Industrial metal

This article is about the musical genre. For the use of metal in industry, see metalworking.

Industrial metal
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsMid-1980s; United Kingdom, United States, Germany, and Switzerland
Derivative formsNu metal
Other topics

Industrial metal is the fusion of heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals.[1] Prominent industrial metal acts include Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Fear Factory, Rammstein, KMFDM, and Godflesh.[3][4]

Industrial metal developed in the late 1980s, as industrial and metal began to fuse into a common genre.[3] Industrial metal did well in the early 1990s, particularly in North America,[5] with the success of groups such as Nine Inch Nails, but its popularity began to fade in the latter half of the 1990s.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Industrial Metal". Allmusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Alternative Metal". Allmusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 9 September 2017. The first wave of alternative metal bands fused heavy metal with prog-rock (Jane's Addiction, Primus), garage punk (Soundgarden, Corrosion of Conformity), noise-rock (the Jesus Lizard, Helmet), funk (Faith No More, Living Colour), rap (Faith No More, Biohazard), industrial (Ministry, Nine Inch Nails), psychedelia (Soundgarden, Monster Magnet), and even world music (later Sepultura)...By the latter half of the '90s, most new alt-metal bands were playing some combination of simplified thrash, rap, industrial, hardcore punk, and grunge.
  3. ^ a b Di Perna A 1995, p. 69.
  4. ^ Berelian, Essi (2005). The Rough Guide to Heavy Metal. London: Rough Guides. pp. 131, 225–227, 252–254. ISBN 1-84353-415-0 – via the Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Wiederhorn 1994, p. 64.
  6. ^ Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann (1999). "Division Alpha — Fazium One". Rock Hard (in German). No. 155. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.