Nimzo Box Set - Industrial

Industrial music is an experimental genre that pulls from punk, electronic, and rock music. Industrial was popularized in the 1980s by bands such as Coil and Einstuerzende Neubauten, who were known for an abrasive, cold and mechanical texture and flavor that for some was off-putting, but to others intriguing and aesthetically pleasing. Some of it can be quite disturbing, if we're being honest (of course, that's part of the appeal to some listeners, including me).

Post-industrial and related genres came much later. They typically feature a less abrasive, smoother sound, with more embellished and polished production, while still retaining a cold and sometimes aggressive aesthetic and energy. Industrial rock, metal, and hip hop, on the other hand, typically stick with a punk ethos and jagged rawness.

I know this style doesn't appeal to everyone, but for me, industrial and its subgenres and offshoots (particularly post-industrial) hold great appeal for me. In this box set, I've included first "pure" industrial favorites, then post-industrial and related subgenres, followed by industrial hip hop and rock/metal picks. Even if this post isn't my most popular, I consider box sets a great way to gather all of my themed favorites in one place to remind me of music I love.

There are playlists at the end of each separate list with some choice tracks from every subgenre I've explored so far. Enjoy! (And, Happy New Year!)

Credit: Lidia Zuin

Pure Industrial

1. Carter Tutti Void - Triumvirate  ||  Industrial  ||  2019  ||  UK  ||  7.5/10

2. Coil - Scatology  ||  Industrial  ||  1985  ||  UK  ||  8/10

3. Coil - Horse Rotorvator  ||  Industrial  ||  1986  ||  UK  ||  9.5/10

4. Controlled Bleeding - Core  ||  Industrial  ||  1986  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

5. Einstuerzende Neubauten - Haus der Luege  ||  Industrial  ||  1989  ||  Germany  ||  8/10

6. Einstuerzende Neubauten - Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.  ||  Industrial  ||  1983  ||  Germany  ||  9/10

7. Einstuerzende Neubauten - ½ Mensch  ||  Industrial  ||  1985  ||  Germany  ||  9.5/10

8. Einstuerzende Neubauten - Tabula Rasa  ||  Industrial  ||  1993  ||  Germany  ||  7.5/10

9. Nurse With Wound - Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella  ||  Industrial  ||  1979  ||  UK  ||  8/10

10. Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls  ||  Industrial  ||  2015  ||  USA  ||  8/10

11. Skinny Puppy - Last Rights  ||  Industrial  ||  1992  ||  Canada  ||  9/10

12. This Heat - Repeat  ||  Industrial  ||  1993  ||  UK  ||  7.5/10

13. Throbbing Gristle - D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle  ||  Industrial  ||  1978  ||  UK  ||  8/10

14. Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats  ||  Industrial  ||  1979  ||  UK  ||  9/10

15. Alan Vega - It  ||  Industrial  ||  2017  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

Post-Industrial / Death Industrial / Electro-Industrial

1. Lana Del Rabies - Shadow World  ||  Death Industrial  ||  2018  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

2. Lingua Ignota - All Bitches Die  ||  Death Industrial  ||  2017  ||  USA  ||  9/10

3. Lingua Ignota - Caligula  ||  Death Industrial  ||  2019  ||  USA  ||  9/10

4. Uboa - The Origin of My Depression  ||  Death Industrial  ||  2019  ||  Australia  ||  8.5/10

5. Algiers - Algiers  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2015  ||  USA  ||  9/10

6. Algiers - The Underside of Power  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2017  ||  USA  ||  8/10

7. Amnesia Scanner - Another Life  ||  Electro-Industrial  ||  2018  ||  Germany  ||  8/10

8. Rosa Anschütz - RR4  ||  Electro-Industrial  ||  2019  ||  Germany  ||  8.5/10

9. Meira Asher - Spears Into Hooks  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  1999  ||  Israel  ||  9/10

10. Björk - Fossora  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2022  ||  Iceland  ||  9/10

11. Black Dresses - Wasteisolation  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2018  ||  Canada  ||  8.5/10

12. Blanck Mass - Dumb Flesh  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2015  ||  UK  ||  7.5/10

13. Blanck Mass - World Eater  ||  Electro-Industrial  ||  2017  ||  UK  ||  9/10

14. Blanck Mass - Animated Violence Mild  ||  Electro-Industrial  ||  2019  ||  UK  ||  9/10

15. Coil - Astral Disaster  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  1999  ||  UK  ||  8/10

16. Coil - Musick to Play in the Dark  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  1999  ||  UK  ||  9/10

17. Coil - Musick to Play in the Dark²  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2000  ||  UK  ||  9.5/10

18. Coil - Black Antlers  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2004  ||  UK  ||  8/10

19. Coil - The Ape of Naples  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2005  ||  UK  ||  9.5/10

20. Fever Ray - Plunge  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2017  ||  Sweden  ||  7/10

21. Filmmaker - Vlad Tapes  ||  Electro-Industrial  ||  2021  ||  Colombia  ||  7.5/10

22. Front Line Assembly - Implode  ||  Electro-Industrial  ||  1999  ||  Canada  ||  7/10

23. Katie Gately - Loom  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2019  ||  USA  ||  9/10

24. Gazelle Twin - Pastoral  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2018  ||  UK  ||  9.5/10

25. IOSONOUNCANE - IRA  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2021  ||  Italy  ||  9/10

26. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2013  ||  Sweden  ||  9.5/10

27. Korridor - End of Cycle  ||  Industrial Techno  ||  2018  ||  Sweden  ||  7/10

28. Low - HEY WHAT  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2021  ||  USA  ||  10/10

29. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks  ||  Electro-Industrial  ||  2013  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

30. Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2015  ||  USA  ||  8/10

31. Perturbator - New Model  ||  Electro-Industrial  ||  2017  ||  France  ||  7/10

32. Prurient - Through the Window  ||  Industrial Techno  ||  2013  ||  USA  ||  7/10

33. shrieking violet - dead things with teeth  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2022  ||  USA  ||  9/10

34. SHXCXCHCXSH - Linear S Decoded  ||  Industrial Techno  ||  2014  ||  Sweden  ||  8.5/10

35. Ulver - Blood Inside  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2005  ||  Norway  ||  9.5/10

36. Scott Walker - Tilt  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  1995  ||  USA  ||  10/10

37. Scott Walker - The Drift  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2006  ||  USA  ||  9.5/10

38. Scott Walker - Bish Bosch  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2012  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

39. Xiu Xiu - Girl With Basket of Fruit  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2019  ||  USA  ||  7/10

40. The Young Gods - Everybody Knows  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2010  ||  Switzerland  ||  7.5/10

41. Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love  ||  Post-Industrial  ||  2018  ||  USA  ||  8/10

Industrial Hip Hop

1. Ağaçkakan - Uyuyan Adam  ||  Industrial Hip Hop  ||  2013  ||  Turkey  ||  9/10

2. Backxwash - I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses  ||  Industrial Hip Hop  ||  2021  ||  Canada  ||  9/10

3. Backxwash - His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering  ||  Industrial Hip Hop  ||  2022  ||  Canada  ||  9.5/10

4. clipping. - There Existed an Addiction to Blood  ||  Industrial Hip Hop  ||  2019  ||  USA  ||  8/10

5. clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned  ||  Industrial Hip Hop  ||  2020  ||  USA  ||  8.5/10

6. Dälek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots  ||  Industrial Hip Hop  ||  2002  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

7. Dälek - Absence  ||  Industrial Hip Hop  ||  2005  ||  USA  ||  10/10

8. Dälek - Abandoned Language  ||  Industrial Hip Hop  ||  2007  ||  USA  ||  7/10

9. Dälek - Deadverse Massive Vol. 1: Dälek Rarities 1999-2006  ||  Industrial Hip Hop  ||  2007  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

10. Death Grips - The Money Store  ||  Industrial Hip Hop  ||  2012  ||  USA  ||  9.5/10

11. Death Grips - The Powers That B  ||  Industrial Hip Hop  ||  2015  ||  USA  ||  8/10

12. Death Grips - Bottomless Pit  ||  Industrial Hip Hop  ||  2016  ||  USA  ||  8/10

Industrial Rock / Industrial Metal

1. Author & Punisher - Drone Machines  ||  Industrial Metal  ||  2010  ||  USA  ||  7/10

2. The Birthday Massacre - Violet  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  2004  ||  Canada  ||  9/10

3. The Birthday Massacre - Walking With Strangers  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  2007  ||  Canada  ||  8/10

4. Black Dresses - Forever in Your Heart  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  2021  ||  Canada  ||  9.5/10

5. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  2018  ||  USA  ||  9/10

6. Godflesh - Streetcleaner  ||  Industrial Metal  ||  1989  ||  UK  ||  9.5/10

7. Godflesh - Songs of Love and Hate  ||  Industrial Metal  ||  1996  ||  UK  ||  7/10

8. The Interbeing - Edge of the Obscure  ||  Industrial Metal  ||  2011  ||  Denmark  ||  8/10

9. Killing Joke - Killing Joke  ||  Industrial Metal  ||  2003  ||  UK  ||  8.5/10

10. KMFDM - Xtort  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  1996  ||  France  ||  7/10

11. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  1996  ||  USA  ||  7/10

12. Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste  ||  Industrial Metal  ||  1989  ||  USA  ||  9/10

13. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  1989  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

14. Nine Inch Nails - Broken  ||  Industrial Metal  ||  1992  ||  USA  ||  8/10

15. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  1994  ||  USA  ||  9.5/10

16. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  1999  ||  USA  ||  9/10

17. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  2005  ||  USA  ||  8.5/10

18. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  2007  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

19. Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  2018  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10

20. Old - The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak  ||  Industrial Metal  ||  1993  ||  USA  ||  7/10

21. Red Harvest - Cold Dark Matter  ||  Industrial Metal  ||  2000  ||  Norway  ||  7/10

22. Strapping Young Lad - City  ||  Industrial Metal  ||  1997  ||  Canada  ||  9.5/10

23. Strapping Young Lad - Alien  ||  Industrial Metal  ||  2005  ||  Canada  ||  7/10

24. Strapping Young Lad - The New Black  ||  Industrial Metal  ||  2006  ||  Canada  ||  7/10

25. Swans - Filth  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  1983  ||  USA  ||  8.5/10

26. Swans - Public Castration Is a Good Idea  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  1986  ||  USA  ||  9/10

27. Swans - Holy Money  ||  Industrial Rock  ||  1986  ||  USA  ||  7.5/10