---
title: "Cyber Metal"
type: "MusicGenre"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/cyber-metal"
parent: "Metal"
bands: 10
era: "2000s"
---

# Cyber Metal

**Cyber Metal** is a metal fusion genre, formative in the 2000s. TheMetalNet maps 10 bands and 53 albums under it.

Cyber metal is a sci-fi-tinted branch of industrial metal that layers cold electronics, EBM and trance synths, and a cosmic, futuristic sheen over metallic riffing. Norway’s The Kovenant crystallized the term around 1999 as they morphed from symphonic black metal into a chrome-plated, dystopian sound. Compared with older industrial metal it is more melodic and symphonic, trading mechanical repetition for spacey grandeur. Themes lean on technology, transhumanism, and science fiction.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Genre | Cyber Metal |
| Level | Sub-genre |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Formative era | 2000s |
| Fusion genre | Yes |
| Bands | 10 |
| Albums | 53 |
| Formation span | 1985 to 2024 |

## Bands

- [THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-mad-capsule-markets) (Japan, 1985)
- [Illidiance](https://themetalnet.com/band/illidiance) (Russia, 2005)
- [The Sin:Decay](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-sin-decay) (Finland)
- [Breach the Void](https://themetalnet.com/band/breach-the-void) (2007)
- [Khadaver](https://themetalnet.com/band/khadaver) (Slovakia, 2006)
- [Parisishesh](https://themetalnet.com/band/parisishesh) (United States, 1991)
- [Deadheaven](https://themetalnet.com/band/deadheaven) (2012)
- [V1RV$](https://themetalnet.com/band/v1rv) (United States, 2024)
- [Harbiter](https://themetalnet.com/band/harbiter) (Italy)
- [Psycho Trigger](https://themetalnet.com/band/psycho-trigger) (2009)

## Where it is played

- [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 2 bands
- [Finland](https://themetalnet.com/country/fi): 1 bands
- [Italy](https://themetalnet.com/country/it): 1 bands
- [Japan](https://themetalnet.com/country/jp): 1 bands
- [Russia](https://themetalnet.com/country/ru): 1 bands
- [Slovakia](https://themetalnet.com/country/sk): 1 bands

## Bands formed by decade

| Decade | Bands formed |
| --- | --- |
| 1980s | 1 |
| 1990s | 1 |
| 2000s | 4 |
| 2010s | 1 |
| 2020s | 1 |

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/cyber-metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/cyber-metal). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt