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What is industrial metal?

Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and heavy metal. It is usually centered around repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals.

About industrial metal

The style became increasingly commercially successful in the 1990s. Subsequently, it is most well-known in various European permutations.

From Last.fm, where 40,573 listeners have tagged music as industrial metal.

Artists to start with

  1. Rammstein
  2. Rob Zombie
  3. Marilyn Manson
  4. Static-X
  5. Mick Gordon
  6. Fear Factory
  7. Ministry
  8. White Zombie
  9. Pain
  10. Genitorturers

Albums to hear first

  • Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn MansonAntichrist SuperstarMarilyn Manson
  • The Golden Age of Grotesque by Marilyn MansonThe Golden Age of GrotesqueMarilyn Manson
  • Shadow Zone by Static-XShadow ZoneStatic-X
  • Smells Like Children by Marilyn MansonSmells Like ChildrenMarilyn Manson
  • Broken by Nine Inch NailsBrokenNine Inch Nails
  • Felons and Revolutionaries by DopeFelons and RevolutionariesDope
  • The Height of Callousness by SpineshankThe Height of CallousnessSpineshank
  • Herzeleid by RammsteinHerzeleidRammstein

Industrial Metal songs

  1. Dragula by Rob Zombie
  2. Sonne by Rammstein
  3. DEUTSCHLAND by Rammstein
  4. Living Dead Girl by Rob Zombie
  5. Rein Raus by Rammstein
  6. Du hast by Rammstein
  7. Engel by Rammstein
  8. Rip & Tear by Mick Gordon
  9. RADIO by Rammstein
  10. Mein Herz brennt by Rammstein

Industrial Metal on Risocast

  • Mutter by RammsteinMutterRammstein
  • Zeit by RammsteinZeitRammstein
  • Roboticist by Fear FactoryRoboticistFear Factory · 2026
  • Sonne by RammsteinSonneRammstein
  • Du hast by RammsteinDu hastRammstein
  • Deutschland by RammsteinDeutschlandRammstein
  • new way out by Poppynew way outPoppy · 2024
  • Detached by errorz0neDetachederrorz0ne

Neighbouring genres

In the metal & heavy family. All genres

death metalblack metaldoom metalalternative metaldeathcoredeath-doombrutal death metalblackened death metalcrossover thrashatmospheric black metalhardcore punkmetal

Questions

What is industrial metal?
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and heavy metal. It is usually centered around repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. The style became increasingly commercially successful in the 1990s.
Who are the best-known industrial metal artists?
By Last.fm listening: Rammstein, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Static-X, Mick Gordon and Fear Factory.
What genres are similar to industrial metal?
On Risocast it sits with death metal, black metal, doom metal, alternative metal, deathcore and death-doom.

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