Industrial Rock

Industrial rock is a genre characterized by its fusion of heavy metal's aggression and punk's energy with industrial music's mechanized rhythms and sonic experimentation. Emerging in the 1980s and 1990s, industrial rock drew inspiration from post-punk and gothic rock, incorporating distorted synths, driving beats, and often, provocative, theatrical vocals. Artists like Rammstein and Nine Inch Nails popularized the genre in the 1990s, blending industrial's noise and dissonance with catchy hooks and riffs. This fusion of styles created a unique sound that was both brutal and melodic, speaking to a generation disillusioned with mainstream culture. Industrial rock's cultural significance lies in its confrontation of societal norms and its embracing of the dark, the surreal, and the transgressive. With its intense live performances and often, shocking aesthetic, industrial rock pushed the boundaries of rock music, influenced by and influencing genres like nu metal, gothic metal, and electronic body music.

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Horror Vacui
Album - 11 Tracks - Released April 18, 2025

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A Tribe Apart
ALT BLK ERA
Above Snakes
Apex4X
BOYCOTT!
Bauhaus
Beneath The Hollow
Big Black
Bigod 20
Blaine Rohmer
Blaqk Van
Bloodlyne
Celldweller
Chris Harms
Coming Down
Custom
Daemon Grey
Dark Remedy
Darkside Retox
Darkways
Deadcode
Deadly Apples
Delilah Bon
Discordant Generation
Dozy Doe
Echo Drone
Eisbrecher
Esprit D'Air
FKA Rayne
FLAT BLACK
Freakangel
Front Line Assembly
Ghostatic
Glass Lotus
Godflesh
Guiltless
H6LLB6ND6R
Hedone
Helmet
Horror Skunx
Iiwanajulma
Imperishable
Infinity Broke
JUD
Jacob Lizotte
Jason Williamson
Jay Ray
KALAMITY KILLS
Katrina Ford
King Yosef
Laibach
Lifeless Past
Linkin Park
Marilyn Manson
Market
Markus Schukowski
Ministry
Moodie Black
Necrotech
Neroargento
Nova Twins
Occults
Orgy
PainKillers
Pankow
Parallyx
Pitchshifter
Pure Reason Revolution
Ray Bull
Reznor
STARSET
Sick n' beautiful
Sin of Man
Skold
Smash Into Pieces
Solemn Golem
Swans
The Anix
The Legendary Pink Dots
The Plague
The Sweet Kill
Throbbing Gristle
Till Lindemann
Timothy D
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Tyrant Of Death
VILYN
VNDETTA
Vigilante
WHITE GALLOWS
Witchz
Wohli
XANU
ZOMBIE GIRL
Zero 9:36
chrome!
def rebel
discxrdia
dread risks
zYnthetic
Linkin Park
Rammstein
Marilyn Manson
Rob Zombie
Nine Inch Nails
STARSET
Snow Strippers
Type O Negative
Britney Manson
Jeris Johnson
She Wants Revenge
Smash Into Pieces
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Static-X
Danzig
Self Deception
Till Lindemann
Dope
def rebel
Witchz
Bauhaus
Puscifer
Celldweller
Cult To Follow
Nova Twins
Zero 9:36
Oli Sykes
Eisbrecher
Ministry
Dance With the Dead
Horror Skunx
Cassyette
Helmet
SAMURAI
WARGASM (UK)
OOMPH!
Orgy
Killing Joke
David Draiman
KMFDM
WHITE GALLOWS
KID BRUNSWICK
Nomy
Swans
Bark
Custom
Combichrist
Дурной Вкус
Dozy Doe
Delilah Bon
Mick Mars
Artefuckt
Dead By Sunrise
Chris Harms
3TEETH
Jimmy Urine
Ray Bull
Willyecho
Fight The Fade
Bloodlyne
Skinny Puppy
ALT BLK ERA
Front 242
Strapping Young Lad
CCCP – Fedeli Alla Linea
SKYND
The Anix
Dead On A Sunday
How To Destroy Angels
Vast
Laibach
Einstürzende Neubauten
Stabbing Westward
Samael
FKA Rayne
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Black Light Burns
Green Jelly
Jay Ray
Front Line Assembly
Lords Of Acid
FLAT BLACK
Die Krupps
Paul Ferguson
Machines Of Loving Grace
Godflesh
Hurt
XANU
Trent Reznor
Snake River Conspiracy
Psychic TV
Lilith Czar
Big Black
Kidneythieves
Esprit D'Air
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We Are PIGS
Daemon Grey
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