* Music/PulseLegion
275	* Music/RazedInBlack (Borders on IndustrialMetal, but doesn't quite make it)
276	* Music/SantaHatesYou (The other band that Project Pitchfork's Peter Spilles is a part of)
277	* Music/{{SITD}} (combined with Futurepop)
278	* Music/SkinnyPuppy (TropeMaker and possibly UrExample for Electro-Industrial as a whole)
279	** ''Download''
280	* Music/SpahnRanch
281	* Music/SisterMachineGun
282	* Music/SkylaVertex
283	* Music/{{SKYND}}
284	* Music/SleepChamber
285	* Music/StreetSects (one of the acts more outwardly influenced by noise music, also PunkRock and plunderphonics)
286	* Music/SuicideCommando (TropeCodifier for the Hellektro subgenre)
287	* Music/{{Surveillance}} (Side project of the aforementioned Assemblage 23)
288	* Music/VelvetAcidChrist
289	* [[Music/TheViolentVocations ± The Violen[t] Vocation[s] ±]]
290	* Music/VirtualEmbrace
291	* [[Music/{{Wumpscut}} :wumpscut:]] (TropeCodifier for goth-influenced industrial)
292	* [[Music/XFusion X-Fusion]]
293	* Music/XMarksThePedwalk
294	* Music/YehtMae
295	* [[Music/{{Yelworc}} yelworC]] (TropeMaker for Dark Electro)
296	* Music/YouthCode
297	[[/index]]
298	[[/folder]]
299
300	[[folder:Industrial Hip-Hop]]
301	As the name implies, this genre consists of artists who combine HipHop with Industrial of any kind (usually EBM or Electro-Industrial). Often has distinct Dub influences as well, most notably the deep bass lines. Many of the artists who play this kind of music fall into the AlternativeRap, ConsciousHipHop or TripHop categories as well, but it is still a distinct genre. In the 2010s, numerous Soundcloud artists began mixing this with elements of trap and horrorcore, along with overt NuMetal, hardcore, and extreme metal influences to create the "Soundcloud horrorcore" style, which is best exemplified by artists like Ghostemane, Scarlxrd, and [=Ho99o9=].
302	[[index]]
303	* 1 800 PAIN
304	* Music/AcumenNation
305	* Music/{{Allflaws}} (also TripHop)
306	* Music/AmeliaArsenic
307	* Music/AntipopConsortium
308	* Music/{{Backxwash}}
309	* B L A C K I E
310	* Music/BladesOfHades / Blades
311	* Music/TheBug (a.k.a. Kevin Martin)
312	* Music/ChinoAmobi (is this with elements of post-industrial, HarshNoise and AlternativeRAndB)
313	* {{Music/Clipping}}
314	* Music/{{Consolidated}} (TropeCodifier)
315	* Music/CorporateAvenger
316	* Music/CurseOfTheGoldenVampire (A collaboration between [[Music/AtariTeenageRiot Alec Empire]] and Techno Animal)
317	* Music/{{Dalek}} (Along with [[GenreBusting lots of other things]])
318	* Music/TheDamageManual
319	* Music/DanaDentata
320	* Music/DeathGrips
321	* Music/DisposableHeroesOfHipHocrisy
322	* Music/DizzeeRascal (early material, has since then settled into grime)
323	* Music/{{Faderhead}} (also Electro-Industrial and Futurepop)
324	* Music/{{Food for Animals}}
325	* Ghostemane (also trap, Soundcloud rap and BlackMetal)
326	* Music/{{Ho99o9}} (Also {{Horrorcore}})
327	* Music/{{JPEGMAFIA}} (also AlternativeHipHop)
328	* Music/KeithLeBlanc (mainly overlapping with Music/{{Tackhead}})
329	* Music/{{Kompressor}} (A parody act)
330	* Music/TheMadCapsuleMarkets (also IndustrialMetal and HardcorePunk)
331	* Music/MarkStewart+Mafia (Crosses over with Dub, possible UrExample)
332	* Music/{{Marz}}
333	* Music/MeatBeatManifesto (Not all the time, but often enough; also Electro-Industrial)
334	* Music/MoodieBlack
335	* Music/NecroFacility (combined with Futurepop)
336	* Music/RenegadeSoundwave (With distinct Dub influences as well, also considered AlternativeDance and an UrExample of TripHop)
337	* Music/SaulWilliams (Also Spoken Word and AlternativeRap; known for working with [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]])
338	* Music/{{Scarlxrd}} (also nu metal and trap)
339	* Music/SoundsOfMassProduction (Combined with IndustrialMetal)
340	* Music/{{Steril}} (With Electro-Industrial elements)
341	* Music/{{Stromkern}} (Combined with Futurepop)
342	* Music/{{Swervy}}
343	* Music/{{Tackhead}} (Consists of many of the same personnel as Mark Stewart+Mafia above; also PostPunk)
344	* Music/TechnoAnimal (one of [[Music/{{Godflesh}} Justin Broadrick]]'s many projects over the years)
345	* Music/KanyeWest (on ''Yeezus'')
346	[[/index]]
347	[[/folder]]
348
349	[[folder:Industrial Rock]]
350	A fusion of Industrial and Rock, sometimes overlaps with IndustrialMetal.
351
352	[[index]]
353	* Music/BigBlack (another possible UrExample)
354	** 1987 - ''Music/SongsAboutFucking''
355	* Music/BlackLightBurns
356	* Music/DavidBowie:
357	** 1995 - ''Music/{{Outside}}''
358	** 1997 - ''Music/{{Earthling}}'' (overlaps with DrumAndBass and {{Techno}})
359	* Music/BuckTick
360	* Music/{{Deadsy}}
361	* Music/DieKrupps
362	* Music/FrontLineAssembly
363	* Music/KillingJoke
364	* Music/{{KMFDM}}
365	* Music/MarilynManson (TropeCodifier alongside Nine Inch Nails)
366	** 1994 - ''Music/PortraitOfAnAmericanFamily''
367	** 1995 - ''Music/SmellsLikeChildren''
368	** 1996 - ''Music/AntichristSuperstar''
369	** 2000 - ''Music/HolyWoodInTheShadowOfTheValleyOfDeath''
370	* Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence
371	* Music/{{Mortiis}} (After being dark ambient, and then borderline SynthPop)
372	* Music/NineInchNails (TropeCodifier alongside Marilyn Manson)
373	** 1989 - ''Music/PrettyHateMachine''
374	** 1992 - ''Music/{{Broken\|Album}}''
375	** 1994 - ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral''
376	** 1999 - ''Music/{{The Fragile\|1999}}''
377	** 2005 - ''Music/WithTeeth''
378	** 2007 - ''Music/YearZero''
379	** 2008 - ''Music/TheSlip''
380	** 2013 - ''Music/HesitationMarks''
381	* Music/PopWillEatItself
382	[[/index]]
383	[[/folder]]
384
385	[[folder:Ambient-Industrial & Post-Industrial]]
386	A pair of related, nebulous categories that first emerged in the 80s, these two categories frequently overlap and are often confused with each other, though they are distinct. Ambient-Industrial first appeared in the early 80s and combined Old-School Industrial with {{Ambient}} Music to disquieting effect, hence the more-often used Dark Ambient tag. Hallmarks of the genre are atmospheric synths, creepy loops and samples, very occasional vocals and an emphasis on atmosphere over rhythm or melody (indeed, they may be absent altogether). Post-Industrial, on the other hand, combines Industrial with all sorts of other kinds of music- World Music, Folk / Neo-Folk, Classical Music, Dub, etc. Many acts blur the boundaries of these two categories, hence the single heading.
387	[[index]]
388	* Music/AkiraYamaoka (sometimes...)
389	* Music/{{Autopsia}}
390	* Music/BlackRain
391	* Music/{{Coil}} (Moved into this territory later on- early work mostly falls into the Old-School Industrial category)
392	* Music/ChinoAmobi (is this with elements of industrial hip hop, HarshNoise and AlternativeRAndB)
393	* Music/ChuIshikawa
394	* Music/{{Current 93}} ({{Trope Maker}}s for Ambient-Industrial, later moved more into Neo-Folk territory)
395	* Music/DeathInJune (TropeMakers for the Neo-Folk-influenced fringe of the genre)
396	* Music/DerBlutharsch (Also Martial)
397	* Music/HaflerTrio (Falls somewhere between Old-School Industrial and this)
398	* Music/HowToDestroyAngels ([[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor's]] side project)
399	** Trent Reznor's soundtrack collaborations with Atticus Ross fall here as well.
400	* Music/InSlaughterNatives (Also Martial)
401	* Music/InTheNursery (TropeCodifier for the subgenre that combines this with Classical)
402	* Music/JuanMutant (The heavier moments on 22/08/69)
403	* Music/LabReport (Side project of Music/{{Pigface}} One of the TropeMakers for Ambient-Industrial / Dark Ambient)
404	* Music/TheLegendaryPinkDots
405	* [[Music/LesJoyauxDeLaPrincesse Les Joyaux de la Princesse]] (Combined with Martial)
406	* Music/{{Lilith}}
407	* Music/LongDistancePoison
408	* Music/{{Lustmord}}
409	* [[Music/TheMoonLayHiddenBeneathACloud The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud]] (Also Martial)
410	* Music/MarkMorgan (Especially his soundtracks to the first two ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games)
411	* Music/NineInchNails (Usually IndustrialMetal, but some of their work, especially ''Ghosts I-IV'', falls into this category)
412	** 1994 - ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral''
413	** 1996 - ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' soundtrack
414	** 2007 - ''Music/YearZero''
415	* Music/NothingButNoise (Side project of Music/{{Front 242}} founding members Daniel B. and Dirk Bergen)
416	* Music/GaryNuman (from ''Sacrifice'' onward, combined with DarkWave)
417	* Music/NurseWithWound (Mostly their later works)
418	* Music/{{PGR}}
419	* Music/PsychicTV (Arguable TropeMaker for the Post-Industrial side of things, due to their [[GenreBusting eclecticism]].)
420	* Music/{{REPULSIVE}}
421	* Music/RobinRimbaud
422	* Music/{{Rome}} (Combined with Martial)
423	* Music/TheseNewPuritans
424	* Music/XiuXiu (also experimental rock)
425	* Music/ZovietFrance (TropeMakers for Industrial-Ambient. Well known for their unconventional album packaging.)
426	[[/index]]
427	[[/folder]]
428
429	[[folder:Martial Industrial]]
430	A subgenre (first created by Music/{{Laibach}} in the '80s) combining the samples and loops, distortion, synths and other elements of Industrial with Classical and Military music, especially marches. Commonly incorporates marching-band percussion and chanted vocals, and sometimes elements of Neo-Folk manage to find their way in as well. Frequently overlaps with Ambient-Industrial and Post-Industrial.
431	[[index]]
432	* Music/{{ACTUS}}
433	* Music/AinSoph
434	* Music/{{Allerseelen}}
435	* Music/{{Autarky}}
436	* Music/DerBlutharsch (Also Ambient-Industrial and Post-Industrial)
437	* Music/DerniereVolante
438	* Music/DieWeisseRose
439	* Music/DouglasP
440	* Music/InSlaughterNatives (Also Ambient-Industrial)
441	* [[Music/{{Krepulec}} Krępulec]]
442	* [[Music/KriegsfallU Kriegsfall-U]]
443	* Music/{{Laibach}} (TropeMakers, mostly on the early albums- later works combine this with EBM)
444	* [[Music/LesJoyauxDeLaPrincesse Les Joyaux de la Princesse]] (Combined with Post-Industrial)
445	* [[Music/TheMoonLayHiddenBeneathACloud The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud]] (Also Post-Industrial and Ambient-Industrial)
446	* Music/{{Parzival}}
447	* Music/{{Toroidh}}
448	* Music/TriangularAscension
449	* Music/TurbundSturmwerk
450	* Music/VonThronstahl (Notably the only Industrial band to ever actually espouse fascism)
451	* Music/{{Wappenbund}}
452	* Music/{{Westwind}}
453	* Music/{{Woodkid}} (mixed with BaroquePop)
454	[[/index]]
455	[[/folder]]
456
457	[[folder:HarshNoise]]
458	An offshoot of the genre characterized by being, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin extremely harsh and noisy]]. Sufficiently different from the rest of the genre to have its own page.
459	[[/folder]]
460
461	[[folder:Power Noise (also known as Rhythmic Noise, Noize and Distorted Beat Music)]]
462	A subgenre that combines the rhythmic and structural elements of EBM and Electro-Industrial with the extreme distortion and abrasiveness of HarshNoise. Distorted drum machines (especially the kick drum) are common, and rhythms are usually in the four to the floor vein, much like in EBM. The genre can be thought of as a more abrasive and harsh derivative of Electro-Industrial, and took its present form in the mid-90s, though there are earlier antecedents. Not to be confused with Power Electronics, which is something else entirely.
463	[[index]]
464	* Music/AdamX
465	* Music/AlterDerRuine (Also Electro-Industrial and, sometimes, SynthPop)
466	* Music/AntigenShift
467	* Music/{{Asche}}
468	* Music/{{Axiome}}
469	* Music/BlackLung
470	* Music/{{Blackhouse}} (very rare Christian example; also Dark Ambient and Power Electronics)
471	* [[Music/{{CAT}} C/A/T]]
472	* Music/{{Converter}}
473	* Music/{{Dive}} (A UrExample)
474	* Music/{{Dreamcrusher}}
475	* Music/{{Drillbit}}
476	* Music/DulceLiquido (Combined with Aggrotech)
477	* Music/{{Endif}}
478	* Music/EsplendourGeometrico (A definite UrExample, but usually considered Old-School Industrial)
479	* Music/{{Feindflug}}
480	* Music/FracturedTransmission
481	* Music/{{Hypnoskull}}
482	* Music/{{Imminent}}
483	* Music/MonoNoAware
484	* Music/{{Morgenstern}}
485	* Music/{{Noisex}} (TropeMakers and TropeNamers)
486	* [[Music/{{PAL}} P.A.L.]]
487	* Music/{{Orphx}}
488	* Music/ThePeoplesRepublicOfEurope
489	* Music/{{Prospero}}
490	* Music/{{Sonar}}
491	* Music/{{Synapscape}}
492	* Music/{{Tarmvred}}
493	* Music/{{Terrorfakt}}
494	* Music/{{XOTOX}}
495	[[/index]]
496	[[/folder]]
497
498	[[folder:Power Electronics & Death Industrial]]
499	Perhaps the most abrasive subgenre aside from HarshNoise, Power Electronics (not to be confused with Power Noise, above) has its origins in the 80s work of Music/{{Whitehouse}}. It is characterized by analog synths producing sub-bass pulses and drones and/or distorted, high pitched squeals, waves of feedback, distorted samples, [[HarshVocals harsh, screamed vocals]] and lyrics that frequently cover topics like misogyny, sexual deviancy, and serial killers. It usually lacks conventional melody and rhythm. The related Death Industrial genre is somewhat less abrasive and more atmospheric, with greater emphasis on low drones, though it still has the HarshVocals. It is usually heavily influenced by {{Ambient}} Music.
500	[[index]]
501	* Music/AeliaCapitolina
502	* Music/{{Anenzephilia}}
503	* Music/AtraxMorgue
504	* Music/TheBody (On recent tours, earlier work is AvantGardeMetal)
505	* Music/BrighterDeathNow (TropeMakers for Death Industrial)
506	* Music/{{Caustic}}
507	* [[Music/DeadMansHill Dead Man's Hill]]
508	* Music/{{Deathpile}}
509	* Music/HieronymousBosch
510	* Music/GenocideOrgan
511	* Music/LimbsBin
512	* Music/LinguaIgnota (also neoclassical)
513	* Music/MauthausenOrchestra
514	* Music/MurderCorporation
515	* Music/{{Narkoleptik}}
516	* Music/{{Pharmakon}}
517	* Music/PhilipBest (Consumer Electronics)
518	* Music/{{Ramleh}} (Initially this, later NoiseRock -- always terrifying)
519	* Music/StratvmTerror
520	* [[Music/SutcliffeJugend Sutcliffe Jügend]]
521	* Music/{{Whitehouse}} (TropeMaker, TropeNamer and TropeCodifier)
522	* Music/WolfEyes
523	[[/index]]
524	[[/folder]]
525	----
526
527	!! This genre contains examples of:
528
529	* {{Altitis}}: Many artists take on different projects to experiment with different styles. Sometimes, these side-projects end up outshining the original while other times, they are quickly forgotten about.
530	** Jan Loamfield's most popular project is the power noise project Noisuf-X but his first project, which followed his harsh-EBM project [[SdrawkcabName X-Fusion]]. He has also dabbled in more EDM-like sounds in Stoppenberg.
531	** Vasi Vallis is mostly involved in the synthpop/futurepop projects Frozen Plasma and Namnambulu. He is also known for his EBM and industrial dance music project Reaper.
532	** Nachmahr's Thomas Rainer was originally better known for his role in the darkwave duo project L'Âme Immortelle.
533	** Sebastian Komor has been involved in a variety of projects including Komor Kommando, Icon of Coil, Zombie Girl (Since 2005), Bruderschaft, Monofader.
534	%%* {{Angst}}
535	%%* BrownNote: Sometimes pops up, usually on the abrasive end of things.
536	* CreatorCouple: Present in Chris & Cosey (Chris Carter and Cosey Tutti Fanni) and Coil (Jhonn Balance and Peter Christopherson), among others.
537	* CyberPunk: A frequent mood/aesthetic the genre aims for. ''Tactical Neural Implant'' and ''Hard Wired'' by Music/FrontLineAssembly are classic examples, other examples include ''Buried Dreams'' by Clock DVA, ''Harsh Generation'' by Grendel and ''Serenity Is The Devil'' by Icon Of Coil.
538	* CyberPunkIsTechno: Frequently used in CyberPunk media as a soundtrack and Industrial has drawn on the literature and movies significantly.
539	* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to New Wave, Industrial is much darker in terms of both lyrical content and sound. The genre itself became darker and edgier over time, with the evolution of subgeneres like HarshNoise.
540	* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Synths, violins, drums, tambourines, bells, guitars, pipes, bones, jackhammers, televisions, and whatever the musicians can play...
541	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Rhythmic Noise (or Powernoise) movement. Harsh noises set to a beat.
542	* FanDisservice: When an Industrial song features sexual content, expect it to be less IntercourseWithYou and more violent and disturbing. Throbbing Gristle's "Persuasion", about a reluctant young woman being forced to undress for a rich and powerful pervert, from the pervert's perspective, is a good example.
543	* {{Fanservice}}: Very frequently plays to the fetishes. Especially in Leaetherstrip's songs like "Strap Me Down".
544	* {{Fetish}}:
545	** Where to begin? ''Strap Me Down''? ''Catharsis (Heal Me; Control Me)''? Andy [=LaPlegua=] jumping around in skin tight latex and rubber? The outfits of the TargetAudience?
546	** On the more extreme end, often bordering on FanDisservice, FetishRetardant, or even NauseaFuel, some of the very earliest Industrial lyrics are only sexual in the most repellent and bizarre ways possible (Cabaret Voltaire's "Bedtime Stories").
547	** Thomas Rainer's predilection for women in military uniforms is well known. Artwork for Nachmahr often showcases uniformed women and Mädchen in Uniform is a song basically about why he loves them. Fans usually show up wearing uniforms too.
548	* {{Gorn}}: Very, very common lyrically. Music/ThrobbingGristle, for instance, gave us such tunes as "Hamburger Lady" (about a woman who has been so horrifically burned that she resembles raw hamburger meat) and "Slug Bait" (which describes a TraumaticCSection). Many music videos, as well; "Testure" by Music/SkinnyPuppy is but one example, with scenes of a man being subjected to bloody laboratory torture, intercut with real footage from a PETA documentary about lab animal abuse.
549	%%* {{Goth}}: The TargetAudience.
550	* HeterosexualLifePartners:
551	** Most non-solo projects are very... [[HoYay close]] partnerships.
552	** Though averted in the case of Coil, who were actually a couple for a long period of time.
553	* IAmTheBand: Many solo projects exist in the genre.
554	* {{Improv}}: A typical compositional technique, especially for the more experimental acts. Live performances of certain Music/ThrobbingGristle songs could go on for much longer than their album length, with one performance of "Discipline" lasting ''half an hour''.
555	%%* IndecipherableLyrics: Many bands fall prey to this trope and/or deliberately use it.
556	* IntercourseWithYou: Many, although much of the subject matter of the lyrics doesn't deal with sex inasmuch fetish.
557	* LighterAndSofter: Particularly with the Futurepop subgenre, which is more melodic, follows a more conventional songwriting structure, and is in general more accessible.
558	* LoudnessWar: Intentionally invoked by some artists in the genre's early days, to get a more abrasive, less polished sound. The Hellectro subgenre invokes this too, as one of the ways it set itself apart from EBM.
559	* MadnessMantra: Many songs. Music/NineInchNails is particularly fond of this.
560	** [[Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten Futter mein ego! Futter mein ego! Futter mein ego!]]
561	** [[Music/SkinnyPuppy In the face. In the face! IN THE FACE!]]
562	** [[Music/ThrobbingGristle I want! Discipline! I want! Discipline!]]
563	** [[Music/{{KMFDM}} Die Now Live Later Die Now Live Later Die Now Live Later]]
564	** [[Music/VNVNation I am not alone, I am not afraid, I am not unhappy...]]
565	* MindRape: What some of the songs in the genre can induce. especially [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast power electronics]]
566	* MisogynySong: Most of the oeuvre of Power Electronics acts, especially Whitehouse, Sutcliffe Jügend, Snuff, [=RxAxPxE=], and Taint.
567	* MusicToInvadePolandTo: EBM bands especially, but the whole genre has been accused of promoting Nazism at times. Partly because the logo of Industrial Records was the outline of Auschwitz. Subverted in that the logo was an attempt to identify modern life at large [[{{Narm}} with industrialised mass murder]].
568	** {{Averted\|Trope}} by Music/{{Die Krupps}}, who are very vocal in their anti-Nazi views.
569	** Played unfortunately straight with Von Thronstahl.
570	** Martial Industrial invokes this trope.
571	** A favourite FlameBait around Music/{{Nachtmahr}} is whether Thomas Rainer is a Neo-Nazi or not. The perception is not helped by his ''extremely'' militaristic stylings, his somewhat tongue-in-cheek CultOfPersonality as the "Supreme Commander" and his very clear [[AuthorAppeal love]] for uniforms.
572	* ObligatoryBondageSong: Bondage imagery often shows up in songs, but is not always meant to be taken literally. Sometimes, bondage is a metaphor (like "Happiness in Slavery" by Music/NineInchNails, which is actually about the music industry); other times, it ''seems'' to be the point of a song, but [[WordSaladLyrics the lyrics are to abstract to tell]], like with Music/CabaretVoltaire's "Whip Blow".
573	* OminousMusicBoxTune:
574	** Listen to ''Stillbirth'' on ''Embryodead'' by :wumpscut:. You will ''never, ever, ever'' be able to listen to [[IronicNurseryRhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down"]] ever again.
575	** Music/{{KMFDM}} tried their hand at this with "The Death and Burial of C.R.". There is also the opening to "Day of Light".
576	* ProtestSong: A common theme, as the musicians channel their anger into causes important to them. Music/SkinnyPuppy, for instance, made animal rights a major theme of their lyrics in the 1980s, with songs like "Testure" decrying AnimalTesting (the song samples dialogue from Literature/ThePlagueDogs, no less).
577	* {{Sampling}}: Lots and lots of sampling. Best examples include Skinny Puppy's "Worlock", sampling UsefulNotes/CharlesManson singing Music/TheBeatles' "Helter Skelter", C/A/T's "Enhancer" sampling dialogue from Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm about boobs, and Suicide Commando's "Bind, Torture, Kill" sampling news reports on serial killer Dennis Rader.
578	** The UrExample of the trope's use in the genre is probably the first disc of Cabaret Voltaire's compilation ''Methodology'', whose material stretches back as far as early 1974.
579	* ReligionRantSong: Extremely common. Some bands, like Vigilante, make this their entire schtick, and most bands will have at least one. Music/NineInchNails has "Heresy", for example, the chorus of which loudly proclaims that "Your god is dead, and no one cares!" (It doubles as a ProtestSong, as Trent Reznor wrote it out of anger at conservative Christians who said AIDS was divine punishment for homosexuality.)
580	%%* ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic: Inverted, more often than not.
581	* SensoryAbuse: Distortion, feedback, backmasking, [[ScareChord Scare Chords]], samples from horror films-Industrial artists always find a way to freak out their listeners. Common in both the music and fairly often the live shows as well. In particular, Music/ThrobbingGristle, Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten, and Music/SkinnyPuppy are all well known for this in concert. Unsurprising, considering that many of the early artists in the genre had roots in performance art.
582	* SillyLoveSongs: Often subverted. This genre's examples of love songs are things like ''Love Breeds Suicide'' by Suicide Commando and ''Strap Me Down'' by Leaether Strip (it's romantic! really!). However, sometimes this is played straight, for instance the Futurepop song ''Beloved'' by Music/VNVNation, or on Throbbing Gristle's (ambiguously sarcastic/serious) SynthPop anthem "United".
583	* TearJerker: Yes, even industrial can have TearJerker moments, such as Throbbing Gristle's suicide themed "Weeping," but a more modern one would be the song "My Crutch" from rhythmic noise band Caustic. Despite the band's motto (and debut album title) being "Booze up and Riot!" My Crutch is a stripped down, guitar and vox song with the singer describing how his alcoholism ruins his life and how he must quit drinking to save his marriage and his life. Also, Laibach did a mashup of the Israeli and Palestinian national anthems on their album ''Volk'', in an attempt to show that the two warring peoples aren't so different after all. Hell, even Power Electronics has this in the form of Con-Dom's ''How Welcome Is Death To I Who Have Nothing More To Do But Die,'' which speaks candidly and frankly of the [[AndIMustScream waking nightmare]] that is neurodegenerative illness, as well as the feelings that go through the heads of patients' loved ones.
584	** The very first AIDS benefit was Coil recording "Tainted Love" as a pitched-down dirge- recognizably the same song, but dreary and wretched instead of upbeat. The result is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo3TUtRnZi4 remarkable]].
585	* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: The first album of Music/SkinnyPuppy was essentially 80's SynthPop on drugs. Quite literally, given Skuppy's compositional techniques.
586	%%* TitleOnlyChorus: Usually averted but sometimes happens.
587	%%* TortureCellar: Another frequent mood/aesthetic the genre aims for, especially lyrically.
588	* TrashCanBand: Certain Old-School Industrial bands like Test Dept. and Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten are this in part. More recent Industrial groups usually just use samples of such sounds (when they're desired at all, anyways).
589	* TrueArtIsAngsty: Where to begin?!?! From concept albums about ''babies that die in the womb'' to concept albums about ''serial killers'' to songs about the Columbine massacre to bands whose entire act is about bashing Christianity to songs about ''animal vivisection,'' and these are just the examples I can think of off the top of my head.
590	** The thesis of the chapter on First-Wave Industrial in Simon Reynolds' epic PostPunk tome ''Rip It Up and Start Again'' is that the very underlying premise of the genre is PsychedelicRock GoneHorriblyWrong. His argument is extremely convincing.
591	** One of Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten's most compelling songs is "Yü-Gung (Fütter Mein Ego)," which is a lengthy ode to [[AGodAmI speed induced megalomania.]]
592	%%* WordSaladLyrics
593	* WorldOfHam: The bands are populated by {{large ham}}s and [[MadArtist weirdos]] writing {{anvilicious}}, [[SanitySlippageSong insane]], [[RefugeInAudacity shocking]], [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs drug-fueled]], [[NightmareFuel scary]], and {{wangst}}y lyrics, giving [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} theatrical]] and [[FanDisservice offensive]] performances while barraging and bukakke-ing the listener with [[LoudnessWar loud]] and scary noises, infectuous dance rythyms, and the occasional [[IndustrialMetal metal guitar.]] This genre is a great example of how [[MindScrew strange]] music and art can get.
594
595	!! Examples of Industrial songs:
596
597	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt8L0K14Q6E 1 800 PAIN - HURT]] (industrial hip-hop)
598	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt2zD3ppm0E 32Crash - Neighbours]] (electro-industrial)
599	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY14M3ufW10 Angelspit - Vena Cava]] (electro-industrial)
600	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjlBOPLWZyw Author & Punisher - Terrorbird]] (power noise)
601	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThN0KXLiUFU Auto Aggression - The Sky Is Not Yours]] (EBM)
602	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fL_xACpiRA Ayria - Analog Trash]] (futurepop)
603	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONaJnLescsE Backxwash - Don't Come To The Woods]] (industrial hip-hop)
604	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u295DE9b8ZM Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria]] (old-school industrial)
605	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmFZpt-igXk Chino Amobi - Eigengrau (Children of Hell II)]] (industrial hip-hop)
606	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbU9UUwxBxA clipping. - Story 2]] (industrial hip-hop)
607	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bEbCDZYXh8 Combichrist - This Is My Rifle]] (aggrotech)
608	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujvKCby6CW4 Converter - Error]] (power noise)
609	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n75CSW8kylo Covenant - Call The Ships To Port]] (futurepop)
610	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoZgZT4DGSY Death Grips - Hacker]] (industrial hip-hop)
611	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrQ7N_aW-sE Death in June - Rose Clouds of Holocaust]] (ambient industrial)
612	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQqQj2f0EAY Deathpile - Addicted]] (power electronics)
613	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9GXXmCfnws Devilman - Noise Step]] (power noise)
614	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUSzvRf675w Front 242 - Headhunter V1.0]] (EBM)
615	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bRZgDwdcZs Front Line Assembly - Mindphaser]] (electro-industrial)
616	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y91vy_hkNlA Funker Vogt - Maschine Zeit]] (aggrotech)
617	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhD4JsEHGrA Genocide Organ - Vive la Guerre]] (death industrial)
618	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7YSNbq2KcQ Gesaffelstein - Hate or Glory]] (electro-industrial)
619	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1qvEr9bC6c HEALTH - Stonefist]] (electro-industrial)
620	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUyop5wpowY Hocico - Tiempos de Furia]] (aggrotech)
621	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaB3kpvZN1Y How to Destroy Angels - A Drowning]] (post-industrial)
622	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDD9a27fL-0 HyperSonic - Desert Dazzle Bad Future US (Remaster)]] (futurepop)
623	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=974TXFKtyls JPEGMAFIA - Baby I'm Bleeding]] (industrial hip-hop)
624	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJFSrlpcFUI KIKIYAMA - Number World]] (ambient-industrial)
625	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Mx2mxpaCY Laibach - The Whistleblowers]] (martial industrial)
626	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIUlJRxXodM Leæther Strip - Don't Tame Your Soul]] (electro-industrial)
627	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfnEYePSo6w Lingua Ignota - The Order of Spiritual Virgins]] (power electronics)
628	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrq84yClS1E Lustmord - Goetia]] (ambient industrial)
629	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dYDKTKuS0c mind.in.a.box - Identity]] (futurepop)
630	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UI-aF_GO6I Nitzer Ebb - Let Your Body Learn]] (EBM)
631	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmeHLR02-tI Noisex - Rhythm Age (Help Me Out)]] (electro-industrial)
632	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_XSKj_qX4g Perturbator - Death of the Soul]] (electro-industrial)
633	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_GeIOOLjoE Psyclon Nine - Flesh Harvest]] (aggrotech)
634	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPVqx5AX-sM Scarlxrd - 6 Feet]] (industrial hip-hop)
635	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y83YQiznQQY Skinny Puppy - Worlock]] (electro-industrial)
636	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr5spx6mmYQ Slipknot - (515)]] (power electronics)
637	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZWmYEUoweg SPK - Slogun]] (power electronics)
638	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V34pvFajGM Street Sects - Our Lesions]] (electro-industrial)
639	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZi611PWVwc Suicide Commando - Die Motherfucker Die]] (aggrotech)
640	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRCSJipcCFs Terrorfakt - Ich]] (power noise)
641	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bp6uZyBox0 Throbbing Gristle - What A Day]] (old-school industrial)
642	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8tsz2TyERM Whitehouse - Wriggle Like a Fucking Eel]] (power electronics)
643	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmc21V-zBq0 Woodkid - Run Boy Run]] (martial industrial)
644	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zn5XDJVqEc Xiu Xiu - Girl with Basket of Fruit]] (post-industrial)
645	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQM7ScxBeSc Xotox - [Xo]toxic]] (power noise)
646	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dZH78DZUI8 Youth Code - For I Am Cursed]] (EBM)

Context Main / Industrial