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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Serenity is the Devil (2025)
Album - 11 Tracks - Released October 24, 2025

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16Volt
A Tribe Apart
ALT BLK ERA
Above Snakes
Amerakin Overdose
Apex4X
Audio Terrorist
Author & Punisher
Autumns
Ayria
Bad/Love
Bark
Bill Leeb
Blaqk Van
Blitz Union
Bloodlyne
Blue Stahli
CANTERVICE
Celldweller
Cold In May
Combichrist
Darkside Retox
Dead On A Sunday
Deadcode
Deadly Apples
Die Form
Die Krupps
Dollflesh
Dozy Doe
Eisbrecher
Emanuel Casablanca
Esprit D'Air
FRANK ZUMMO
Gary Numan
H6LLB6ND6R
HEALTH
Hazbin Hotel
Horror Skunx
Hysteria
Icon Of Coil
Insane Clown Posse
Jacob Lizotte
Jesus On Extasy
Julien-K
KALAMITY KILLS
Kekal
Khroma
LOVELORN DOLLS
Laibach
Laney Piper
Leæther Strip
Lord Of The Lost
MOTELBLVCK
Machines Of Loving Grace
MayNard
Mechanical Bloodlines
NOCTURN
Neroargento
New Fear
Nine Inch Nails
Nomy
Nova Twins
Odd Obsessions
Orgy
Overhook
PEAKS!
Pop Will Eat Itself
Puscifer
Ratio Strain
Ray Bull
Ray Noir
Rob Zombie
SCALER
SINthetik Messiah
STARSET
Seething Akira
Sin of Man
Skold
Smash Into Pieces
Soviet Shiksa
Stoneburner
Street Sects
The Anix
The Birthday Massacre
The Resurrection Club
Thy Disease
Till Lindemann
Timothy D
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
VAMPIRO
Venera
WHITE GALLOWS
Whyte Fang
Willyecho
Witchz
Wohli
chrome!
def rebel
discxrdia
lionel Cohen
Linkin Park
Rammstein
Marilyn Manson
Nine Inch Nails
Insane Clown Posse
Rob Zombie
Snow Strippers
STARSET
Type O Negative
Britney Manson
Jeris Johnson
She Wants Revenge
Smash Into Pieces
Danzig
Static-X
HEALTH
Puscifer
Till Lindemann
Dope
Witchz
Bauhaus
def rebel
Self Deception
Powerman 5000
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Lord Of The Lost
Nova Twins
Celldweller
Cult To Follow
Oli Sykes
Gary Numan
Ministry
Eisbrecher
PAIN
Dance With the Dead
WARGASM (UK)
Helmet
Horror Skunx
SAMURAI
David Draiman
OOMPH!
Killing Joke
Orgy
KMFDM
WHITE GALLOWS
Swans
Nomy
KID BRUNSWICK
Blue Stahli
Дурной Вкус
Bark
The Birthday Massacre
Custom
Delilah Bon
Hazbin Hotel
Dozy Doe
Combichrist
Chris Harms
3TEETH
Mick Mars
Artefuckt
Dead By Sunrise
Willyecho
Ray Bull
Jimmy Urine
ALT BLK ERA
Ost+Front
Fight The Fade
Bloodlyne
Skinny Puppy
Strapping Young Lad
Front 242
CCCP – Fedeli Alla Linea
Snake River Conspiracy
SKYND
How To Destroy Angels
Dead On A Sunday
The Anix
Coil
Samael
Stabbing Westward
Сталкер
Vast
Rabbit Junk
FKA Rayne
Einstürzende Neubauten
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Sybreed
FLAT BLACK
Lords Of Acid
Black Light Burns
Green Jelly
Jay Ray
Front Line Assembly
Raiser
Machines Of Loving Grace
Hurt
Paul Ferguson
XANU
Die Krupps