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Android_Lust
   Artist: Android Lust
   Genre: Electro-Industrial   Ambient   
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Begun in 1995, Android Lust is the musical project of Shikhee, a fiercely independent woman born in Bangladesh, schooled in England and the USA, and now living near New York City. Shikhee is involved in all aspects of her musical production, a rarity in Industrial music where most women seem to be limited to singing swoopily over other peoples' music. The result is some of the most compelling and challenging Industrial music these days.
Angelspit
   Artist: Angelspit
   Genre: Electro-Industrial   Electropunk   Cybergoth   
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Angelspit is an electronic music band originally from Sydney, Australia and currently based in the United States. The band was formed in 2004 by vocalists/synthesists Destroyx (Amelia Tan) and ZooG (Karl Learmont). The band's music combines unique and stylistic elements of horror, punk and electronic music as well as pop and their work contains imagery revolving around medical experiments and grotesque societies.
Atari_Teenage_Riot
   Artist: Atari Teenage Riot
   Genre: Digital Hardcore   Hardcore Techno   Drum And Bass   Industrial Metal   
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Atari Teenage Riot (abbreviated ATR) is a German digital hardcore group formed in Berlin in 1992. The name was taken from a Portuguese Joe song entitled "Teenage Riot" from the album "Teen-age Riot", with the word 'Atari' added as an Atari ST computer was used to create compositions. Highly political, they fused anarchist, anti-fascist and anti-Nazi views with punk vocals and the newly emerging techno sound called digital hardcore, which is a term band member Alec Empire used as the name of his record label.
BUCK-TICK
   Artist: BUCK-TICK
   Genre: Gothic Rock   Darkwave   Industrial Rock   Electronic Rock   Punk Rock   
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Buck-Tick originally formed in 1984 as a cover band called Hinan Go-Go, which featured Hisashi Imai and Hidehiko Hoshino on guitars, Yutaka Higuchi on bass, Atsushi Sakurai on drums, and a man named Araki on vocals. A year later, Araki left the band, Atsushi abandoned the drums to become the group's new singer, Toll Yagami (Yutaka's brother) became the new drummer, and Hinan Go-Go was renamed Buck-Tick (pronounced "Baku-Chiku", meaning firecracker). Buck-Tick's lineup has not changed from 1985 to the present day.
Cabaret_Voltaire
   Artist: Cabaret Voltaire
   Genre: Industrial   Experimental   Post Punk   Electronica   New Wave   Acid House   Synthpop   Techno   
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Cabaret Voltaire are an English music group formed in Sheffield in 1973 and initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, and Chris Watson The group was named after Cabaret Voltaire, a nightclub in Zürich, Switzerland that served as a centre for the early Dada movement.
Chemlab
   Artist: Chemlab
   Genre: Industrial Rock   Coldwave   
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American industrial rock band founded in 1989 in Washington D.C. and disbanded in 2012.
Clock_DVA
   Artist: Clock DVA
   Genre: EBM   Cyberpunk   Post Punk   Industrial   
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Clock DVA are an industrial, post-punk and EBM group from Sheffield, England. The group was formed in 1978 by Adolphus "Adi" Newton and Steven "Judd" Turner. Along with contemporaries Heaven 17, Clock DVA's name was inspired by the Russian-influenced Nadsat of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange; Dva is the Russian word for "two".
Coil
   Artist: Coil
   Genre: Experimental   Industrial   Electronica   Ambient   
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Formed in London in 1983 by John Balance as a solo side project to Psychic TV, Coil developed into a full-scale musical group in 1984, when Balance cemented a partnership with Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson. Christopherson had been a founder of Psychic TV and member of Throbbing Gristle. For over twenty years Coil would be at the forefront of European experimentalism and electronic music.
Combichrist
   Artist: Combichrist
   Genre: Electro-Industrial   EBM   
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Combichrist was originally a side-project by Andy LaPlegua of the popular futurepop band Icon Of Coil. However, since the disbandment of Icon Of Coil, Combichrist has become Andy's main focus. Combichrist has had much more success than many of the other acts emerging from the electronic underground and the band has become one of the dark electro scene's most popular live acts.
Controlled_Bleeding
   Artist: Controlled Bleeding
   Genre: Industrial   Experimental   Ambient   Post Punk   Industrial Rock   Dub   
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Controlled Bleeding is a prolific experimental music group based in Massapequa, New York. The group was founded by Paul Lemos, the group's only consistent member. Most of Controlled Bleeding's released recordings feature two main collaborators, Chris Moriarty and vocalist Joe Papa, who both died in the late 2000s.
Covenant
   Artist: Covenant
   Genre: Electro   Synthpop   EBM   Industrial   
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Covenant is an electronic band formed in 1986 in Helsingborg, Sweden. The band is currently composed of Eskil Simonsson and Joakim Montelius (born 22 August 1969) alongside touring members Andreas Catjar and Daniel Jonasson from Dupont. Their music comprises a mixture between synthpop and electronic body music. They have been releasing music since the early 1990s.
Die_Krupps
   Artist: Die Krupps
   Genre: EBM   Industrial Metal   
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Die Krupps' sound developed and changed drastically over time; through noise, EBM and industrial, eventually (mid-1990s) introducing a metal sound revealing the influence of Metallica on the band, and they even recorded covers of Metallica songs.
Dope_Stars_Inc
   Artist: Dope Stars Inc
   Genre: Industrial Rock   Industrial Metal   Cyberpunk Rock   EBM   
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Dope Stars Inc. is an alternative and industrial rock band from Rome, Italy formed in 2003. The band was founded by Victor Love, Darin Yevonde, Grace Khold and Brian Wolfram.
Euphorbia
   Artist: Euphorbia
   Genre: EBM   Dark Electro   Electro-Industrial   
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Euphorbia is a Brazilian music group formed in 2005 and originally from Porto Alegre, Brazil. The band is one of the Dark electro pioneers in Brazil. Their music is in the electro-industrial genre. Their name originates from the Einstürzende Neubauten song Blume.
Fear_Factory
   Artist: Fear Factory
   Genre: Industrial Metal   Trash Metal   Groove Metal   Death Metal   
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Fear Factory were formed in 1989 in Los Angeles by Dino Cazares (guitar), Raymond Herrera (drums), Burton C. Bell (vocals) and later Christian Olde Wolbers (bass) under the name Ulceration before switching in 1990 to their current moniker.
Filmy_Ghost
   Artist: Filmy Ghost
   Genre: Cyberpunk   Ambient   Experimental   Industrial   
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Filmy Ghost is a experimental noise, ghostly computer music project from Rancagua, Chile. Created by Sábila Orbe.
Front_242
   Artist: Front 242
   Genre: EBM   Industrial   Electronica   Techno   
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Front 242 is a Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. Pioneering the style they called electronic body music, they were a profound influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.
Front_Line_Assembly
   Artist: Front Line Assembly
   Genre: Electro-Industrial   EBM   Industrial Metal   
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Front Line Assembly (FLA) is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early electronic and (post-)industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining elements of electronic body music (EBM). The band's membership has rotated through several members over the years, including Rhys Fulber and Michael Balch who are both associated with several other successful artists.
Global_Communication
   Artist: Global Communication
   Genre: Ambient   Industrial   Electronica   House   Downtempo   
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Global Communication is an electronic music act, comprising Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard. Their first LP, 76:14, is an acclaimed album from the ambient and 1990s electronic music genres. Beyond their work as Global Communication, they have also recorded as Jedi Knights, Secret Ingredients, The Chameleon, Link & E621, and Reload; have done remixes for various artists under each of their aliases, including a 1993 Reload remix of "On" by Aphex Twin and a 1997 Jedi Knights remix of "Home" by Depeche Mode. They founded the Evolution Records and Universal Language Productions labels.
Grendel
   Artist: Grendel
   Genre: EBM   Dark Electro   Electro-Industrial   Hardcore Techno   
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Grendel is a Dutch music group formed in 1997. Their music is in the electro-industrial genre. Their name originates from the beast in Beowulf. Not to be confused with the Finnish power metal band or Australian heavy metal band of the same name.
Haujobb
   Artist: Haujobb
   Genre: Electro-Industrial   Ambient   Techno   
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Haujobb is a German electronic musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to ambient and techno. They have become a staple crossover act, bringing several forms of electro into the mainstream industrial music world.
Headscan
   Artist: Headscan
   Genre: Trance   Electro-Industrial   
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The Canadian Montreal-based duo Headscan fuses futuristic dancefloor music with dark cinematographic soundscapes, meshing these elements into a smooth, hypnotic sound. The group combines the best elements of trance and electro-industrial resulting in a sound that is fresh and exciting, while holding true to its predecessors in electronic music.
Juno_Reactor
   Artist: Juno Reactor
   Genre: Psytrance   Goa Trance   Industrial   Trip Hop   
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Juno Reactor is a musical and performing group known for their cinematic fusion of electronic, global influences, and orchestral symphonic approach, collaborating with composer Don Davis and composing for the musical score of The Matrix. Central to the project is Ben Watkins and his collaborations with a constantly changing ensemble of musicians from across the world.
Left_Spine_Down
   Artist: Left Spine Down
   Genre: Digital Hardcore   Punk Rock   Electronica   Drum And Bass   Heavy Metal   Industrial Rock   Industrial Metal   
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Based in Vancouver, Canada, LEFT SPINE DOWN (also known by the acronym LSD) plays a brand of music called Cyberpunk that fuses the sounds of Industrial, Metal, Punk and Electronica.
Level-1
   Artist: Level -1
   Genre: Cyberpunk   Synthwave   Industrial   
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LeveL -1 are KaMui and Kazuu, two synthwave artists and composers based in Berlin. They both are thoroughly 80s fans (especially, when it comes to the whole cyberpunk-scene; mainly in anime) – As you listen to LeveL -1's music, you can definitely catch that feeling throughout their songs! Influences: it goes from 80s Industrial/EBM like Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Numb, NIN, Front Line Assembly, Bigod20 to various Synth-Soundtrack, Movie, Game or Chip Composers: John Carpenter, Charles Bernstein, Harry Manfredini, Giorgio Moroder, Claudio Simonetti/Goblin, Tsukasa Masuko (Megami Tensei), Hidenori Maezawa (Contra), Jeroen Tel (Supremacy), 4Mat, Rob Hubbard (Monty on the Run). They also have a strong affinity for 80s anime OSTs and Score music. To sum all the genres – it would be a mixture of: Cyberpunk/80s/NRW/Electronic/Chip/Industrial/OST and VGM
Machine_Of_Loving_Grace
   Artist: Machine Of Loving Grace
   Genre: Industrial Rock   
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American industrial rock band founded in 1989 in Tucson, Arizona and disbanded in 1997. Named after a poem of Richard Brautigan.
Ministry
   Artist: Ministry
   Genre: Industrial Metal   New Wave   Synthpop   
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Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a new wave synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the mid-1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs (1992) and touring as part of the Lollapalooza festival.
Necro_Facility
   Artist: Necro Facility
   Genre: Industrial   Futurepop   
   Profile: N/A
Nine_Inch_Nails
   Artist: Nine Inch Nails
   Genre: Industrial Rock   Industrial Metal   Alternative Rock   Dark Ambient   Synthpop   
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Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN) is an American industrial rock band, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction. NIN's music straddles a wide range of genres, while retaining a characteristic sound using electronic instruments and processing.
Nitzer_Ebb
   Artist: Nitzer Ebb
   Genre: EBM   Electronica   Industrial Rock   
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Nitzer Ebb are a British EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan "Bon" Harris (programming, synthesizers, drums, vocals), Douglas McCarthy (vocals), and David Gooday (drums).
nocover
   Artist: Noise Unit
   Genre: Industrial   Techno   Experimental   Psybient   
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Noise Unit started out as a collaboration between Bill Leeb and Marc Verhaeghen of Klinik. Together they produced the first two albums. The third album brought the project back to life with Rhys Fulber obviously taking over from Marc. "Decoder" was supposedly made from the leftovers of the aborted Front Line Assembly album "Toxic." The album "Drill" was a collaboration with Haujobb and Klinik.
Powerman_5000
   Artist: Powerman 5000
   Genre: Industrial Metal   Electronic Rock   Industrial Rock   
   Profile: N/A
Psyborg_Corp
   Artist: Psyborg Corp
   Genre: Electro-Industrial   EBM   EDM   
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Cosmic frost awakens! The Colombian band Psyborg Corp strikes back with their second album “The Frozen Shrines of Obsÿdÿana”; a ruthless wintry machine of 11 tracks full of icy melodies, rumbling avalanche bass lines and colossal freezing beats! This new album is a conceptual piece of work created by the band telling the sci-fi story of “Obsÿdÿana”: a crystal planetary system with a hi-tech society threatened by a cosmic phenomenon in the midst of war, facing annihilation. Signed to the German label BlackRain/Noitekk (2010), and Orion Records (Chile, 2014), winners of the Orion Records “Best Latinamerican Band 2011”, with four nominations for the Subterranica Awards (2014); signed by the Russian label Insane Records (2015) and boosting the momentum of two releases, Psyborg Corp keeps aiming high after gaining global media and public acclaim through the last years in quest for crystal armored glory!
Psydoll
   Artist: Psydoll
   Genre: Industrial   Electro   Gothic Rock   
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Psydoll are a cyberpunk band. They formed in Tokyo in 1997 and incorporate Industrial and Electropop with cyberpunk imagery, musical and lyrical content. In 2003 they were brought over to the UK to play at the Beyond the Veil gothic music festival in Leeds and gained some recognition amongst the UK industrial and gothic underground. Later that year they returned for a mini-tour of Scotland and Northern England. Leeds based Planet Ghost Music, home to Little Match Girl recognised the talent and signed them for their first release outside Japan. I, Psydoll is a collection of their previous two Japanese albums plus a bonus track. They then returned to the UK in 2005 for another mini-tour supporting amongst others Amen.
Punish_Yourself
   Artist: Punish Yourself
   Genre: Electronic Rock   Industrial Metal   Punkrock   
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Punish Yourself is a French Electronic Rock band best known for their stage theatrics and innovative style of Industrial and Punk music. They describe their style as "Fluo Cyber Punk".
Skinny_Puppy
   Artist: Skinny Puppy
   Genre: Electro-Industrial   Synthpop   Electronica   Industrial Rock   
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Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial music group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1982. The group is widely considered to be one of the founders of the electro-industrial genre. The band's logo consists of the stylized, superimposed letters SP and is a common fan tattoo.
Synthetic_Breed
   Artist: Synthetic Breed
   Genre: Industrial Metal   
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Australian industrial metal band.
The_Cassandra_Complex
   Artist: The Cassandra Complex
   Genre: Gothic Rock   Darkwave   Post Punk   Industrial   
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The Cassandra Complex are an electronic rock group formed by Rodney Orpheus and Paul Dillon in 1980 in Leeds, England, later expanding to a trio with the addition of Andy Booth.
The_Neon_Judgement
   Artist: The Neon Judgement
   Genre: EBM   Synthpop   New Wave   Industrial   
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The Neon Judgement is a Belgian new wave band, formed in Leuven in 1981 by Dirk Da Davo (keyboards/vocalist) and TB Frank (guitarist/vocalist). These Belgian musicians have often been considered the pioneers of electronic body music (EBM), together with another Belgian band, Front 242. EBM is a high-tech genre from the early '80s, combining industrial and electro music, from which later originated new beat and techno.
Throbbing_Gristle
   Artist: Throbbing Gristle
   Genre: Industrial   Experimental   Electronica   Ambient   Post Punk   
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Throbbing Gristle were an English music and visual arts group formed in 1976 in Kingston upon Hull. The band comprised Genesis P-Orridge (born Neil Megson; bass guitar, violin, vocals, vibraphone), Cosey Fanni Tutti (born Christine Newby; guitars, cornet, vocals), Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson (tapes, found sounds, horns, piano, vibraphone, synthesizer) and Chris Carter (synthesizers, tapes, electronics).
Victor_Love
   Artist: Victor Love
   Genre: Electro-Industrial   Industrial Rock   
   Profile: N/A
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