... what other good names in the industrial/rock/alt. metal/whatever other category along those lines would I enjoy? I know stuff that came before NIN like Ministry are obvious choices, but what else is there to check out? And again, I'm not just talkin' about "industrial"-type acts.

Just asking because I love those masterfully and beautifully crafted works of rage Pretty Hate Machine and The Downward Spiral so much.

prick (first album, self-titled, was produced by trent- and features his backing vox)
stabbing westward
gravity kills
kmfdm (but its a bit dancier...)

DEADSY

NEW ALBUM OUT 8.22.06!

Scarling is another band that could easily hang with Nine Inch Nails. Lead singer Jessicka used to be in Jack Off Jill.

Thanks for the recommendations so far, guys.

I also really dig the first A Perfect Circle record. Paz was still in the band then before she left for Zwan.

Gary Numan - His Industrial/Post-NewWave albums like "Sacrifice", "Exile" and "Pure" are very NIN-like. If you can stand his Brit accent, there's some good stuff there.

Other Industrial/alternative style groups might be Filter, Pop Will Eat Itself, Throbbing Gristle, Meat Beat Manifesto, Revolting Cocks, Prong, Kidney Thieves, Fear Factory, etc.

A few edgier Industrial acts I know of are Front Line Assembly, Project Pitchfork, Android Lust, Flesh Field, Velvet Acid Christ, Gridlock, Mentallo & The Fixer and Cyber-Tec.

I like Front242, Skinny Puppy, and some Nitzer Ebb and BiGod 20.


This is a good place to start: http://www.amazon.com/gp/...09?ie=UTF8


Now that I'm older it really sounds a bit...erm...recycled, but the songs are still neat.

Mindless Self Indulgence sounds like nothing you've ever heard before. The best description I can think of is industrial hip-hop punk and even that isn't quite accurate. Their live shows have to be seen to be believed.

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sextonseven said:

does the guy on the right have a chainsaw hand?

damosuzuki said:

One of the best albums ever

Stax said:

Hey, that's funny! I never noticed that before.

NIN's last tour was awesome, BTW!


I also recommend:

Ministry
Skinny Puppy
KMFDM
Revolting Cocks
Pigface
Blue Eyed Christ
Dead Kennedys (punk - but Jello's a homie)
Foetus
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
White Zombie
Marilyn Manson
The Cure
Bauhaus
Love and Rockets

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Somehow I just knew sextonseven would be all over this thread even before I clicked on it

FuNkeNsteiN said:

AFI

The last two AFI albums are also slightly industrial-ish.

sextonseven said:

How about Lacuna Coil? Would they be classified as "industrial"?

Frontline Assembly, Noise Unit, Hate Dept., Circle of Dust...among all the others mentioned.

DiminutiveRocker said:

I love Lacuna Coil! To me they are more goth-metal, but I'm sure they share fans with NIN.

sextonseven said:

YES! i used to listen to them when i was 12! ahh!!
Shut me up is such a great song.

She wants revenge is a great semi-industrial group.