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This list details some of these offshoots, including fusions with other experimental and electronic music genres as well as rock, folk, heavy metal and hip hop. Industrial genres have spread worldwide and are particularly well represented in North America, Europe, and Japan.
Industrial music is a genre of music that draws on harsh, mechanical, transgressive, or provocative sounds and themes.
- Pierre Schaeffer – “Etude aux chemins de fer” (1948) As World War II drew to a close, the radio and recording studios of France afforded Pierre Schaffer a unique opportunity to intersect his interests in sonic art and science.
- Cromagnon – “Caledonia” (1969) Pounding drums, radio wave static, sampled orchestral music, fuzz guitar, bagpipes(!) and something approaching a black metal vocal hiss—in 1969 there was essentially no frame of reference for this combination of sounds, certainly not one so heavy and intense.
- Suicide – “Frankie Teardrop” (1977) Although not an industrial band per se, the proto-electronic darkness of Suicide’s “Frankie Teardrop” is a template for early Industrial music, its experimental leanings and harrowing intensity.
- Throbbing Gristle – “Hamburger Lady” (1978) Formed out of performance art troupe COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle coined the term “industrial” but they didn’t limit what that entailed, their early recordings ranging from noise to sound collage, disco, synth-laden kosmische and exotica.
Mar 26, 2024 · These are the calling cards of industrial music, the anti-establishment genre that made its mark by bridging art-rock with aggression, oblique synths with sturm und drang.
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Jun 6, 2024 · Industrial music is a dynamic genre defined by harsh, bold sounds and themes. Explore it navigates through its most influential records.
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Jun 17, 2019 · Throbbing Gristle, Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy: These bands brought the heat. By Pitchfork. June 17, 2019. Collage by Simon Abranowicz, photos via Getty Images. In October 1976, the performance...
