[Demoniac]

Yes, thats right. I have revamped the list. Not only that, but i have gone through and added links to every band so you can have a listen should you feel like it (bar 3 bands; my own, and 2 random ones )

I used Last.fm as the source for all of it, it was the only site i found with a page for (nearly) every band

So, if ever there is a time you feel like something less technical, more electronic, or just generally about the sound as opposed to technique; this is where to come. All Industrial, some older Avant-garde bands, and a couple of "alterna-dustrial" bands in the mix (Like Sevendust and Godhead). Hope you enjoy

- :wumpscut: - German industrial weirdness, with awesome textures
- :zoviet*france: - French post-industrial. Minimalist but interesting.
- [:SITD:] - New German wave. Heavy but very trance themed…
- 12 Rounds - Sounds like Manson crossed with NIN. Very cool band, interesting sound. Signed to NIN's label.
- 16volt - Original Coldwave, very cool stuff. Heavy samples.
- A7ie - Another in the new line of Hard-as-nails French Industrial. Nice to see, and an incredible band
- Aaak - A great coldwave band. A little derivative, but most is, and it was very well executed.
- Acid Bath - Slightly stoner-ish, but ‘dustrial all the same.
- Acumen Nation - Coldwave. More drill’n’bass though than most. Nice twist. The newer stuff is incredibly heavy.
- Acylum - Heavy use of confrontational samples and heavy heavy rhythm.
- Aesthetic Perfection - Technoish. Cool, but nothing special
- Agonoize - Really blippy, but angry vocals
- Amduscia- Blippy, but angry electronic style
- The Amenta - Probably more Death/black metal, but it has big influences and synth.
- American Head Charge - Nu-Metal with bigass industrial influence. Heavy.
- Angelspit - Loud Aussie industrial. Terrible vocals, HUGE beats
- Apoptygma Berzerk - Older style dark, minimalist
- Aslan Faction - Sounds like a 90’s video game. Kind of cool, sometimes.
- Asphyxia - Dark Electronic/Industrial band from France. Interesting music, and a nice touch of heavy noise.
- Assemblage 23 - More electro, less angry. Good beats, but not original.
- Ayria - Awesome goth/punk sounding Industrial music. Similar to Razed In Black, but good female vocals. Also, shes hot.
- The Berzerker - jesu sounding. Grind/industrial
- Bigod 20 - Minimalist coldwave with factory beats.
- Bile - Angry, heavy, buzzy metal with massive synth.
- Birminham 6 - Shithouse. House music that wants to be hardcore…
- Black Comedy - "Cyber Metal" along the lines of Fear Factory and Mnemic. Very cool stuff.
- Black Light Burns - Tool/NIN like Coldwave/Industrial, with awesome sound.
- Blutengel - 4-4 beats, dark ambient vocals
- Brighter Death Now - Heavy post-industrial experimental. Wall of noise.
- C-Drone Defect - Very electro sounding
- Cabaret Voltaire - One of most influential experimental bands of the 80’s
- Carbonized - Mininmalist goth/industrial/grind
- Celldweller - Techno, Electro, metal, and Industrial in one. Easy listen.
- Cenotype - Inluenced by older noise stuff (like Merzbow), but a very modern rhythm sense, and excellent sound.
- Centhron - Simplistic, but extreme, drums/percussion, and 'catchy' synth lines. Very cool stuff to mindlessly zone out to.
- cEvin Key - Ambient instrumental
- Chemlab - Original Coldwave. Punky, angry, awesome. Stereotype.
- Christ Analogue - Newer Coldwave. Less aggressive (slightly), more ‘scratchy’
- Circle Of Dust - Mid 90’s coldwave. Heavy buzzy guitars
- Clay People - Ditto. But heavier, and far FAR angrier. Insane lyrics.
- Coal Chamber - Nu-Metal, big industrial influence. Mainly the sampling.
- Coil - Experimental. REALLY experimental
- Collide - Soft techno with harder sounds and beats
- Combichrist - Angriest electronic band ever. EVER. PERIOD. Awesome…
- Controlled Fusion - Another in the line of more rocky sounding Industrial bands. nice sound, but very derivative.
- Converter - A very rhythmic and pulsing style of powernoise. Incredibly catchy, despite the harsh nature of the music.
- Coptic Rain - Slovenian Industrial metal band
- Course Of Empire - More hard-rock sounding, but awesome. Thick guitar sound.
- Covenant - THE modern dark ambient industrial band.
- Criss Angel - Sounds the same as Celldweller
- Crossbreed - More Nu-Metal with more electronica
- Cruciform Injection - Slightly techno-ey
- The Cruxshadows - "Darkwave" Rock with goth-ish sounds
- Cubanate - The electroish side of Coldwave.
- Current 93 - Dark ambient. Kinda creepy
- Cyanotic - Angry new Coldwave. Really hard
- The Cyber-Tec Project - Sounds like Trance, but easier to listen
- Cyberaktif - Minimalist. Hard to listen to
- Dark Illumination - A heavily Colwave influenced band. Very cool stuff. Similar to Hate Dept.
- Das Ich - Minimalist but noisy style
- Dawn Of Ashes - New American wave. Really intense
- Deadstar Assembly - Thick, raw guitars with synth
- Decoded Feedback - Kind of dull. Tries to be intense. Fails.
- Diatribe - The Offspring, NIN, and more in one band
- Die Krupps - Older ‘machine metal’. German, but you wouldn’t know it..
- Die Sektor - Very metal influenced EBM, containing elements of Black metal, old school goth, and weird textures.
- Die Warzau - Sounds like 80’s new wave
- Din_Fiv - Simple, but aggressive synth music
- Dioxyde - Electric sounding. Creepy but cool.
- Distatix - A seemingly eclectic blend of hard Industrial stylings. Great music, but its hard to listen to entire albums
- Distorted Memory - Very hard electro sounding industrial, with futuristic trance elements very prominent. Really amazing band.
- DJ? Acucrack - Drill’N’Bass with heavier samples.
- Dope - Lame, but fun every so often… like weed
- Dope Stars Inc. - More lightweight, nu-metal sort of. Cool.
- Doubting Thomas - A Skinny Puppy side project. Soundtrack music, very ambient. Cool stuff.
- Download - Another Skinny Puppy side project. Similar to Doubting Thomas, but heavier.
- Dulce Liquido - A side project of one member from Hocico. Similar music, but with a more rhythmic approach to noise/EBM. Still angry.
- Einsturzende Neubauten - Hardest of the original ‘experimental’ bands
- The Electric Hellfire Club - Satanic themed crap. Kind of goth-y, terrible
- Emilie Autumn - Very Gothic/Industrial based music from this awesome violinist. Similar to Collide, but far more classical oriented.
- ESC - Portuguese harsh EBM/Noise band. Have not heard much, but what i have is excellent.
- Evil Mothers - Weird coldwave style. Minimalist, and bad.
- FabrikC - Dancefloor oriented powernoise. Fast, kind of catchy, but to my ears a little boring.
- Fear Factory - Nuff said.
- Feindflug - German instrumental noise band. Cool, but nothing changes..
- Filter - Mid-90’s industrial rock. Really cool sound.
- Foetus - Highly influential industrial band. Sounds like the 80's (yesway)
- Front 242 - One of the bands that ‘created’ EBM. Nice, but dated.
- Front Line Assembly - Ex-skinny puppy member. Fucking awesome, with normal song structure
- Funker Vogt - More trance, but with a heavier aggressive edge. Hard to listen to lots
- Genitorturers - Industrial Metal with a thicker sound. Cool if you like it…
- Ghost In The Machine - Amazing newer Coldwave band. Great guitar sound.
- God Lives Underwater - Newer style Industrial rock. Really easy listening.
- God Module - EBM to an extreme. Simple beats with cool synth.
- Godflesh - Grind/Industrial. Really REALLY awesome music.
- Godhead - Marilyn Mansons first signed band. Sounds a lot like him, but better..
- Godsmack - More "nu-metal" probably, but pretty big influences around a lot of music.
- Gothminister - They're like the Norwegian Rammstein, only not as shocking lyrically, and use English in their songs.
- Gravity Kills - Another of the original Industrial Metal bands. Thick guitars and synth.
- Grendel - Heavy and aggressive. Very cool stuff.
- Gridlock - Powernoise band. Really interesting sample use, even if its not your thing.
- H3llb3nt - Minimalist beat based Coldwave. Interesting, but I find it a little dull.
- Haloblack - Simplistic but distorted Coldwave. Nice take on it.
- Hanzel Und Gretyl - Terribly lame band, but cool guitar sound and I love the riffs.
- Hate Dept. - The original punky coldwave band. Really raw sounding, awesome stuff.
- Haujobb - Slightly ambient industrial. Some extremely amazing moments.
- Head Of David - More grindy, but its there.
- Heavy Water Factory - Very video-game sounding. Lo-fi, raw. Cool in short doses.
- Heimataerde - Extreme medieval German EBM/industrial. Fucking intense
- Hocico - South American Industrial/noise/dark ambient band. Personal favorite.
- Hypnoskull - Incredibly distorted, percussion based noise band. Great stuff.
- I:Scintilla - More Grunge oriented Coldwave. Female vocals.
- In Strict Confidence - Industrial/Grindcore band. Very well received demos, signed to German label Zoth Ommog records.
- Icon Of Coil - Interesting, though overdone, style of dark ambient/industrial
- Imminent Starvation - Noisecore band using only samples of electronics. Interesting, but harsh.
- Imperative Reaction - Very heavy, like Painbastard, but not as well made.
- Insight 23 - Sounds manufactured. The percussion sounds like a factory, but bad.
- Iron Lung Corp. - A healthy dose of distortion, factory ambience, and old Coldwave style.
- jesu - The first album was still heavily influenced by Godflesh. Truly incredible.
- Kevorkian Death Cycle - Meh. Neither here nor there. Some good songs, like everyone.
- Kidneythieves - Huge. Dry, but cutting, distortion, massive but not overdone percussion.
- KiEw - Large proportion of breakbeat/fast-as-your-mum beats, and real aggressive sounds. The early material was real raw.
- Killing Joke - New wave/Industrial. Another of the truly influencial bands of the 80’s
- Killswitch... Klick - Started out with more light ambience, ended up much more guitar driven.
- Klank - A ‘hardcore’ sounding Coldwave band. Some of its great, some not .
- KMFDM - Discodustrial of the 80’s and 90’s. The fathers of Coldwave, totally rad.
- Laibach - Slovenian anti-nazidustrial. Interesting style, though not for everyone.
- La Magra - A dark EBM influenced Industrial band, heavly influenced by Gothic Literature (Vampires, Werewolves etc..)
- Leather Nun - Sweden's bastard sons of ABBA. Industrial dance awesomeness. Instrumental in the formation of EBM/Industrial Dance
- Laether Strip - Disappointing. Supposed to be excellent, I never got into them
- The Legendary Pink Dots - Another avant-garde band from the 80's. Legendary
- Mankind Is Obsolete - Modern, heavy, female fronted Coldwave. Really awesome sound.
- Manufactura - Another ambient/noise band. Really intense sound, and well executed.
- manufraQture - Some guitar stuff, mainly heavy synth lines. Excellent band.
- Marilyn Manson - Everyone knows the Manson.
- MDFMK - KMFDM backwards. When they split, Sascha formed them. The same.
- Meat Beat Manifesto - "Technically" industrial, but with a far more trip-hop approach to music.
- Mentallo & The Fixer - Technically EBM/Electro Industrial, but incorporates really traditional elements (Guitars etc.)
- Merzbow - Tokyo based experimental band. Pretty noisey stuff.
- Mindless Faith - Interesting, though a little strange, Industrial Metal/Coldwave stuff.
- Mindless Self Indulgence - Similar musical aesthetic to many Coldwave artists, but with a slightly more Ministry style approach, and a more punk/anarchist take.
- Ministry - The fathers of Industrial Metal. Nuff said.
- Mnemic - Pretty sure most people know them. Like Meshuggah, with more synth.
- Modulate - Noise/aggrotech band along similar lines as Combichrist, with a decent dose of dark ambience a la VNV nation for good measure.
- My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - More discodustrial. Very groovy
- Nachtmahr - Brutal mix of hard electro, powernoise, and industrial. Great listen when you're angry
- Negative Format - Very trance oriented EBM. Interesting listen.
- Neon Synthesis - Italian Coldwave band. Similar to Kidneythieves, but not as good.
- NIN - The modern Industrial pop-icon. Fantastic music.
- Nitzer Ebb - Another of the ‘fathers of EBM’. Ok music, but again, dated.
- Noise Unit - Another side project of Front Line Assembly. Very danceable still, slightly noisier.
- Noisuf-X - Agressive powernoise band. Very heavy beats, with cold and hard synthesizers. Incredible.
- Nurse With Wound - Possibly the primogenitor of the whole genre. Late 70's experimental/dark ambient.
- Nurzery [Rhymes] - Really noisy, interesting industrial band, with a similarly horrific aesthetic as Dawn Of Ashes.
- ohGr - SP frontman Nivek Ohgr’s band. Really blippy, and kind of shit.
- Orgy - Alternative/new wave/glam metal/industrial metal band. I love them.
- Organic Cage - Interesting, and incredibly aggressive German based Powernoise band.
- Out Out - Heavy but old sounding Coldwave. Cool for a while, but gets old quick.
- PAIN - Side project of Hypocrisy's Peter Tagtren. Massively processed industrial metal, very aggressive. Awesome.
- Pain Station - Another old sounding coldwave band. Great for a history lesson, but sounds dated.
- Painbastard - In the same vein as Manufactura. Very cool stuff, less instrumental.
- Panzer AG - Hard, heavy, grinding. New American wave, but not as ‘harsh’.
- Pig - Fucking awesome band. 80’s sounding, like KMFDM, but not as dance.
- Pigface - Ministry’s side project. Interesting stuff, not my thing.
- Pitchshifter - Started massively Grindy, ended up Drum’n’Bass… weird. Good music.
- Placebo Effect - Occasionally credited with the creation of EBM, even influencing bands such as FLA.
- Pneumatic Detach - Raw, harsh, but at the same time very "beautiful" work. Great mood music.
- Pop Will Eat Itself - A very pop oriented Industrial group, focused on short songs. Great stuff
- Powerman 5000 - I love these guys. Metal/hard rock influences abound. Everyone must love.
- Pride And Fall - A very club friendly approach to Darkwave.
- Project Pitchfork - Generic Electro-Industrial. Derivative, and tiring.
- Prometheus Burning - Hard to nail into a single 'genre', but they focus a lot on intricacy, and weird vocal fx.
- Prong - Tommy Victor. Awesome guitar, more thrash than industrial.
- Psyclon Nine - Huge black metal influence, but not guitars necessairily. Very angry.
- R6.3zist - Strange, but interesting, French Powernoise artist.
- Rabbit Junk - Awesome Coldwave stuff. Despite the hearty Indstrial leanings, it retaind a lot of "urban" influences. Really great music!
- Radio Iodine - Huge sounding Coldwave band. Similar to newer 16volt and Hate Dept. Awesome stuff.
- Rammstein - I don’t think Rammstein need any introduction…
- Razed In Black - Gothdustrial from Hawaii would you believe. Excellent stuff.
- Reaper - Heavily Goth influenced aggrotech. Really REALLY cool stuff, similar to Combichrist's intense aggression.
- Red Harvest - Incredibly heavy, doomy, sludgy industrial anger.
- Red Square Black - Oft overlooked early work from John "5" Lowery, mixed industrial and hard rock. Catchy vocals, and great lead guitar.
- Revolting Cocks - A collaboration between Skinny puppy, KMFDM, Ministry etc members.
- Rob Zombie - No-one needs any more info
- Rorschach Test - Coldwave after it began to get a bit stale (2000)
- Rotersand - Really awesome, almost pop appropriate (but heavy) industrial.
- Schnitt Acht - Old video-game, 8bit sounding coldwave. I love them
- Schwein - Pig’s other band. Very cool, big in Japan. Very old school sounding.
- Servo.hatred - Ex-powernoise band turned Dark EBM. A compelling listen.
- Sevendust - Alternative, heavily industrial influenced hard rock/metal. Incredible stuff.
- Severed Heads - Australian experimental/industrial band. Sometimes really interestng, sometimes pretty terrible. Cool though.
- Sheep On Drugs - Weird. Veeeery weird. Sounds like stoners gathered and shared fantasies...
- Shotgun Messiah - Swedish Ex-glam metal band turned industrial, with member Tim Skold at the helm. Very cool stuff.
- Shotgun Partisan - My 'band'. Industrial, will get slightly more guitar oriented when, you know, i can record guitar...
- Sister Machine Gun - Electronic influenced Coldwave. Still retain the 16volt like sound though.
- Skinny Puppy - Strange, twisted, interesting, awesome, sounds like the 80’s though.
- Skold - Tim Skold released a darker, more electronically tinged self titled album, after the breakup of KMFDM/MDFMK.
- Skrew - After Ministry, Skrew were one of the original Coldwave bands. Amazing.
- Slave Unit - Thick sounding guitar chords, shouted vocals. Ok in small doses.
- Slaves On Dope - Heavy ‘hardcore’ industrial. Think the worst of Slipknot and AHC.
- Slick Idiot - Project of KMFDM members after the breakup in 1999. Very similar, but slightly less danceable, and more metallic.
- Snog - Australian industrial trio. Formed in 1988 to add to a sparse australian alternative scene. Very interesting listen.
- Society Burning - Kind of a mesh of Coldwave, and the new American electronic wave.
- Soman - More danceable form of Industrial. Described as "Industrial for Clubs". Far more normal electro with interesting twists of noise.
- Spahn Ranch - Honestly, it sounds like Disco… I was pretty disappointed…
- Spetsnaz - Terrible. It should be the butt of many jokes.
- SPK - Australian avant-garde industrial. Older stuff, but pretty cool. More new-wave than industrial.
- Squirrelly Arts - Cyber Industrial from San Diego, Ca.
- Stabbing Westward - Incredibly emotional stuff for Industrial. Well written (I think) and heavy.
- Static-X - Simple, heavy, harsh, kind of lame, fun for a while, but just not that great.
- Stormkern - Stormkern is a slightly progressive dark ambient/industrial band in the same vein as VNV Nation and Rotersand.
- Straftanz - Very heavy powernoise/EBM band. Not really too interesting though.
- Suicide Commando - Really dark, minimalist, goth, and experimental. Cool textures, but cold.
- Sybreed - Another in the line of Death-dustrial bands. Better than some, have a real interesting sound.
- Synaesthesia - Almost G.O.A Trance like. Very trippy, but incredible.
- Synascape - Very dark styled Powernoise outfit. Elements of techno/industrial, but all under the heavy beats.
- Tactical Sekt - Kind of derivative, but still a good listen if you like the style.
- Tamtrum - Ex black metal band members formed a new industrial band to express their rage. Very dark stuff, with big metal influences
- Terrorfakt - More layers of massively distorted samples than anyone. Amazing stuff.
- The_Retrosic - A lot like "Dawn Of Ashes". Another in the "American third wave". Great
- Throbbing Gristle - More new wave/experimental possibly, but hugely influential.
- Trisomie 21 - Another 80's new wave band introducing slight coldwave and metal influences. Helped spawn the Coldwave genre.
- Tweaker - Chris Vrennas band. Equal parts blippy and massively heavy.
- Two - Rob Halfords industrial meanderings. Produced by none other than Trent Reznor. Well worth a listen.
- Unit:187 - Drum’N’Bass/Ambient oriented coldwave. Very cool stuff, terrible vocals
- Unter Null - Generally dark ambient with MASSIVE beats.
- VAST - Indie/Industrial kind of stuff. Very nice, with goth-style vocals.
- Velvet Acid Christ - Insanity. He fiddles with loads of styles, but Gothic Industrial is his forte. Exceptionally well crafted stuff.
- Vigilante - Industrial from Chile, guitar heavy yet electro
- VNV Nation - Dark ambient. Darker than, say, Covenant, but not as well made.
- W.A.S.T.E. - Very heavy noise based industrial music. Excellent to dance to, great grooves, and harsh as all hell.
- White Zombie - Thrash-y stuff, but with big sample based sound. Very processed.
- X Marks The Pedwalk - Interesting electro style. Focused more on synth than percussion
- Xotox - Well orchestrated industrial dance. Cool but simple beats.

Alright. So that’s my list so far. My apologies, I didn’t want to make ‘reviews’ very long.

Generally, there are a lot of sub-genres in the genre, or rather: Groupings. Each grouping has its own defining characteristics (obviously) but even with different instruments etc.. are usually distinguishable. Heres what ive made sense of so far, with titles I gave them (though are not "official" by any stretch):

80’s Experimental: The 80's were basically the birth of industrial proper. It was the primordial goo from which the highly polished, aggressive beast that is Industrial would evolve from. Bands like Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Killing Joke, and Einsturzende Neubauten, were all the first real bands to take music proper, and start poking at it with all manner of bizarre tools. Many had an extreme reputation, from Cabaret Voltaire being known as "The wreckers of society" by one newspaper, to Einsturzende Neubautens considerable reputation for destroying the venues they played at, and destroying the PA systems they played through. This was the origin of Industrial, it was the first wave of 80's experimental. Generally, it resembled music more than the later, slightly more electronic wave, and it also was considerably more 'artistic' in a sense (Einsturzende even being created originally as a living art piece). Some would argue that they do not 'truly' belong on this list. I disagree. This is where it came from, and whilst it is a very different beast to the industrial of today, it forms a vital part of its history.

80’s Dark Ambient: During/after the original bands, the new wave/experimental, some started looking more towards experimental sounds derived more from dark imagery, coupling it with a very bleak and disturbing outlook on the world, and showing that through cover art and lyrics, as well as what is often nigh-unlistenable music. The first Dark Ambient bands like Coil, Nurse With Wound, SoS, and Suicide Commando all took music and pushed the bounaries of not only the music, but what people themselves would listen to. It is similar in many respects to the 'drone' of post-rock/metal, albeit with a far more electronic soundscape, and sometimes much MUCH harder to listen to. As with all 'shock music' though, it has not stood the test of time particularly well (i believe), and what was once 'shocking' and 'controversial' is no longer so.

80’s Industrial; The First Wave: In the early-mid 80's, taking heavy influence from the experimental bands of the late 70's and earlier 80's, the first 'true' wave of industrial music came into being. Generally, the first wave was very danceable (again, for the times), taking a heavy beat and coupling it with interesting and different sound textures, noise samples, and bizarre sound effects. Many put this group bluntly under the "EBM (Electronic Body Music)" banner, though i think this is incorrect, as teh sound samples used and whatnot is not quite danceable enough, nor was it meant to be used like that. I also think that many people think of the dark ambient or experimental styles as being "tr00 industrial" music. Its an elitist thing. Bands such as Skinny Puppy, Front 242, Laibach, and Nitzer Ebb all brought about this massive change in the music industry. They are also the influence behind just about every dance oriented industrial band today in some form or another.

80’s EBM: Very soon after (or even interlinking with) the first wave, the first wave of what can realistically be called "EBM" was created. Bands such as Front Line Assembly broke away from the slightly more factory/dark sounding industrial front that Skinny Puppy and co. had created, and chose to embrace the catchy beats and danceable percussiveness instead, thereby creating songs that were more conventionally structured as well as hits in clubs. Front 242 are also credited with the creation of EBM, as well as (by some) Skinny Puppy, though personally i believe it is a bit of a stretch citing the old Puppy with this one...

Late 80’s Industrial Metal: Near the end of the 80's, heavy metal was fast becoming a standard in music, and industrial was really coming into its own. Given the aggressiveness and darkness of the respective genres, it's no real surprise that bands melded the two into one machine of doom. Bands like KMFDM, Ministry, and NIN started introducing the pounding, heavy guitars of heavy metal into the factoryish beats and electronica of Industrial. It worked well. What this also did, is bring the genre (industrial) much closer to the mainstream (a wise move sales-wise, and personally i liked it a lot), although this did actually alienate a lot of the fans at the time... a lot of the elitist fans... serves them fucking right

Coldwave: At the very end of the 80's, and in the very early years of the 90's, grunge became a mainstay in the music scene, and KMFDM and Ministry had become very popular, given their music stylings. A new strain of industrial metal was rising, influenced not only by the heaviness of metal, but also the rougher production, and more angst-laden, disturbing lyrical conent of Grunge and Industrial. This was the first wave of Coldwave. A personal favorite, Coldwave contained all of Metal's aggressiveness, much of Industrial's harshness and electronics, Grunge's attitude and some lyrical content, and Punk's energy and rawness. There were many 'styles' of Coldwave Industrial in this time, and though many had slightly different takes on the genre, they were generally recognisable through a still distinctive sound, and/or the record label they were on (most significantly; Re-Constriction, or Re-Con, which basically housed every major or minor Coldwave band of the times.) Coldwave was coined by (most will say) 16volt. The music was harsh, mechanical, grinding, and energetic, though still managed to retain a massively heavy sound. 16volt's sound was by far the heaviest of teh coldwave bands of the time, using harsh, chainsaw guitars, and incredibly distorted 'concrete beats'in their music, they were closest to the industrial of old. Acumen Nation, another coldwave band, created a very Drill'n'Bass oriented genre, using the hard changing beats of D'n'B as a basis for the sound, and sharp, stuttered guitars. Unit:187 created a slower, slightly more synth oriented Drum'n'Bass style Coldwave outfit, utilising ambience and grooving beats as their bread and butter. And Chemlab, and Hate Dept. utilised the fast, catchy style of Punk as much of their basis, coupled with heavier, Ministry style guitar work, and rather Cyber-punk oriented lyrics. All had a distinct style, but all were recognisable under the one banner.


EBM; The first wave: The first wave of what is (IMO) true EBM, so far as i can tell, was with bands like Funker Vogt, :wumpscut:, and Icon of Coil. All generally utilised quite simple, repetitive beats, that were good on teh dancefloor, slightly distorted vocals, and very aggressive synthesizers. Some were much much better than others, and it became quite a cluttered genre. The bands were generally a popular addition for people that were fans of bands like Front Line Assembly, and it was here that much of the really heavy, Goth influenced Industrial really came about.

Dark Ambient; The 90’s Wave: After the first stylings of "Dark Ambient" were made in the 80's, another set of bands started straying into experimental/dark ambient territorty once more, though usually under the guise of a danceable band. Artists like VNV Nation, and Covenant started utilizing many of the more experimental textures, and bizarre sounds of Dark Ambient, with similar lyrical content. They, however, kept a far more accessible beat going, with the workings of the song as manageable and non-painful as they could. Whilst it was excellent at the time, it was a style that got very tired, very fast.

The Second wave of Coldwave: After the first, somewhat basic, wave of Coldwave, new bands started to develop a style that accentuated far more of the aggressive side of the music, and with far more intense a nature and lyrics. For me, i believe 16volt was again at the head of this curve, though this time NIN was another example of what the style sounded like (The EP Broken is a prime example). Bands such as Christ Analogue, Diatribe, and God lives underwater were all good examples. They kept the heavy, distorted guitars going, made the sound more catchy (and as such more accessible), distorted the synthesizers more, and generally revamped the genre with a far more 'analogue' sound. Many of the bands had a more 'scratchy' sound to them, and all still retained the 'factory soundtrack' sound that coldwave is famed for.

The Mid-90’s Industrial Metal: Soon after the second wave of Coldwave, a group of artists that were similarly influenced by NIN followed, although in a slightly different direction. For these bands, generally the guitar was far more up front, and the synth etc. took a back seat. Many had an extremely similar sound, that even today is recognisable; bands like Filter, Gravity Kills, Marilyn Manson, and Stabbing Westward all took significant inspiration from the famous band, and utilised it in a new way. All were also highly influential in the genre (despite being severely criticised for their similarities and influence from Reznor's incredible music). It was this wave that really influenced the Nu-metal genres and modern metal styles that incorporate Industrial, and were heavily introducing the Alternative-metal scene into the Industrial scene.

Industrial and Extreme Genres: Not really a grouping in time, so much as just a general trend that started (most will agree) with Fear Factory, and Die Krupps. Blending the blast-beats of death metal, with the cold electronics and precision of Industrial, there have been a slew of followers melding it in their own way, including: Godflesh, The Amenta, Red Harvest, Rammstein, and jesu.

The Darkwave line: In the late 90's, another genre of heavily goth influenced EBM came into being. These would generally be known as Darkwave bands. Bands like Pride And Fall, to an extent Razed In Black, and The Cruxshadows. I believe theres another side to the Darkwave genre, but much of it contains massive industrial influence. A very cool style when done right, very danceable, very 80's sounding, a little lame, but really fun stuff (ironic really...)

The Electro Industrial Revolution: Keeping a slightly similar sound to Coldwave, but also taking a lot of the EBM influences from artists such as :wumpscut:, came the Electro-Industrial bands. There were a slew of them, a lot of them absolutely shit, but they generally went without the guitars and focused on keeping that slightly coldwave sound but with Synth instead. Bands like X Marks The Pedwalk, Project Pitchfork, Die Warzau, and Assemblage 23 were in this lot.

The Aggrotech Scene: After electro really came in in the 90’s, industrial musicians incorporated this new heavy techno into their sound more prominently than before. Incorporating a massively distorted beat along with simple rhythm, but pounding bass and amazing synth, these bands kicked off a whole new generation after the new millennium. Included in this revolution were: Apoptygma Bezerk, and Kevorkian Death Cycle. Focused on bringing industrial to the club scene, there are now many clubs that feature this kind of music, and it became quite popular.

The Nu-Dustrial Collaborations: During the mid to late 90’s, when nu-metal was really finding its place in the world, some began mixing the two genres together. Whilst it would not really surface until the late 90’s and the new millennium, bands like American Head Charge, Crossbreed, Static-X, Coal Chamber, Deadstar Assembly, Dope, and Powerman 5000 really introduced the electronic side of music to Metal. A good addition in my humble opinion, and it added a new side to a genre often criticized for being too derivative and 'lame'.

The Third Wave of Coldwave: The third wave consisted of bands that brought back the punky flair to their music, but kept a very grinding, and more metal oriented sound to their music. Bands like Neon Synthesis, Bile, Cyanotic, Ghost In The Machine, and Klank are included. This lot is a little hard to distinguish from the other waves of coldwave, but they all retain that very rock-like song structure, and the very signature coldwave guitar sound.

Powernoise: As the millennium changed, so too did the musical climate. A new cancer was forming; noisecore or powernoise as it would be known. Knowing few (if any) boundaries, and oftentimes barely resembling music, Powernoise was generally sample based percussion, distorted beyond recognition, bludgeoning listeners into submission through sheer brutality. An exceptionally loud and difficult to listen to genre, it is really amazing stuff. Terrorfakt, Gridlock, and Hypnoskull are exceptional examples. Dont listen to it when you have a headache...

Ambient Powernose: Though quite similar, a few bands stood out throughout the creation of the genre, notably Manufactura, Painbastard, Hocico, and Unter Null. All kept the same brutal percussion, but far more sparsely, and added almost beautiful interludes of space-like ambience to balance it out. A personal favorite.

The Second Wave of Aggrotech: After much wallowing, Aggrotech made a comeback. It is often also referred to as "The Third wave of American Industrial". This wave is possibly the most aggressive and intensely angry sub-genre so far. Including extreme themes, distorted synthesizers, heavy bass, thick drums, and occasionally guitars, this genre is possibly the best suited to clubs, and clubbing people to death. Combichrist is largely credited with the creation, and bands like Psyclon Nine, Amduscia, Dawn Of Ashes, Grendel, Panzer AG, and The_Retrosic are all included.

The Second Wave of Industrial Metal: After the third wave of Coldwave, a new set of bands came about, similar in some respects, but were generally more oriented towards the metal scene. This was the Second Wave of Industrial Metal. The Industrial Metal of the New Millenium. Bands like Mankind Is Obsolete, Celldweller, Godsmack, Mnemic, and Slaves On Dope all included industrial influences in their generally extreme branches of metal.

Modern: So we have a shitton of industrial, Aggrotech is getting more popular, and 16volt and Acumen nation and the likes are bringing back the coldwave scene too... its not going anywhere

If you have any bands that arent on the list, post them. This will be all-encompassing

You'll probably see a load of similar artists i dont have on here on the site, i havent got around to listening to all of them Rest assured though, that they will get added eventually

Enjoy,
Demoniac

[ZOMB13]

Squirrelly Arts - Cyber Industrial from San Diego, Ca.
Vigilante - Industrial from Chile, guitar heavy yet electro

[Stealthtastic]

[Demoniac]

Originally Posted by ZOMB13

Amduscia - Also from Mexico like Hocico, very awesome.
Squirrelly Arts - Cyyber Industrial from San Diego, Ca.
Vigilante - Industrial from Chile, guitar heavy yet electro

Amduscia is on there

The others, i shall get their page from, and add

Originally Posted by Stealthtastic

Glad you approve, dude

[ZOMB13]

Originally Posted by Demoniac

Amduscia is on there

The others, i shall get their page from, and add



Glad you approve, dude

I missed it

[Demoniac]

Not to worry Also, those other 2 bands are added

Vigilante look like an awesome band, i look forward to giving them a listen when im not in a deathly quiet room surrounded by workmates

[elrrek]

Originally Posted by Demoniac

- Laibach - German anti-nazidustrial. Interesting style, though not for everyone.

FAIL!

Laibach are Slovenian !!! They sing in German a great deal but they amost definitely are not German.

[Demoniac]

God dammit!! You know, i even meant to change that... Zepp88 was telling me the same thing Fail indeed.

Fixed now

[Demoniac]

Some more added

[stuz719]

Seriously awesome thread, Demoniac.

Respect is not only due, but duly given.

[vampiregenocide]

Mushroomhead have a lot of industrial elements no?

[stuh84]

I'm gonna spend some time in this thread, because 1) I'm bored, and 2) I've always had an interest in industrial sounding music, I'm big into......I dunno, the artificial side of music as much as the organic side, so this could bring up some nice stuff.

Epic thread dude, kudos to you

[Demoniac]

Originally Posted by vampiregenocide

Mushroomhead have a lot of industrial elements no?

Mushroomhead always used bits, yeah, but they were generally too small, and in with too much else, to really warrant calling them "industrial". To most they're still just Nu-metal

Great band tho, still loev em

[snuif09]

this needs to be a sticky =)

is there maybe some more like W.A.S.T.E - omega 3 i really love that song

[Demoniac]

^ I'll check out the song, and let you know Im at work at the moment, so give me a few hours

[Petef2007]

Epic thread sir, shall definatly check out some of the artists listed. Always had an interest in Industrial, but outside of the usual culprits (wumpscut, manson, nin etc) never really gave it a proper listen.

This shall be rectified.

[Demoniac]

Its not the kind of mucis you listen to if you are after "technical" stuff, its what you listen to when yuo want to listen to sound. Its why it has always appealed to me, the sounds are the most insane and interesting sounds ever, the synth is heavy, and it really just makes me go nuts (in that not moving kind of way...)

Mischa is a bit of a hedonist

[Petef2007]

^ i lol'd

If we're on about strange n insane sounds, have you come across a band called The Axis Of Perdition? If not, i quite highly recommend them - its a twisted, insane mix of industrial black metal and dark ambience, with a heavy influence from the "Silent Hill" game series.

Seriously disturbing stuff at times.

[Demoniac]

I'll take a look, they may even need to be added to the list

Every chance i get (when my gf is out of the hosue cos it hurts her head ) I listen to some Terrorfakt. Their stuff is just fucking incredible. So many layers of rhythm, all of it distorted beyond recognition

[Lern2swim]

Awesome list

[Demoniac]

Thanks i put a fair bit of time in

[Lern2swim]

3 possible additions...

First, the obvious: Aphex Twin

Next, the not so obvious: Emilie Autumn. Came across her stuff about a year ago. Sounds like industrial mixed with The Dresden Dolls. Not all of her stuff has the industrial side to it though. She's actually a violin player and she does veer off into straight instrumentals sometimes.

Third, one of the bigger local bands from my area(not together anymore though), don't know just HOW well they're known though: Luxt. Kinda metal/dance/industrial-ish. Female and male singers. They put on great live shows.

[Demoniac]

Originally Posted by Lern2swim

3 possible additions...

First, the obvious: Aphex Twin

Nah, i considered Aphex twin, but they were way more involved in furthering Synthpop and straight electro, along with Gary Numan and Kraftwerk. None of them were quite "harsh" or extreme enough to be putinto his lot. It was pretty much experimental synthpop as opposed to experimental dark ambient or industrial

The other two i'll have a look into tho

EDIT: Emilie Autumn added for sure Will keep searchin for the other

[Lern2swim]

Get what you're saying about AT. I'm definitely a bit more "throw everything remotely related into the mix" when it comes to genres. There is a lot of crossover. Prodigy, for example, I'd consider to definitely be electronica, but they also have a huge industrial element to them.

Also, forgot to add in my description of Emilie Autumn that she's incredibly hot. Ohhh, the things I would do.

[Demoniac]

Oh man, yeah the Prodigy have massive Industrial elements, but they had way too much pop/electronica/rap in there to put them in. Im pretty sure that just about every Industrial/EBM fan is a Prodigy fan tho