industrial rock
Factory floor sound
Industrial rock fuses rock music with the harsh electronic sounds and mechanical rhythms of industrial music—heavy distortion, synthesizers, drum machines, and samples of noise or machinery.
The genre emerged in the late 1980s and reached commercial success in the 1990s with bands like Nine Inch Nails and Ministry.
Their sound was pure industrial rock—grinding guitars over programmed beats.
- RammsteinGerman industrial metal group
- Nine Inch NailsIndustrial rock act
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
- Cabaret VoltaireAvant-garde Zurich venue
- grungeAccumulated dirt or filth
cold wave · music · Trent Reznor · sampling · drum machines · electronic · distortion · metal riffs · heavy metal · pounding · urban decay · angst · dark · harsh · sequencer · abrasive · grinding · ministry
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industrial rocka cappella
Singing without instruments
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industrial rockacoustic music
Sound without amplification
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industrial rockeasy listening
Undemanding melodic audio
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