"Industrial" is a descriptor that fans and critics have applied to a remarkable variety of music: the oildrum pounding of Einst rzende Neubauten, the processed electronic groans of Throbbing Gristle, the drumloop clatter of Skinny Puppy, and the synthpop songcraft of VNV Nation, to name just a few.
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But the stylistic breadth and subcultural longevity of Industrial Music suggests that the common ground here might not be any one particular sound, but instead a network of ideologies. "Industrial" is a descriptor that fans and critics have applied to a remarkable variety of music: the oildrum pounding of Einst rzende Neubauten, the processed electronic groans of Throbbing Gristle, the drumloop clatter of Skinny Puppy, and the synthpop songcraft of VNV Nation, to name just a few