History Main / IndustrialMetal

Ministry weren't the only ones who kickstarted the industrial metal genre, however. The German band Music/{{KMFDM}} were one other early pioneer (albeit less influential than Ministry), as was the British {{Godflesh}} (who, while not as successful as Ministry, had a larger impact on the genre than KMFDM did). The genre really kicked off, however, when one man took note of all this and decided to get involved. This man was named Trent Reznor, and, having left his previous band, he decided to form a solo project. This solo project was called "NineInchNails", and had a similar musical style to Ministry except with more angsty lyrics and, at first, slightly less metal content (they really started piling on the guitars in TheNineties) and more production wizardry. Nine Inch Nails was the band that brought industrial music into the mainstream with their/his album, ''The Downward Spiral'', in the early nineties. The album with that "I-wanna-fuck-you-like-an-animal" song which is known as "Closer" to some people. Ministry also got a lot more recognition with their album, ''Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs''.

Ministry weren't the only ones who kickstarted the industrial metal genre, however. The German band Music/{{KMFDM}} were one other early pioneer (albeit less influential than Ministry), as was the British {{Godflesh}} (who, while not as successful as Ministry, had a larger impact on the genre than KMFDM did). The genre really kicked off, however, when one man took note of all this and decided to get involved. This man was named Trent Reznor, and, having left his previous band, he decided to form a solo project. This solo project was called "NineInchNails", and had a similar musical style to Ministry except with more angsty lyrics and, at first, slightly less metal content (they really started piling on the guitars in TheNineties). Nine Inch Nails was the band that brought industrial music into the mainstream with their/his album, ''The Downward Spiral'', in the early nineties. The album with that "I-wanna-fuck-you-like-an-animal" song which is known as "Closer" to some people. Ministry also got a lot more recognition with their album, ''Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs''.

Anyway, assuming you're up-to-date on this... after SkinnyPuppy brought {{industrial}} music a slight amount of recognition in not-underground-but-not-mainstream-either circles, a man named Al Jourgenson took note. He was a member of the SynthPop band Ministry, and he was incredibly bored and contemptible of the music his band was making. So, at some point, he rediscovered his old passion, the electric guitar, and decided to combine metal with this "industrial music" he'd heard so much about. And so, Ministry drastically changed their style from SynthPop to... industrial metal.

* Julien K (mixed with Synthpop)

* {{Mortiis}} (After being dark ambient, and then borderline SynthPop)

* TheKovenant (Industrial BlackMetal After a GenreShift)

* Aborym
* Anaal Nathrakh

* Blut Aus Nord

* TheKovenant (After a GenreShift)

* [[DevinTownsend Strapping Young Lad]]

* Chimaira

Ministry weren't the only ones who kickstarted the industrial metal genre, however. The German band {{KMFDM}} were one other early pioneer (albeit less influential than Ministry), as was the British {{Godflesh}} (who, while not as successful as Ministry, had a larger impact on the genre than KMFDM did). The genre really kicked off, however, when one man took note of all this and decided to get involved. This man was named Trent Reznor, and, having left his previous band, he decided to form a solo project. This solo project was called "NineInchNails", and had a similar musical style to Ministry except with more angsty lyrics and, at first, slightly less metal content (they really started piling on the guitars in TheNineties). Nine Inch Nails was the band that brought industrial music into the mainstream with their/his album, ''The Downward Spiral'', in the early nineties. The album with that "I-wanna-fuck-you-like-an-animal" song which is known as "Closer" to some people. Ministry also got a lot more recognition with their album, ''Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs''.

* {{KMFDM}}

In recent times, industrial seems to have fallen out of favour. Ministry have broken up, Nine Inch Nails is/are moving in entirely different directions, Manson are jokes, so on and so forth. Only Rammstein seem to be that popular anymore. Newer bands seem to be moving towards the upgraded version of Electronic Body Music: Aggro EBM/Hellectro, unless they go in a [[FollowTheLeader similar direction as Rammstein]] ([[OlderThanTheyThink though it was actually Oomph! that created Rammstein's style]]) into the sub-genre of Neue Deutsche Harte (German for New German Hardness)[[hottip:*:Named as a ShoutOut to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Deutsche_Welle Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave)]] of [[TheSeventies the late Seventies]], which spawned the seminal {{Industrial}} group Einstürzende Neubauten.]] with bands such as Eisbrecher, Megaherz and ASP leading the way. This genre also seems to be the go-to genre for GothicMetal and BlackMetal acts to change to when they undergo a GenreShift, like TheatreOfTragedy, TheKovenant and to an extent CradleOfFilth eventually did.

Also known as "Industrial 2: Electric Boogaloo". If you want to know what happened in the first one, click [[{{Industrial}} here]].

* {{Rammstein}} (TropeCodifier of Neue Deutsche Harte)

Ministry weren't the only ones who kickstarted the industrial metal genre, however. The German band {{KMFDM}} were one other early pioneer (albeit less influential than Ministry), as was the British {{Godflesh}} (who, while not as successful as Ministry, had a larger impact on the genre than KMFDM did). The genre really kicked off, however, when one man took note of all this and decided to get involved. This man was named Trent Reznor, and, having left his previous band, he decided to form a solo project. This solo project was called "NineInchNails", and had a similar musical style to Ministry except with more angsty lyrics and slightly less metal content. Nine Inch Nails was the band that brought industrial music into the mainstream with their/his album, ''The Downward Spiral'', in the early nineties. The album with that "I-wanna-fuck-you-like-an-animal" song which is known as "Closer" to some people. Ministry also got a lot more recognition with their album, ''Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs''.

In recent times, industrial seems to have fallen out of favour. Ministry have broken up, Nine Inch Nails is/are moving in entirely different directions, Manson are jokes, so on and so forth. Only Rammstein seem to be that popular anymore. Newer bands seem to be moving towards the upgraded version of Electronic Body Music: Aggro EBM/Hellectro, unless they go in a [[FollowTheLeader similar direction as Rammstein]] ([[OlderThanTheyThink though it was actually Oomph! that created Rammstein's style]]) into the sub-genre of Neue Deutsche Harte (German for New German Hardness)[[hottip:*:Named as a ShoutOut to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Deutsche_Welle Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave)]] of [[TheSeventies the late Seventies]], which spawned the seminal {{Industrial}} group Einstürzende Neubauten.]] with bands such as Eisbrecher, Megaherz and ASP leading the way.

* Pitchshifter

In recent times, industrial seems to have fallen out of favour. Ministry have broken up, Nine Inch Nails is/are moving in entirely different directions, Manson are jokes, so on and so forth. Only Rammstein seem to be that popular anymore. Newer bands seem to be moving towards the upgraded version of Electronic Body Music: Aggro EBM/Hellectro, unless they go in a [[FollowTheLeader similar direction as Rammstein]] ([[OlderThanTheyThink though it was actually Oomph! that created Rammstein's style]]) into the sub-genre of Neue Deutsche Harte (German for New German Hardness) with bands such as Eisbrecher, Megaherz and ASP leading the way.

* TheKovenant

* The Berzerker

Anyway, assuming you're up-to-date on this... after SkinnyPuppy brought {{industrial}} music a slight amount of recognition in not-underground-but-not-mainstream-either circles, a man named Al Jourgenson took note. He was a member of the SynthPop band Ministry, and he was incredibly bored and contemptible of the music his band was making. So, at some point, he rediscovered his old passion, the electric guitar, and decided to combine ThrashMetal with this "industrial music" he'd heard so much about. And so, Ministry drastically changed their style from SynthPop to... industrial metal.

A couple of other bands took note, including Godflesh and {{KMFDM}}. One man also took note. This man was named Trent Reznor, and, having left his previous band, he decided to form a solo project. This solo project was called "NineInchNails", and had a similar musical style to Ministry except with more angsty lyrics. Nine Inch Nails was the band that brought industrial music into the mainstream with their/his album, ''The Downward Spiral'', in the early nineties. The album with that "I-wanna-fuck-you-like-an-animal" song which is known as "Closer" to some people. Ministry also got a lot more recognition with their album, ''Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs''.

And so, industrial became massively popular. One band, Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, opened for Nine Inch Nails and, thanks to Trent Reznor's mentorship (if that's a word), dropped the "and the Spooky Kids" bit and basically stuck with the name of its frontman. Thanks to that, people confuse the band with the guy. Initially, Marilyn Manson were (we're talking about the band here) very popular amongst goths, but in recent times have become a joke within the goth scene.

Industrial music, particularly Marilyn Manson, got more focus in the mainstream thanks to the controversy caused by the Columbine killings. The news spread bullshit lies that, apparently, Marilyn Manson had told the two teenagers to go into school and kill people. They continued to spout this oral fecal matter even after it transpired that the two teens listened not to Manson but to KMFDM and Rammstein, neither of whom were picked on as much. And, given that KMFDM and Rammstein [[AllGermansAreNazis are German]], you can guess [[MusicToInvadePolandTo what the next allegation that the press threw at these bands happenned to be]]. Not that either band influenced the two teens, of course. If you think they did, then you're an idiot, sorry. If you want to blame someone for the killings, blame the two teens - they were the ones shooting people, weren't they?

A couple of other bands took note, including Godflesh and KMFDM. One man also took note. This man was named Trent Reznor, and, having left his previous band, he decided to form a solo project. This solo project was called "NineInchNails", and had a similar musical style to Ministry except with more angsty lyrics. Nine Inch Nails was the band that brought industrial music into the mainstream with their/his album, ''The Downward Spiral'', in the early nineties. The album with that "I-wanna-fuck-you-like-an-animal" song which is known as "Closer" to some people. Ministry also got a lot more recognition with their album, ''Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs''.