Industrial is an extreme genre of music that emerged out of punk and avant-garde music in the late 1970s which combines mechanical sounds, tape loops, and noise with themes such as nihilism, sadomasochism, war, fascism, and death.

Since its creation, industrial has been combined with many other genres of music, resulting in a wide variety of industrial subgenres. “Industrial” can be used as an umbrella term that encompasses all of these subgenres.

Subgenres and related genres:

• Industrial Metal
• Industrial Rock
• EBM
• Neofolk
• Dark Ambient
• Noise
• Industrial Hip Hop

Artists:

• Throbbing Gristle
• Einstürzende Neubauten
• Ministry
• Front 242
• Nine Inch Nails