--- title: "Industrial" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/industrial-metal" parent: "Metal" bands: 387 era: "late 1980s" --- # Industrial **Industrial** is a metal fusion genre, formative in the late 1980s. TheMetalNet maps 387 bands and 1,670 albums under it. Industrial metal fuses metal’s riffs with the machinery of industrial music — drum machines, samples, synths, and a cold, mechanical production — for a harsh, dystopian sound. Britain’s Godflesh pioneered the template with drum-machine beats and depth-charge bass, and Ministry, Fear Factory, and Rammstein pushed it in different directions through the 1990s. Riffs are heavy and repetitive, rhythms precise and pounding, and themes often dwell on technology, control, and alienation. It sounds like metal built in a factory. ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Industrial | | Level | Sub-genre | | Parent genre | Metal | | Formative era | late 1980s | | Fusion genre | Yes | | Bands | 387 | | Albums | 1,670 | | Formation span | 1960 to 2026 | ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Nine Inch Nails](https://themetalnet.com/band/nine-inch-nails) (United States, 1988) - [Marilyn Manson](https://themetalnet.com/band/marilyn-manson) (United States, 1989) - [Rammstein](https://themetalnet.com/band/rammstein) (Germany, 1994) - [Ministry](https://themetalnet.com/band/ministry) (United States, 1981) - [Rob Zombie](https://themetalnet.com/band/rob-zombie) (United States, 1965) - [Fear Factory](https://themetalnet.com/band/fear-factory) (United States, 1990) - [Celldweller](https://themetalnet.com/band/celldweller) (United States, 1969) - [Killing Joke](https://themetalnet.com/band/killing-joke) (United Kingdom, 1979) - [Powerman 5000](https://themetalnet.com/band/powerman-5000) (United States, 1991) - [KMFDM](https://themetalnet.com/band/kmfdm) (1984) - [Pain](https://themetalnet.com/band/pain) (Sweden, 1996) - [Samael](https://themetalnet.com/band/samael) (Switzerland, 1987) - [Static‐X](https://themetalnet.com/band/static-x) (United States, 1994) - [Dope](https://themetalnet.com/band/dope) (United States, 1997) - [Front Line Assembly](https://themetalnet.com/band/front-line-assembly) (Canada, 1986) - [Clawfinger](https://themetalnet.com/band/clawfinger) (Sweden, 1989) - [Godflesh](https://themetalnet.com/band/godflesh) (United Kingdom, 1988) - [Combichrist](https://themetalnet.com/band/combichrist) (Norway, 2003) - [Die Krupps](https://themetalnet.com/band/die-krupps) (Germany, 1980) - [Pitchshifter](https://themetalnet.com/band/pitchshifter) (United Kingdom, 1989) - [Lords of Acid](https://themetalnet.com/band/lords-of-acid) (Belgium, 1988) - [Mortiis](https://themetalnet.com/band/mortiis) (Norway, 1993) - [PIG](https://themetalnet.com/band/pig) (United Kingdom, 1988) - [Terminal Choice](https://themetalnet.com/band/terminal-choice) (1993) - [Dagoba](https://themetalnet.com/band/dagoba) (France, 1997) - [Godhead](https://themetalnet.com/band/godhead) (United States, 1994) - [Samsas Traum](https://themetalnet.com/band/samsas-traum) (Germany, 1996) - [Skold](https://themetalnet.com/band/skold) (Sweden, 1966) - [16volt](https://themetalnet.com/band/16volt) (United States, 1991) - [Hanzel und Gretyl](https://themetalnet.com/band/hanzel-und-gretyl) (United States, 1993) - [The Berzerker](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-berzerker) (Australia, 1995) - [Bile](https://themetalnet.com/band/bile-c354fa44) (United States, 1992) - [Dawn of Ashes](https://themetalnet.com/band/dawn-of-ashes) (2000) - [Dope Stars Inc.](https://themetalnet.com/band/dope-stars-inc) (Italy, 2003) - [Psyclon Nine](https://themetalnet.com/band/psyclon-nine) (1999) - [Deathstars](https://themetalnet.com/band/deathstars) (Sweden, 2000) - [Raunchy](https://themetalnet.com/band/raunchy) (Denmark, 1994) - [Spineshank](https://themetalnet.com/band/spineshank) (United States, 1996) - [Trent Reznor](https://themetalnet.com/band/trent-reznor) (United States, 1965) - [American Head Charge](https://themetalnet.com/band/american-head-charge) (United States, 1996) - [John 5](https://themetalnet.com/band/john-5) (United States, 1971) - [Jonathan Davis](https://themetalnet.com/band/jonathan-davis) (United States, 1971) - [The Kovenant](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-kovenant) (Norway, 1993) - [Rabbit Junk](https://themetalnet.com/band/rabbit-junk) (2004) - [White Zombie](https://themetalnet.com/band/white-zombie) (United States, 1985) - […and Oceans](https://themetalnet.com/band/and-oceans) (Finland, 1995) - [Cubanate](https://themetalnet.com/band/cubanate) (United Kingdom, 1992) - [D’espairsRay](https://themetalnet.com/band/d-espairsray) (Japan, 1999) - [MASTER BOOT RECORD](https://themetalnet.com/band/master-boot-record) (Italy, 1979) - [Sybreed](https://themetalnet.com/band/sybreed) (Switzerland, 2003) - [The Electric Hellfire Club](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-electric-hellfire-club) (United States, 1991) - [Acumen Nation](https://themetalnet.com/band/acumen-nation) (United States, 1988) - [Crossbreed](https://themetalnet.com/band/crossbreed) (United States, 1996) - [Cyanotic](https://themetalnet.com/band/cyanotic) (United States, 2002) - [Genitorturers](https://themetalnet.com/band/genitorturers) (United States, 1991) - [No One Is Innocent](https://themetalnet.com/band/no-one-is-innocent) (France, 1994) - [Numb](https://themetalnet.com/band/numb) (Canada, 1986) - [Semargl](https://themetalnet.com/band/semargl) (Ukraine, 1997) - [Till Lindemann](https://themetalnet.com/band/till-lindemann) (Germany, 1963) - [Turmion Kätilöt](https://themetalnet.com/band/turmion-katilot) (Finland, 2003) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 68 bands - [Finland](https://themetalnet.com/country/fi): 23 bands - [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 22 bands - [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 16 bands - [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 14 bands - [Sweden](https://themetalnet.com/country/se): 13 bands - [Russia](https://themetalnet.com/country/ru): 11 bands - [Canada](https://themetalnet.com/country/ca): 9 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1960s | 10 | | 1970s | 7 | | 1980s | 35 | | 1990s | 90 | | 2000s | 88 | | 2010s | 52 | | 2020s | 16 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/industrial-metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/industrial-metal). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt