Music Banter - Industrial/Electro Metal

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I used to work for an Industrial music magazine. Real industrial is truly dead now.

That said, Chemlab, Skinny Puppy and 16 Volt will always be great to me. Also, I think you can call "Industrial Rock" music just Industrial without mislabeling it, as it has the fucking name in it.

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Originally Posted by Above (Post 1146939)

I used to work for an Industrial music magazine. Real industrial is truly dead now.

Are you saying you killed it by working at the magazine? :laughing:

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Originally Posted by Above (Post 1146939)

That said, Chemlab, Skinny Puppy and 16 Volt will always be great to me. Also, I think you can call "Industrial Rock" music just Industrial without mislabeling it, as it has the fucking name in it.

To be honest, I like that stuff more than true industrial and always have. But I don't buy the argument about naming the style. It would be inaccurate to call rap metal simply "rap" because, well, rap and rap metal are two very different things, even though one was an influence on the other. Another example is baroque pop. Nobody calls the Beatles "baroque music". Why? Because they didn't play the same type of music as Bach even though they were certainly influenced by that style. Same with industrial rock. As I said before though, the really puzzling thing is how, starting in the 90s, "industrial" came to be used to describe so many bands that don't even seem particularly influenced by actual industrial music.

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1146953)

Are you saying you killed it by working at the magazine? :laughing:

To be honest, I like that stuff more than true industrial and always have. But I don't buy the argument about naming the style. It would be inaccurate to call rap metal simply "rap" because, well, rap and rap metal are two very different things, even though one was an influence on the other. Another example is baroque pop. Nobody calls the Beatles "baroque music". Why? Because they didn't play the same type of music as Bach even though they were certainly influenced by that style. Same with industrial rock. As I said before though, the really puzzling thing is how, starting in the 90s, "industrial" came to be used to describe so many bands that don't even seem particularly influenced by actual industrial music.

1) Well, they fired me so probably, haha.

2) I think Industrial and Industrial Rock are too similar to be separate genres, to be honest.

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Originally Posted by Above (Post 1146956)

2) I think Industrial and Industrial Rock are too similar to be separate genres, to be honest.

Industrial

Industrial Rock

What is so similar about them?

Would the Quake II soundtrack be considered industrial metal?

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Originally Posted by Above (Post 1146939)

Skinny Puppy kicks ass

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1146958)

What is so similar about them?

Firstly, good choice of songs. I adore both of them. Secondly, I think they're just different waves. The scene has changed over time. East Side Militia was a 1995-ish release, man.

Do we really need to debateover how to define a genre? Why can't we just enjoy the music?

To be fair for those arguing genres, he also said electro metal.

In which case Atrocious I think you'll like this

Herrschaft - Human Soul - YouTube