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Genre
industrial rock
Parent Genre: rock

Industrial rock is a genre that combines heavy metal and electronic music, often featuring distorted guitar riffs, synthesizers, and aggressive vocals. The lyrics often touch on themes of social and political commentary, as well as personal struggles and dark subject matter. The genre emerged in the late 1980s and gained popularity in the 1990s, with bands incorporating elements of industrial music, punk rock, and alternative rock. The sound is characterized by a raw, gritty, and industrial feel, with a focus on creating a powerful and intense atmosphere.


Top artists of industrial rock genre

Rammstein
Marilyn Manson
Rob Zombie
Nine Inch Nails
Type O Negative
Danzig
Static-X
Sisters of Mercy
Puscifer
Celldweller
Bauhaus
Powerman 5000
Helmet
Ministry
Killing Joke
OOMPH!
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List of industrial rock artists

Here is a list of industrial rock artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the industrial rock genre. You can find out what industrial rock genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Rammstein
80 17 56 79 5 37 125 8221238
2
Marilyn Manson
69 13 51 81 1 36 131 3970306
3
Rob Zombie
67 15 54 91 3 42 121 2538539
4
Nine Inch Nails
66 48 54 66 22 34 123 2318675
5
Type O Negative
59 28 35 79 11 25 115 801856
6
Danzig
59 15 45 67 6 30 130 836644
7
Static-X
58 18 53 94 1 45 135 1326762
8
Sisters of Mercy
55 44 55 72 5 54 132 391175
9
Puscifer
55 23 55 62 14 32 126 598467
10
Celldweller
54 27 48 84 3 38 132 246473
11
Bauhaus
54 13 50 63 12 44 131 708196
12
Powerman 5000
53 4 52 92 1 48 139 633695
13
Helmet
51 18 40 85 4 39 119 274389
14
Ministry
50 35 55 83 2 45 128 460553
15
Killing Joke
49 22 46 88 2 46 135 294515
16
OOMPH!
49 4 56 89 1 48 127 353761
17
Orgy
48 4 51 90 0 51 127 306427
18
Combichrist
47 19 53 88 1 29 132 161778
19
KMFDM
47 46 56 90 0 46 130 255270
20
3TEETH
46 58 47 94 1 21 129 84331
21
Swans
46 55 30 58 25 16 111 258151
22
Peter Murphy
45 6 54 63 15 52 126 209258
23
Skinny Puppy
43 25 57 81 3 42 115 190943
24
Stabbing Westward
41 11 48 82 0 26 133 179746
25
Trent Reznor
39 0 0 0 0 0 0 118107
26
Front 242
39 62 67 85 4 51 125 129380
27
Apoptygma Berzerk
39 32 56 85 4 47 127 74906
28
Project Pitchfork
39 24 54 89 1 41 122 67166
29
Einstürzende Neubauten
38 30 49 53 26 27 118 183827
30
How To Destroy Angels
37 76 63 56 32 33 133 133077
31
Lords Of Acid
36 34 54 89 0 43 128 91583
32
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
36 33 60 86 1 63 120 70910
33
Tomahawk
36 30 50 78 7 45 131 121126
34
Laibach
36 15 53 72 19 28 125 81591
35
:Wumpscut:
35 35 52 83 4 28 126 53584
36
Black Light Burns
35 24 54 82 12 36 118 62083
37
Die Krupps
35 23 62 95 2 67 126 50244
38
Front Line Assembly
35 65 58 83 1 37 129 81510
39
Tones On Tail
34 33 56 62 11 51 139 64285
40
Psychic TV
33 42 58 59 32 56 124 63988
41
Skold
33 1 42 90 2 27 138 35826
42
Nitzer Ebb
33 5 68 71 1 71 128 76354
43
Throbbing Gristle
32 54 47 41 29 43 116 90222
44
Cabaret Voltaire
31 58 67 70 15 64 124 91026
45
Snake River Conspiracy
31 17 55 93 5 43 110 30106
46
Kidneythieves
31 11 56 77 8 43 144 60477
47
Gravity Kills
31 54 53 85 0 33 131 59056
48
Pop Will Eat Itself
30 14 59 83 2 58 122 34692
49
Velvet Acid Christ
30 61 54 88 3 47 120 38910
50
Pitchshifter
30 58 47 91 0 37 151 34255
51
Meat Beat Manifesto
30 47 56 82 3 50 128 38408
52
Switchblade Symphony
29 23 57 56 17 41 135 50265
53
Machines Of Loving Grace
29 37 57 87 0 66 124 17389
54
ohGr
29 26 56 85 2 47 134 35007
55
Revolting Cocks
28 46 57 89 1 44 123 58082
56
Godhead
28 18 51 82 0 35 144 31195
57
Die Form
28 27 60 82 6 45 119 17402
58
Chemlab
28 15 54 95 1 41 121 22753
59
Chrome
28 43 38 70 12 34 122 17208
60
The Young Gods
27 15 51 88 7 28 125 27536
61
Severed Heads
27 65 64 80 6 60 119 22030
62
The Legendary Pink Dots
27 32 49 38 36 23 122 40505
63
Lard
26 14 45 93 1 28 142 38287
64
PIG
26 36 52 82 1 43 117 22005
65
Leæther Strip
26 61 58 77 1 41 128 23755
66
Sister Machine Gun
26 44 60 77 0 45 117 33670
67
Collide
26 26 53 82 7 43 130 25183
68
MDFMK
25 30 56 83 0 41 127 31738
69
Tweaker
25 48 56 62 12 31 123 18504
70
Pigface
25 9 61 82 1 35 123 24102
71
1000 Homo DJs
23 28 48 95 0 24 110 25967
72
God Lives Underwater
22 32 53 80 0 73 101 18370
73
Razed In Black
21 55 57 88 0 46 128 13329
74
Download
21 57 57 82 6 34 124 14611
75
Prick
21 16 49 91 0 25 136 5711
76
Haujobb
21 37 59 78 1 29 120 16334
77
The Klinik
21 80 66 78 15 38 113 10451
78
The Tear Garden
20 18 55 68 11 31 114 13992
79
Pailhead
19 31 51 88 1 56 125 10871
80
Foetus
19 77 40 88 0 19 141 21888
81
Surgical Meth Machine
19 44 54 93 2 40 130 6721
82
The Electric Hellfire Club
19 62 53 85 2 50 135 16949
83
Sunna
19 25 51 53 20 25 130 5797
84
Cubanate
18 66 45 95 0 38 145 6800
85
Consolidated
17 5 66 83 3 57 112 6683
86
Lead into Gold
17 56 48 77 0 29 129 5152
87
Cop Shoot Cop
17 15 32 78 20 30 156 10996
88
Noise Unit
16 61 58 82 0 41 133 10608
89
Android Lust
16 14 56 79 18 46 142 11192
90
cEvin Key
15 93 62 94 4 55 131 12511
91
Bigod 20
14 4 66 72 0 62 124 6870
92
Snog
14 16 51 83 4 30 109 5276
93
Spahn Ranch
11 68 53 79 0 50 139 5296
94
Controlled Bleeding
11 69 34 75 5 23 100 7716
95
Argyle Park
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3039
96
Sheep On Drugs
9 55 56 86 0 20 140 4916
97
Hate Dept.
9 28 65 81 0 46 122 4948
98
Slick Idiot
8 23 59 91 7 41 127 5895
99
Chris Connelly
8 4 61 78 0 47 126 5449
100
Die Warzau
7 69 68 87 0 23 110 6160
101
Excessive Force
7 82 58 95 0 31 124 4050
102
Cyberaktif
7 24 64 85 0 36 107 5622
103
Psychopomps
7 88 46 82 0 30 122 3498
104
En Esch
7 39 53 89 0 57 141 3855
105
Meg Lee Chin
6 3 67 89 2 66 89 2562
106
C-Tec
6 70 67 83 1 26 110 3835
107
Doubting Thomas
6 63 44 60 44 37 89 5240
108
12 Rounds
5 78 52 80 1 39 113 2181
109
Hilt
5 82 64 26 0 45 101 2670
110
Cocksure
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1700
111
Kill Switch...Klick
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 976
112
Rx
4 0 75 68 16 75 100 1176
113
H3llb3nt
3 40 80 85 2 40 119 2412
114
The Damage Manual
3 0 15 97 13 8 81 2875
115
Rx
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 237
116
Big Black
2 12 35 93 0 22 162 70047
117
Prick
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 998
118
Hellbent
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168