This guy has the right idea.

NIN forever!

The particular genre of Trent Reznor's work is undefinable. He predominantly started out as a industrial artist with Pretty Hate Machine and some aspects of The Downward Spiral. You began to see his evolution with the Fragile (IMO the best album by any artist ever period).

Reznor should be a epitome to what other artist should aspire to be. He was constantly re-inventing his music. Honestly, when I was a teen his older music was befitting. As his music evolved so did my tastes. His recent albums are just as revolutionary to me as were his old when I was a teenager.

To refer to his music as "emo" is ludicrous... comparing his work to the likes of shit like My Chemical Romance is blasphemy lol...

Honestly when I think of Industrial I think of NIN's older music. None of the music I rummaged through in this thread interested me

I wish I could find another NIN... especially now that Reznor said he is done with that portion of his career

He was actually pretty emo. Not in the negative sense that applies to almost every other thing we dub emo, but rather in the sense that he was one of the very first musicians who explored the arena. Originiality isn't a bad thing.

Newer material from an OLD-school Industrial band (first album dropped back in '89!)

artist: Das Ich
song: Kannibale

Stompy beats from Canada.

(Please disregard the corny-as-f?!k placeholder image. The song, for the genre, is SOLID. Promise.)

artist: iVardensphere
song: Diatribe
genre: Power Noize

I skimed through most of the posts on this threar, overall I think some pretty good bands. While i LOVE what Trent Reznor has done over most of his carrer(he really feel apart after Fragile HOWEVER I absolutley LOVE Ghosts I-IV) I have to say he wasnt the best Industrial act out there. I would prob say my fav is Skinny Puppy, you cant beat the albums Bites(with Remission being a close second) Ogre and Cevin really had some creativity in thier music. Lately ive been on a real industrial kick, ill list some of the bands ive been diggin lately, what u all think?

Grendel - Really diggin these guys too
Electric Hellfire Club - My favorite Satanists lol
Wumpscut - I cant seem to stop listening to 'Turns Off Pain'
Suicide Commando - I think ive listened to these guys as long as ive listened to NIN and Skinny Puppy
Pitbull Daycare
Unter Null
Coriolis
Psyclon 9 - I love the vocalist
Velvet Acid Christ - I think I own every CD of this guy
Decoded Feedback
Funker Vogt
Godkiller
Tactical Sect
Switchblade Symphony
Assemblage 23
Retrosic - These guys have a very solid sound!
Frontline Assembly
Combichrist - Gonna see them next month
KMFDM - of course

Thats all I can think of off the top of my head.. I would have included VNV Nation but I think of them as more techno than industrial and they only have a few songs I like, but those few I really like

This post was edited by Sinnthetic on Apr 6 2011 08:55pm

Hm. Try out some early era VNV; Praise the Fallen / Empires era.

song: Joy (off Praise the Fallen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nomNwSWIhlw

song: Darkangel (off Empires)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3-IPG-XnaU

I should have also put:

In Strict Confidence

and

Neuroticfish - these guys are strange. The voice remins me of VNV Nation but they have better music for the most part.. nice and slow industrial/techno songs


AND... HOW THE FUCK DID I FORGET Fear Factory??? I mean Pisschrist is one of my fav songs.. I cant get enough of that

Some of the local talent here in L.A.

artist: bioassay
song: silence
genre: Terror EBM



(Please disregard the horrible slideshow someone put together for the song. Thanks.)

This post was edited by ChowYunFat on Apr 6 2011 11:21pm

This is such a hidden genre. It's great.

Wish I had could still torrent so I could actually take some of these rec's.