Industrial Metal

Industrial metal is a genre characterized by its fusion of heavy metal's aggression and industrial music's mechanized, electronic elements. Born in the late 1980s and gaining momentum in the 1990s, industrial metal combines distorted, downtuned guitars with synthesized sounds, samples, and pounding drum machines, often featuring screamed or growled vocals and introspective, angst-ridden lyrics. Emerging from the intersection of industrial, thrash metal, and alternative rock, the genre's popularity peaked in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with many artists drawing inspiration from the sonic experimentation of industrial pioneers and the theatrics of glam metal. Industrial metal's cultural significance lies in its reflection of societal anxieties and technological disillusionments, as well as its influence on the broader heavy music landscape. Notable for its incorporation of electronic and avant-garde elements, industrial metal sets itself apart from similar styles like nu-metal and alternative metal through its emphasis on rhythmic complexity and sonic experimentation.

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Pertencimento, Pt. 2
Single - Released November 7, 2025

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ASP
Abraded
Aesthetic Perfection
Angelspit
Ankor
Assemblage 23
Author & Punisher
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Avatar
Ayria
Believe In Nothing
Blitz Union
Blue Stahli
Blut Aus Nord
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Celldweller
Chimaira
Chromium Ignition
Circle of Dust
Coal Chamber
Combichrist
Corrosion Of Conformity
Covenant
Crematory
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Dirkschneider & The Old Gang
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Dozy Doe
Eversor
Existenter
Extize
Filter
Ghost In The Machine
God Module
HEALTH
Ho99o9
Hocico
Hollow Intent
IMPVLSE
Icon Of Coil
Iggor Cavalera
Illusion of Divinity
It's All Red
Jesus On Extasy
Jjesu
Julien-K
Kittie
Laibach
Leæther Strip
Lil Tytan
Lord Kaos
Lord Of The Lost
Manntra
Maskhera
Medusa
Melodicka Bros
Mud Slick
Muggeseggel
Nekrome
Neroargento
Nine Inch Nails
Northlane
Oddko
Oh! I Kill
Orgy
Ozzy Osbourne
PRESIDENT
Pop Will Eat Itself
Poppy
Project Pitchfork
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Rage Into The Inferno
Raven Black
Ray Noir
Rob Zombie
Rotersand
SCARLET
Samael
Sculforge
Seething Akira
Set in Stone
Silent Attack
Silly Goose
Sins
Skold
Solence
Soulfly
Tallah
The Anix
The Birthday Massacre
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Thy Disease
Till Lindemann
Warg
Wohli
bloodsimple
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Rammstein
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Black Sabbath
Marilyn Manson
Ozzy Osbourne
Nine Inch Nails
Rob Zombie
Poppy
Within Temptation
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Mudvayne
Static-X
Sanikwave
HEALTH
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Dope
Till Lindemann
Sevendust
Cradle Of Filth
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Djerv
Lord Of The Lost
Fear Factory
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Ministry
Lordi
PAIN
HELLYEAH
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Orgy
OOMPH!
David Draiman
Cold
Northlane
(Hed) P.E.
Eversor
DevilDriver
Soil
KMFDM
Ill Niño
Dropout Kings
DIR EN GREY
Snot
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Adema
Corrosion Of Conformity
Blue Stahli
Coal Chamber
Combichrist
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Dozy Doe
Tommy Vext
Ashbury Heights
Dead By Sunrise
Chris Harms
Flaw
3TEETH
Yousei Teikoku
Jonathan Davis
Clawfinger
Blutengel
Taproot
Otep
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Evil Empire
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Doom Deca
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Ost+Front
Deathstars
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Spineshank
Strapping Young Lad
Dry Kill Logic
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Primer 55
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