Industrial is such a lazy catch all for bands that incorporate drum machines and samples into their music. The whole meaning of 'Industrial' is the monotonous sound of machinery coupled with strange Electronic samples that are meant to ape machinery. This was then set to sparse rythmns to mirror an emotionally cold 'non-human' asthetic. A perfect example would be Throbbing Gristle whose music can remain unapproachable over 30 years later.
Modern bands such as Ministry took an element of this but they were just as much influenced by bands such as P.I.L and Killing Joke. Even early Krautrock had a bearing on their sound too.
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