Industrial Metal

Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and heavy metal. It is usually centred around repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal groups include Ministry, Godflesh and KMFDM. The style became increasingly commercially successful in the 1990s. Subsequently, it is most well known in various European permutations. Industrial metal's impact has been reflected in many other genres of music, including hardcore punk, glam metal and hip-hop.

Industrial metal first became a commercial force in 1992, when NIИ's “Broken” went platinum in America, as did Ministry's “Psalm 69”, albeit the latter took three years to reach it. Both groups participated in the Grammy's 1992 Best Metal Performance category, and Nine Inch Nails won it.

Industrial metal reached its commercial zenith in the latter half of the 1990s. According to the RIAA databases, its top-selling artists, together, shifted around 17.5 million units. By that time Trent Reznor, the movement's most recognisable face, was chosen by Time as one of the most influential Americans in 1997. Other groups who gained recognition from the mainstream, being nominated for the Grammys, were Marilyn Manson and White Zombie.

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