Best Industrial Bands Ever

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1) Nine Inch Nails

“While it WAS tempting to vote for Rammstein or Skinny Puppy, Trent’s a genius! NINs the best!”

asdfalexia

“THEY ROCK”

pandalover95

“nin did not invent industrial music. nin just made it popular and enhanced it.”

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2) Rammstein

“Rammstein have created a totally unique sound that I have never been able to compare with any other band. They are undoubtedly the best Industrial band, and personally for me, the best band I’ve ever heard!”

“Ramstein is totally best and their live performance and keyboard play is far the best!!!!!!11
”

“Rammstein Kicks ass!!!!!!!!!!”

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3) Marilyn Manson

4) Combichrist

5) Skinny Puppy

“Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly,
Numb,Controlled Bleeding, Diatribe,etc.etc. They are true industrial. This is the worst list I have ever seen. Many of the bands on the list are not even close to being industrial!!!!”

“What’s wrong with you? Where was Skinny Puppy? They are the BEST”

6) Tool

“best here along with NIN and APC
but arent they progressive metal?”

blaqksails92

“Whoever made this list is screwed up. No matter what list it’s in, Tool is ALWAYS first.

Putting aside my opinion though... Marilyn Manson is NEVER is the same category as tool. Most of these bands don’t fit the ’Industrial’ label.

Tool #1
NIN #2
-then 8 more bands-”

7) Kraftwerk ?

“can’t believe it still not is on this list !
or I misunderstand "industrial" ???”

8) Ministry

“it seems most of u forgot that NIN and ministry use to pretty much be in the same band Revolting Cocks but NIN went main stream”

jamie01

9) KMFDM

“KMFDM sucks! (And if you don’t get that, you’re probably not a fan D:)
Why is Marilyn Manson on here anyway? They’re industrial metal =/”

FashionistState

“dude, KMFDM are the pioneers of industrial rock. why isn’t KMFDM in there?!”

holocausticity

10) Oomph!

“Augen Auf was the bomb”

AresRed

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11) DUALPROFORM

12) Celldweller

“The best of the best”

13) VNV Nation

“The best of Industrial EBM, not to be missed.”

14) Bullet For My Valentine

“WTF? it shuold be in the top three for sure.. have doubts? listen to albums the poison and scream, aim, fire..”

metaniac

“Aside from the vocalist, not a bad sound.”

15) A Perfect Circle

16) Rob Zombie

17) Velvet Acid Christ

18) The Birthday Massacre

19) Stabbing Westward

20) 16Volt

“omg no body put them on here! whats the matter with people”

21) Die Krupps

“They are the next in timeline (after LAIBACH). They are a great inspiration. In electro with the first years and in Industrial metal with all the other songs after 1990. Quiz Question: Just listen to the fourth song of DK. I (1992) "The dawning of doom" and tell me for which song Rammstein took the same riff (a bit heavier).”

derekart

22) Static X

23) Front 242

“cannot believe that the absolutely Kultband Front 242 is not in this List”

“C’mon people... who made this list? Frat boys? Front 242 were reigning kings in the industrial world for quite some time!”

24) Mad Capsule Markets

“great band”

ronluna

25) Rosewater

“i comletely agree.”

“Since when is Rammstein and NIN industrial bands? Seriously, anyone who voted for them as industrial bands need to get a load of Rosewater to learn what industrial is.”

26) Acid Android

“l’arc~en~ciel’s drummer yukihiro solo band
amazing band”

ronluna

27) Calmando Qual

“Every fan of fine industrial/experimental music falls for Calmando Qual, when they hear them! Japanese indy. Unpredictable, original, sometimes heavy and sometimes subtle. Artful and contagious.”

28) Mushroomhead

“wtf theres tool up there but no mushroomhead what r u guys def”

29) Powerman 5000

30) Ayria

31) Kidney Thieves

32) Mindless Self Indugence

33) Coil

34) Laibach

“Because THEY started ALL. Back in 1980. Have in mind that the style of RAMMSTEIN (the cross badge) and also the music (even the voice) are just a copy of LAIBACH’s metal years. All other bands doing Industrial music. LAIBACH doing Industrial ART.”

35) Atari Teenage Riot

36) Columbine.

37) Front Line Assembly

38) Bitch Alert

39) Helmet

40) The Skeptics

41) Cabaret Voltaire

42) Throbbing Gristle

“The First and the only ones.
”

Pointdexter

43) Gary Numan & The Tubeway Army

44) Sheep on Drugs

45) Monte Cazazza

46) Foetus

47) Filter

“Filter is another band that should be on here. Richard Patrick from NIN quit and formed Filter which is an Industrial Alternative band. It should be on here and has been influential since the 90s”

xaxismusic

48) Frankenstein Drag Queens

49) NON

50) The Cruxshadows

51) Clan of Xymox

52) Pain

53) Psychic TV

54) Chemlab

55) My Life with The Thrill Kill Kult