Author Topic: Industrial music (Read 6258 times)

mormapope · « **on:** January 28, 2016, 03:08:22 AM »

I listened to a lot of industrial music in highschool, mainly to unwind or to get wasted with a few of my best friends. Started to listen to Industrial again, and god damn, I like it more now than I did back then.

Post your favorite Industrial music or new shit you've listened to.

Rammstein

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KMFDM

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Nine Inch Nails

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toku · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2016, 03:27:18 AM »

tiesto · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2016, 09:38:29 AM »

Not huge on industrial but Throbbing Gristle is pretty coo'. And I did see NIN live in concert back in '01. Anyways:

Trent Dole · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2016, 10:06:25 PM »

Ah, my shiz. This stuff never died off entirely and has been experiencing a bit of a revival lately. Here's a Pitchfork approved (?!) example:

Sounds like old stuff but it's super fucking well done, don't deny.
Babbyland - they used old synths cause that's all they could get a hold of and various junk for percussion, they're like A Flock of Neubauten.

The Young Gods - they were doing sampling before 'samplers' existed and thus had shit loaded into guitar stomp boxes and such. American audiences left shows in irritance due to their being no guitarist on stage!

(ya gotta skip 30 seconds in on this vid to get to the track proper)

It's not an industiral thread without some Luxa/Pan productions...

Al & Paul

..and most of the musician populace of Chicago and lots of other places too, to be fair.

doctavius bonbon · « **Reply #4 on:** January 29, 2016, 01:30:51 AM »

Front 242~

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KMFDM

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chronovore · « **Reply #5 on:** January 30, 2016, 11:50:49 AM »

Just consider me to have Liked this whole thread.

mormapope · « **Reply #6 on:** January 30, 2016, 10:55:48 PM »

Whenever I want a good laugh, I'll watch this music video

Don't know what the context is besides German themes/WW2. Its a lot of gibberish and then a clown appears.

Rufus · « **Reply #7 on:** January 30, 2016, 11:05:45 PM »

Die Krupps are a one-hit-wonder to me:

El Babua · « **Reply #8 on:** January 30, 2016, 11:28:14 PM »

Moar KMFDM

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mormapope · « **Reply #9 on:** March 16, 2016, 10:49:15 PM »

Been listening to a lot of NiN lately, mainly the entirety of Pretty Hate Machine and The Downward Spiral. Initially, I favored Pretty Hate Machine a lot more. Its a lot easier to listen to, and the album has fantastic pacing. Incredibly moody and angst filled.

Unlike a lot of people that shit on themselves for liking angst shit, the music and its tone/mood compliment those feelings of disappointment and hate. Pretty Hate Machine in general is a feel good album, and what makes you feel good is seeing the world around you as pretty downtrodden and hopeless. Pretty Hate Machine feels a lot more general lyrically compared to Downward Spiral.

Downward Spiral is a mess of noise at first, songs don't really flow into each other that well and there's a lack of consistency for style overall. But once the album grows on you, its great. If Pretty Hate Machine is easier to listen to, Downward Spiral is easier to get lost in. Angst is replaced with loathing and resentment, hopelessness is replaced with inevitability, the lyrics and music combine to paint a very vivid picture.

Both albums are equal to me after listening to both for a while. If I had to pick a favorite from each album:

toku · « **Reply #10 on:** March 16, 2016, 11:24:09 PM »

Reptile

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #11 on:** March 17, 2016, 05:54:04 PM »

Front 242, KMFDM and Nitzer Ebb. Those were the days.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #12 on:** March 17, 2016, 06:16:35 PM »

I got The Downward Spiral again recently and it's hard to believe it's almost 25 years old. I was expecting it to sound a bit dated, but it holds up remarkably well.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #13 on:** March 17, 2016, 07:52:20 PM »

I'm gonna go through this thread and give all this shiz a listen at some point, Industrial is a genre I'd like to know more about. I only really listen to Ministry. Which groups should I start with as a Ministry fan?

This one rules:

Trent Dole · « **Reply #14 on:** March 17, 2016, 10:43:45 PM »

Several of the obvious recommendations fora Ministry fiend are in this very thread. Front 242's 06:21:03:11 UP EVIL (the numbers each correspond to a letter, spelling out FUCK

), KMFDM's uh basically anything since they're rather Ramones like in that pretty much all of their shit sounds the same but I'll say start with Angst cause that's where I started, of course some albums are less great than others. Rammstein is almost definitely your jam if you like Al's stuff. Du Hast and Just One Fix have very similar riffs played in the same tuning. I was pretty amused when I noticed. Wax Trax was the main label for this kind of stuff in the USSA but they ate it due to bad finances and were absorbed by TV who went on to eat it cause of bad finances. They were home to KMFDM here along with earlier Ministry and their side projects, before dying TVT issued a fantastic compilation called Black Box that gives you a pretty great overview of their output and would be a fine starting point to delve further. Most of the groups posted in the thread so far have been on WT at some point. Going beyond that http://www.idieyoudie.com/ is one of the better resources for current goings on in the genre and they often do navel gazing 80s/90s look back cause that's when the genre was considered to be in its prime. I could go on about this stuff and it looks like I just did.

mormapope · « **Reply #15 on:** August 18, 2016, 04:41:17 PM »

I never saw SF2 the animated movie, but apparently the soundtrack for the North American version has a lot of industrial/hard rock in it.

This scene alone is a combination of two pieces of media I adore the fuck out of, the timing of the music and the battle itself...

toku · « **Reply #16 on:** August 18, 2016, 05:57:53 PM »

Its actually good if you've never seen the whole thing and I think discotek media just announced a US date for the remaster on bluray

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17 on:** August 18, 2016, 10:54:18 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 17, 2016, 07:52:20 PM

I'm gonna go through this thread and give all this shiz a listen at some point, Industrial is a genre I'd like to know more about. I only really listen to Ministry. Which groups should I start with as a Ministry fan?

This one rules:

I need more songs like this.

toku · « **Reply #18 on:** September 19, 2016, 01:27:00 AM »

More darkwave that industrial but fuck it:

chronovore · « **Reply #19 on:** September 20, 2016, 04:21:53 AM »

Quote from: toku on September 19, 2016, 01:27:00 AM

More darkwave that industrial but fuck it:

Do you like Neikka RPM ?

toku · « **Reply #20 on:** September 20, 2016, 12:26:17 PM »

Never heard them before!

chronovore · « **Reply #21 on:** September 21, 2016, 11:09:45 AM »

Quote from: toku on September 20, 2016, 12:26:17 PM

Never heard them before!

I think they count as darkwave. I like them a lot.

If you want more rhythmic synth, more dark electronica, I like Collide and Swarf.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #22 on:** October 04, 2016, 08:09:19 PM »

Seeing PIG tonight, Mr. Watts has his old KMFDM buddies En Esch and Gunther Schultz in tow as band members and they've been busting out some of that squads tunes on this tour. Should be good times.

mormapope · « **Reply #23 on:** October 23, 2017, 02:37:40 AM »

Been relistening to rammstein and kmfdm, mainly to kmfdm tho.

Rammstein is really really okay. Having to look up what their songs about, combined with how bland and samey it all is, their library is not nearly as good as i remember it being.

KMFDM tho

Been listening to their greatest shit album nonstop. Tons of variety when it comes to how songs sound, themes and all that are straightforward as fuck. KMFDM is angsty as fuck, but theres an underlining theme of hope, empowerment, being an individual. Helps keep me sane.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #24 on:** October 23, 2017, 12:51:40 PM »

I wish to be an industrial vamp

EVOL · « **Reply #25 on:** October 23, 2017, 09:26:34 PM »

I like Einsturzende Neubauten

Do they count?

Trent Dole · « **Reply #26 on:** October 24, 2017, 12:03:00 AM »

Quote from: EVOL on October 23, 2017, 09:26:34 PM

I like Einsturzende Neubauten

Do they count?

Blixa himself would probably say no, but yes.

Scrooged · « **Reply #27 on:** October 24, 2017, 01:17:10 AM »

NIN and KMFDM are probably my faves, but I see that they are already fairly represented here. I'll add these two to the mix.

Front Line Assembly. They have a prolific catalog over the past 30 years.

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Stabbing Westward. Super inspired by NIN.

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TEEEPO · « **Reply #28 on:** October 24, 2017, 01:27:34 AM »

genesis p orridge diagnosed with leukemia

agrajag · « **Reply #29 on:** October 24, 2017, 01:41:43 AM »

can we have some love for proto-industrial icons Killing Joke?

EVOL · « **Reply #30 on:** October 25, 2017, 12:00:28 AM »

Quote from: Trent Dole on October 24, 2017, 12:03:00 AM

Quote from: EVOL on October 23, 2017, 09:26:34 PM
I like Einsturzende Neubauten

Do they count?
Blixa himself would probably say no, but yes.

I like Blixa, he's a cool ass guy but he can be a cunt sometimes

Any bands, old or new in that vein? Didn't really like what I heard of NIN and some other Industrial bands I heard

Vit-Symty · « **Reply #31 on:** October 25, 2017, 01:08:49 AM »

I'm not really into industrial music that much but I do follow Carre, a Japanese industrial unit. Probably not the type of industrial music you're used to or looking for, though. They're quite experimental, veering into minimal at times. Their 2nd album is up on bandcamp: https://carre-alter.bandcamp.com/album/grey-scale

Shogun's Sadism is probably one of their best.

And there's that British industrial group, Test Dept. Thier album The Unacceptable Face Of Freedom isn't bad ("Fuckhead" is a cool track IMO).

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #32 on:** October 25, 2017, 01:25:45 AM »

It was in here before, but the video got taken down at some point:

Trent Dole · « **Reply #33 on:** October 25, 2017, 02:58:22 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on October 25, 2017, 01:25:45 AM

It was in here before, but the video got taken down at some point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGJEaEpi21E

DANCE, MOTHERFUCKER!

Oh hey they did a box of basically EVERYTHING from the wax trax era a few years back and it's up on spotify. 95 tunes.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2hfFKjFfTDgL0Iv41keqBO
Shit's got all the side project stuff from then too.