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guy on a gravitron machine standing sideways

4y↑154

Some other albums that I think are worth mentioning:

KMFDM - "Nihil"
Revolting Cocks - "Steers Beers + Queers"
Celldweller - "S/T"
Coil - "Horse Rotorvator"
Foetus - "Nail"

Great video as always! All great picks 😊

cmy3k

4y↑40

I encourage all to check out Severed Heads' 80's works such as "Since the Accident" and "Come Visit (The Big Bigot)" albums. SH was a big influence on Skinny Puppy and others, and they toured with and performed on early SP records like Bites.

My faves include...
LAIBACH "Nova Acropola"
MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT "Confessions of a Knife"
CHROME "Red Exposure"
MANUFACTURE "Terrorvision"
NITZER EBB "Belief"
FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY "Caustic Grip"
CABARET VOLTAIRE "Red Mecca"
FRONT 242 "Front By Front"

Robert Hardin

4y↑10

a great subject for '5 Albums to Get You Into...' I thought instead of coming up with an alternate list, I'd mention 2 compilations that led me to explore the albums of Legendary Pink Dots, Lustmord, Coil, Nurse With Wound and many others:
1. Rising From the Red Sand originally released on 5 cassettes in 1983, includes a track by Merzbow, as well as a personal favorite, Bene Gesserit.
2. the Elephant Table Album released on vinyl in 1983, my intro to the Pink Dots, Nurse With Wound, Muslimgauze...etc.

I also think it's worth mentioning the band Fad Gadget, as I think Frank Tovey's DIY synth building and industrial noise aesthetic were of the same time as the seminal TG and the Cabs.

speaking of Cabaret Voltaire: all the albums when they were a 3 piece (with Chris Watson adding some unique tape weirdness), are gold imo. I particularly love Voice of America, Three Mantras, and Eight Crepescule Tracks.

I saw Einstürzende Neubauten in LA in 1989 after the release of Haus der Lüge. phenomenal show!

Rob Jones

4y↑1

One of the toughest industrial albums of all has to be Chrome's "Half Machine Lip
Moves" from 1979. I have owned that album for over forty years.
I have played it about six times. It is that brutal.

"Hole" by Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel is another gem.
Both albums have been long deleted regrettably.

Perhaps it is just as well.........

All comments from YouTube:

RaulHernandez

4y↑680

Now that we're all into industrial music, you've gotta get us into that industrial-strength hair gel you use to keep looking so fresh all the time.

marsvoltian

4y↑11

I love and miss you Raul

Milo Hempel

4y↑11

I don’t even like industrial music, I’m just here for the hair

Brendan

4y↑5

@Milo Hempel I'm just here for Oliver

fzerowipeoutlover

3y↑1

Gimme some of that hair gel so my hair can look like Bill Leeb's

Dementional

4y↑74

Glad you included Skinny Puppy. Nivek Ogre is one of the oddest profound lyricists I've ever heard. Also the music is almost supernatural at its essence.

Fairy Pussy

3y↑5

Good shit dude

slateman

3y↑71

Some more:
Godflesh - Streetcleaner
Coil - Horse Rotovator
Nurse With Wound - Soliloquoy For Lilth (for drone fans)
Foetus - Nail

Eduardo Santillán

4y↑308

Maybe too metal for this list but my favorite industrial record is Godflesh’s Streetcleaner

paul donnelly

4y↑9

I agree, fantastic record.

Arvaa Kuka

4y↑4

Came here to type this.

lynn pehrson

4y↑24

It's definitely industrial, but that album could filed under alot of things

Thomas Kenneally

4y↑19

That record is hard as hell. I believe that would be the standard bearer for industrial metal in my mind.

luzsyd

4y↑2

Classic

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Britech

4y↑45

For a taste of what Japan were doing with the genre, I can totally recommend Chu Ishikawa’s score for the film ‘Tetsuo: Iron Man’, which you can find right here on YT in its entirety.

Polar Red

4y↑1

Good call also, Dissecting Table, Der Eisenrost and Merzbow, or are they Noise/PE? there's the rub!

lava

@Polar Red Merzbow is Noise I believe

KwakZedRider93

3y↑4

Great that you've included EN! Einstürzende Neubauten's name essentially comes from Blixa Bargeld's childhood experiences of post-war Germany. He was in a newly-built cinema when everyone had to clear out due to rain pouring through the roof. These new buildings were so hastily and cheaply constructed that a lot of them fell down again. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft's name was also inspired by growing up in Germany in the 50's and 60's.

John Billings

4y↑16

I love it that Too Dark Park is on this short list. A true masterpiece that even people who don't like this kind of music would appreciate. It's an uncomfortable experience and at times confusing when it slowly pulls you in and then punches you in the mouth. This album doesn't give a fuck. It was peak Skinny Puppy.

One thing that I will point out to Oliver is that while he rightfully credits Cevin Key as a main contributor to the band's sound, the true mastermind was actually DR Goettel who created Skinny Puppy's apocalyptic and at times claustrophobic atmosphere. RIP Dwayne. If anyone reading this interested in other works by DR Goettel, check out his side project called Doubting Thomas.

JammyPants

4y↑3

Doubting Thomas changed everything for me. the Infidel remains one of my top 5 go-to records, for any reason.

oscillated

3y↑2

Thanks again for your insight into this often overlooked genre. I'm a massive Skinny Puppy fan but sometimes I think penning them into the industrial genre sells them short. Another comment on here described their almost supernatural vibes. These vibes, along with their atmospheric use of some of the most thought provoking and mind bending samples from popular horror and sci fi film and TV culture, often carries them into the realms of hauntology. Often imitated but never bettered. All hail Skinny Puppy!

eitherway195

4y↑36

I think deepcuts could tackle the topic of "separating the artist from the art" really well

Shevek

4y↑64

S.P.K. - Leichenschrei

If you're reading this and want to get into Industrial music, do not sleep on this record. I would absolutely list this album as my number 1 Industrial album (or even Information Overload Unit). It is a quintessential Industrial record that opened my eyes to what this music was capable of, and helped me understand what groups like Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire were doing back when I first discovered the genre.

An absolutely frantic, chaotic ride that gradually spirals out of control as the album progresses. Pure sonic mayhem. Not only one of the best Industrial albums, but one of the very best experimental/avant-garde records ever made.

Evan Nanou

4y↑1

I was looking for someone to mention this album. Definitely a classic in the genre. This one makes an apocalyptic vision of Earth very well.

ConvincingPeople

Shevek I might be misremembering this, but I think he discussed or at least touched on Leichenschrei in his video on power electronics?

C.C. 95

I’d actually say System Overload Unit over Leichenschrei

Jmbuxton

4y↑1

Shevek, Thanks for the recommendation.

DJ Robot Citizen

4y↑1

It's a pretty good and iconic album though imho the first half is comparatively dull for it's the second half which is the great stuff; the last 5-6 tracks building to an amazing climax. My fave collection of "SPK" though is the "Auto Da Fe" collection which with the first 5 tracks has the original line-up making awesome electro punk industrial noise rock tracks like 'Contact', 'Mekano', 'Slogun', 'Germanik' ... Stuff from 1979-80 which was so influential on so many artists that came after.

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MrNoimspartacus

4y↑82

Too Dark Park is one of my all time favourite albums. It evokes creeping crawling chaos and dread, polluted lakes of toxic fizz and a pitiless cosmic abyss. Shores of Pluto ........All Experiments’ proof not needed...Kiss the Masters Feet.. great stuff !

atomictraveller

4y↑2

kind of the height of their popularity.. saw that tour in LA, along with a looot of other people.. never seen so many black leather jackets in one place...
they really sucked then but hilt "call the ambulance" helped

Oldboy

4y↑1

One of my favorites too!

Eduardo Souza

4y↑1

"FLEETING IMAGE, GHOST DESTRUCTION, TV SCREEN"

AWESOME Album!!!

TheTerminalExpress

4y↑4

I quite like VIsectVI.

Bad Music Enjoyer

4y↑4

@Eduardo Souza OHHH it gives off an ORANGE CLOUD OF LIGHTNING just FLOATING right out of us... (sigh)

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Neil Cheyney

4y↑32

Delighted that The Young Gods get a mention. Their first two albums are astonishing, and last year's Data Mirage Tangram was my favourite of 2019.

roryjineffect

4y↑2

Just saw them in Munich and they were still fantastic.

Richard Grant

4y↑2

Agreed, they Data is a stunning album, they have a rock solid discography.

Dave Lawlis

4y↑21

I was taking a college photography class when Too Dark Park came out. The student lab assistant would play it in the dark room lol. A few of us liked it, but even for most art students back then Skinny Puppy in the dark was a bit much.

Siladex Gaming

4y↑26

Here are my recommendations:
1) Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps
2) Throbbing Gristle - 3rd Annual Report
3) RevCo - Beers Steers & Queers
4) Godflesh - Streetcleaner
5) Cabaret Voltaire - Mix Up

iv-500

Delta Vox I would replace Mix- Up with Red Mecca or The Voice of America.

Tjena Donn

2y↑2

I think it's also worth mentioning some of Laibach's work, if nothing else for their introduction of martial elements to the industrial scene and heavy influence on Rammstein and other bands of the Neue Deutsche Härte. If I had to pick just one album I think I would go with Nova Akropola, but even their later albums have their moments, like "We Are Millions And Millions Are One" off of SPECTRE.

I also have to do my duty as a King Crimson cultist and throw in a mention for their industrial metal period: THRAK and The ConstruKtion of Light may be just as divisive among progressive music fans as they are among industrial music fans, but as someone who loves both genres I think they're great.

Jeff Musgrave

4y↑19

“Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse” will always be my favourite Skinny Puppy album, though I will definitely be giving “Too Dark Park” a listen tonight. I had no idea about the abuse that Cosi suffered at the hands of Genesis. Very sad. And, it’s got to be “Twitch” for my Ministry pick. Over the Shoulder blew me away the first time I saw the video on MuchMusic here in Canada.

INNERCORES

The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste is my favorite Ministry and the later From Beer to Eternity

Oleksandr Byelyenko

4y↑32

Skinny Puppy is THE BAND that made me listen to industrial music. Because prior to them I listened only to Rammstein and Oomph! And well as much as you consider Depeche Mode industrial, you might include them too.
But after Skinny Puppy and Suicide Commando I got really deep into industrial and post-industrial music.

Siladex Gaming

4y↑4

for me, Ministry is what got me into real industrial music. Hence after that, I listened to classic industrial music

Griffin Cates

4y↑1

I loved Skinny Puppy. Oh the memories.

Oleksandr Byelyenko

4y↑1

@Griffin Cates still waiting for new album

DJIronMike

4y↑3

Oomph's first was really good

Protolamna

1y↑1

Depeche Mode played essentially the same music as a lot of industrial only without as much harsh effect.

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keir farnum

4y↑54

I remember when “Industrial” was experimental music such as Psychic TV, Coil, Chris and Cosey, Foetus, Severed Heads, Throbbing Gristle, Einsturzende Neubauten, etc. It wasn’t the “techno metal” we know today.

Thanks for teaching the youngsters what Industrial really is and where it started. I appreciate your descriptions of the songs. Nice work.

HLDR

4y↑50

I really do think Coil was the best original Industrial act, because they presented many forms of creating this apocalyptic and difficult landscape, fusing elements of African and Asian music, Darkwave, Acid House, the classic Musique Concréte sampling, ambient and glitch.
I think C93 would be a more adequate pick for maybe a neofolk video, especially presenting their less orthodox side.

HerrTelef

4y↑3

COIL was / is not industrial. I never found a name for their style when I try to describe it. They did to much different ways to do musick.

gigachad

4y↑1

Throbbing Gristle is the original Industrial act and always will be.

MST5G

@HerrTelef They kinda created trance music.

daisaigai7

@MST5G
Yeah, Coil was some kind of Post-Industrial/Ambient project, like Psychic TV,

Black Rose

Didn't they developed dark ambient/ambient industrial? Their music relied more on industrial atmosphere than pure noise.

TheJ&A

4y↑149

A reminder that Industrial is much more than "bro it sounds like they're playing with machines" , the core idea is provoking the listener using ugly, most of the time electronic noise. It's supposed to represent the alienation, decay, etc. that results from technology and neoliberalism
with that said SPK and Test Dpt. are then essential Industrial bands

LorcaLoca

4y↑4

100% correct

Siladex Gaming

4y↑2

if so, Merzbow would actually fall to the industrial category

gigachad

4y↑10

Delta Vox not really. Industrial is more nuanced than noise.

Syncopator

4y↑1

I would agree, but would also add a few releases in the genre that may be a bit more obscure but IMHO just as important: Hunting Lodge's "Will" and PGR's "The Chemical Bride", as well as ANYTHING by Esplendor Geometrico.

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iLEZtube

4y↑27

If I could go back in time to before I heard Skinny Puppy I'd do it again and enjoy the experience all over again.

Fairy Pussy

Haha nice

un chien andalou

Yes!

Omar

4y↑65

Should have had a Coil album on there imo. Probably the greatest electronic post industrial act of all time

Doliver

4y↑15

Horse Rotorvator is obligatory to Industrial IMO

Stephen Owen

4y↑8

Age of Naples is a really beautiful tribute. Horse Rotovator is great as well.

33 rotiaR

4y↑14

I agree but Coil is quite beyond what was initially considered industrial. They are pretty much a genre themselves.

Julia Sumerling

4y↑10

Horse Rotorvator would have been my guess. But also Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel-Nail would have been one of my choices too. I think a future episode about Coil, Nurse With Wound, Current 93, J.G.Thirlwell, Swans, Laibach, but there is so much to be discussed on the topic. It would have been hard choosing just 5 albums.

Daniel de Jongh

4y↑3

Julia Sumerling choosing 5 albums is very limited. But yeah the can of worms you mentioned deserves a deep and thorough examination

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Gregory Henry

4y↑11

Deep cuts is literally just compilations of Bands I’ve never heard of who make genres I can’t even define. I dig all the discovery

WG CC

4y↑11

Deep cuts, I think doing a video concerning the remembrance and exhultation of controversial artists would be really interesting - Industrial as a genre, in my mind, is the most pertinent area to examine. For example, Boyd Rice, operating under the moniker NON, is a venerable innovator in the genre (just listen to his early tape-loop experiments) and has a rich and abrasive discography. Yet, he holds views and maintains associations that, to put it nicely, are pretty unsavoury - in light of this I can enjoy his work yet never become fully invested in it, like with so many other artists in this genre. A video discussing this would be great!

Gareth Evans

4y↑4

Great choices. Skinny Puppy - Last Rights is amazing if anyone gets into Too Dark Park.

Vincent Sander

3y↑1

Last Rights is probably their last really good album. VIVsectVI is amazing as well.

E Long

3y↑8

Yeah, industrial music is hard genre to pin down, it's very open ended. I personally would have added Godflesh. Early Swans is indicative of that early meshing of Metal and Industrial too. But, yes difficult to pick only five.

Sonny Sumo

4y↑21

I personally would love an album guide for Musiqué Concreté if you can. It’s such an interesting style of music and I find it kind of hard to approach it from an album standpoint.

William Sanford

4y↑1

This

Perspires audibly.

4y↑2

Listen to Edgard Varese ASAP

analoglee

Musique concrète ?

Broken Archetype

4y↑54

The thing about the term "industrial" is that, like punk, it can refer to a truly broad variety of music with varying degrees of digestibility, such that one style will sound almost nothing like another under this same umbrella term. In the same way that Dillinger Escape Plan sounds nothing like Suicide, so Nine Inch Nails sounds nothing like Throbbing Gristle, and that's ok. Genre branches extend with limbs very different from their roots

retrosonique

@Broken Archetype
What else should it be? Even Skinny Puppy called NIN a cock rock band. cEvin Key and Bill Leeb made fun of Reznor, because he tried to steal Ogre's visual appearance and attitude.

Broken Archetype

4y↑4

@retrosonique I love Skinny Puppy, but they can certainly be ill-informed about what constitutes cock rock, in much the same way that you are ill-informed about their influence on Trent. If anything, it is more sonic than aesthetic. Reznor never had the horror/psychedelic/ performance art thing going on like SP did, he never made fashion choices similar to Nivek and the gang that weren't already being done by countless other acts of the era, and his whole vibe has always been quite different and more varied for the most part.

retrosonique

@Broken Archetype
I'm not ill-informed because I inform you about the content of several Skinny Puppy interviews and Interviews with FLA. Nobody liked Reznor. FLA, S.P. or KMFDM... they all thought the same.

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Prana Khan

4y↑5

Great list and great descriptions from a genre of music that saw me through my teenage & early adolescent years, and that I still enjoy today. I was blessed to see Einstürzende Neubauten live in Chicago during their last US tour in 98', one of the greatest concerts I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. The jet engine on stage reverberated through the room with such deep purring ferocity that my feet vibrated up off the floor like hydroplaning on a rain slicked street. . Unforgettable. Re-sharing this vid, thanks

INNERCORES

That is wild.

Hex

4y↑3

Glad to hear discussion of Neubauten - it's absolutely worth it to read the translations of their lyrics (which are side-by-side in an easy-to -read way on their website). Blixa uses the meaning of the words as textures, just as he does with his screams & other vocalizations.

Ryan Duff

4y↑1

Great video. Early industrial is VERY difficult to look back on since listeners tend to fall into camps, then follow their bands back leaving them with a skewed perspective. I myself come from the Ministry camp. Land of Rape and Honey honestly changed my life. A friend of mine has an incredibly similar background found Skinny Puppy first and well it's easy to see how our tastes have diverged from there. I applaud you for living Minie Inch Nails out of this video. I am a big Nine Inch Nails as well, and following their progression and sometimes separation from the 'Industrial scene' could definitely be a distraction from your goal of examining the roots of Industrial music. Keep up the great work.

Daniel Lundh

4y↑5

Great choices. This is my "comfortable" genre, I grew up with these artists and although I rarely go to concerts I've seen EN and Young Gods live. With EN it was their Haus der luege period but they did perform Yu-gung. With Young Gods it was the tour to support L'eau Rouge. Great artists and great albums.

choggerboom

The new Against All Logic record explores somewhat into Industrial on a good portion of its tracks, I really love how Jaar was able to experiment some with it

D Rock

So glad you covered too dark park. I was obsessed with that album when it came out. I'd lock myself in my room for hours trying to understand what I was listening to. Such a monumental album. What hell would sound like if it was curiously awesome!

munobasho9

4y↑2

Also another band to mention is Laibach, their early work from Yugoslavia... is 80s industrial with a unique sound

Daniel Joubert

4y↑14

Elite 5 picks... All founders and pioneers of the sound emerging in the 70s, shining through the 80s, 90s and on wards. Skinny Puppy are esp underappreciated and misunderstood. Love all these outfits.

possum-mom

4y↑3

Einstürzende Neubauten is my favourite band and Halber Mensch is my favourite album they recorded - probably my favourite album of all time. It's hard to explain how much it shaped me and my music taste. Life is never the same once you heard Neubauten.

Kelly Courtney

4y↑3

Solid list. The Too Dark Park tour was the best live show I have ever witnessed. It still echoes in my mind.

JammyPants

i can only imagine: dark, startling, brilliant.

Vincent Sander

3y↑1

Saw it in Hollywood. Amazing!

IxRequieMxI

I remember pulling "Too Dark Park" out of the bargain bin at a local record store and being fascinated by the artwork. The first track blew me away - it was like nothing I had ever heard before. This album was one of the hugest influences on me as a musician and a sound designer to this day.

Gabriel Espinal

4y↑2

I honestly feel like Last Rights was the Skinny Puppy album that REALLY pushed the boundaries, moreso than Too Dark Park. In fact, TDP is much more of an easier listen.

I forgot where I read it, but I remember Last Rights being "the soundtrack to a band tearing itself apart", and you can hear it. Every track is pure chaos, conflict, obsession, and uneasiness. It really sets the stage for the kind of landscape the band was setting itself up for. It's beautiful, and yet one of the most horrifying albums I've ever heard.

guy on a gravitron machine standing sideways

4y↑154

Julia Sumerling

4y↑2

Great recommendations!

Keith Thomas

4y↑14

Great list ! I'd add Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella by Nurse with Wound. The Unacceptable Face of Freedom by Test Dept, God and Beast by NON and Cop and Filth by Swans.

Orgy and Marylin Manson......not so much

Richard

4y↑12

seriously i think foetus is necessary for everyone to hear

Nick Moss

4y↑6

Was really hoping that Foetus record would get mentioned.

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Zenarchy

4y↑1

I'm always skeptic about introductory lists for both Goth and Industrial as they always tend to reccomend some random stuff that's more palatable to the mainstream listener. This is a great list.

Ian Tanner

4y↑3

I saw the Young Gods live at the Kilburn ballroom, along with Meat Beat Manifesto and Sheep on Drugs. All superb bands/artists.

Brittany Hope

4y↑10

Foetus is a great industrial project for other suggestions, 'Hole' is my favourite album.

littlefelo85

4y↑1

Lots of early Laibach and Current 93 albums were excellent industrial works, although maybe not as good for an introduction to the genre. I would also highly recommend the entire discography of The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud, especially if you also like dark ambient or neofolk.

Protolamna

4y↑3

Great list. Damn I remember when some of those albums were released. I would have thrown a CV or Coil album in there but otherwise my list would be almost the same. Laibach deserves some note. Leaetherstrip and then Wumpscut cap the worth while era of industrial transitioning it to electro. Everything since then although sometimes really good, seems to be too derivative. However the current wave of industrial influenced experimental pop and classical is quite worthwhile (thank you melon). TKK is very listenable even now in 2020 IMO perhaps underrated due to their level of camp. Trent reznor's best work is with 1000 Homo DJs.

Protolamna

I read this and thought well someone shares my opinion. And I realized I wrote it lol

Shantytown Shipwright

4y↑1

I listened to Halber Mench today at work. I’m glad that TG and EN were at the top. I’m a big fan of SP’s earlier work. Boyd Rice (NON) and SPK could replace young gods and ministry

Clairebee

4y↑3

I love that you did a video topic on this genre. It's one of my favorites. A Guide to Coil would be an amazing topic.

DISTORTED STATIC ADDICTS

4y↑9

So glad to hear about Too Dark Park. Doesn’t get nearly enough credit and is a monumental piece of art.

roryjineffect

4y↑4

It is well more twisted than every album until Last Rites.

cmy3k

4y↑40

Brock Rock

4y↑2

Confessions of a knife iz a great pic

DJ Robot Citizen

4y↑2

Yes early Severed Heads is often awesome (particularly fond of "Since the Accident") and was a huge influence on the others.

Dean Nilvalli

4y↑2

Laibach! How could I forget??? Incredible stuff. And from a very different scene, as they came from Slovenia.

DJ Robot Citizen

4y↑1

And yes also for Laibach, ought to be in an industrial 5 or 10 albums - hard to choose one album though as they are quite distinct - perhaps "Nova Akropola" although tracks on the following "Opus Dei" set a template for acts like Rammstein 10 years later - though I also particularly love the even bleaker "Laibach" album and even moreso the related set on "Rekapitulacija 1980-84" a collection which features their earliest, bleakest and most industrial music.

Great to see Manufacture's debut album mentioned there also; often overlooked.

jsca

2y↑1

this is a great list, Clean by severed heads is one of my favorites

C.C. 95

Glad that you will be doing a deep dive into Neubauten. Their evolution has been incredible. they are true artists.
Listen to their last album LAMENT which is a concept album about WW1 (that was commissioned by Belgium). The call and response song based on the letters between Tsar Nicolas and Kaiser Wilhelm “The Willy-Nicky Telegrams” Is worth the price of admission.

Justin Sullivan

Been digging a lot of newer industrial type of stuff like The Body, Uniform, Code Orange of course. Can’t wait for the NiN guide!

Ryan Pearce

Super excited for the Nine Inch Nails guide! Amazing picks, Throbbing Gristle are absolutely fanTASTIC, highly recommend The Second Annual Report if your into this kind of music.

gigachad

4y↑1

Ryan Pearce two of the greatest bands in the genre Industrial.

Dan Trice

Great selection of albums! I was really pleased to see the Young Gods in there. I feel like they are so profoundly underrated.

Also, couldn't help but notice you have Mick Middles' The Fall... would love to see that video!

Siloviti Panj

4y↑3

Cop Shoot Cop's Consumer Revolt is also an excellent industrial record though a bit more rock centered

Gabo Quintana

4y↑3

i had 3 of these albums in my adolescence , Neubauten, Ministry and Skinny puppy all the sudden i fell really old , thank you

jon bailey

Such great choices. Really well chosen. I would have gone with the first Young Gods album instead, though. Great channel, wonderfully done.

Glemorag Lutrai

4y↑2

my first industrial albums back in the late 90s when i was a teen was Ministry's psalm 69, Skinny Puppy's Process, KMFDM's Angst, and Velvet Acid Christ' Fun With Knives

Vvirtual Vviolence

4y↑1

I'm a bit sad that you didn't mention Dwayne Goettel in the Too Dark Park breakdown since he was in my opinion the most important member of the Skinny Puppy sound at that time. It was mainly Dwayne that was producing a lot of the soundscapes and much of the records were in large a product of his talent.

Either way, great stuff and I'm glad to see Industrial covered in your channel (still sad Coil didn't get a place here though)

bigZ LiLk

Great to have you back, Oliver. EN's Strategies Against Architecture was on heavy rotation in my teens and the other bands mentioned brought back memories. Thanks.

TheStrongBoyz19

4y↑9

Hey Oliver! Hope you're doing very well during the pandemic so far. I'm looking forward to see your second video on the Miles Davis discography. I love these album recommending albums as well.

sam escourt

4y↑22

Yo Oliver I was wondering if at some point you could do a Deep Cuts essential on Comus - First Utterance. It’s an excellent freak/prog folk album from the 70s that is criminally underrated and is honestly one of the best albums from the 70s in general. Would love to hear your thoughts on it.

Nick Moss

4y↑1

Has he ever mentioned this record? Seems like something he'd be all over. It's strangely addictive.

sam escourt

Nick Moss I don’t think so that’s why I’d love to hear him talk about it

Jamie Greenfield

4y↑1

Oh fucking hell, I love that record have the original pressing of it!

Polar Bear

I love that album, even Out of the Coma is good. I wish they did more when they could but oh well!

Eduardo Errejón Roqueñi

The Endless Not by Throbbing Gristle did it for me, got me hooked. Since then I've grown very fondly of their catalogue. 2nd Annual Report blew my mind. :D
Actually, at the time, the genre itself was a major groundbreak for me. I came across your channel browsing around it.

HotStrange

Love that Throbbing Gristle album. Their cover of Chameleon on that album is 👍 such good music. I’ve definitely heard that album lots of times. 🤙

Cody Sorenson

Thank you for this introduction! I have always wanted a better understanding of industrial music. Also Oliver, you should definitely give the recent Autechre live sessions a listen so far I have listened to Zagreb. And it's so otherworldly! Definitely my favorite out of all the old live sets I have listened to. Cheers!

Xtaodecas Official

3y↑1

Your videos are fantastic and I really like your casual classroom style of instruction. As a person who bought the original Industrial Records issue of 20 Jazz Funk Greats when it first came out in 1979, you are right for including this on your list. That one initial listening experience has influenced my daily listening ever since. You touched on some great works on your list, but please consider Cabaret Voltaire pre-dated TG, and so should have been included. "Nag, Nag, Nag" and "Seconds Too Late" are industrial classics. And the influence of other '80s industrial pioneers like Test Dept., Front Line Assembly, and Laibach should not be understated, and Chris and Cosey's works outside of TG are also fantastic. Keep up the great work and I'd love to hear your take on darkwave, musique concrete, Japanese harsh noise and other genres that matter.

Michał Cieślak

4y↑2

Hey, maybe you'd do a guide to Einstürzende Neubauten? I think they deserve more recognition.

sex6cult9revolution

4y↑5

TG, EN, yes. Also definitely Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Nail, Swans - Holy Money and either Coil's Scatology, Land of Rape and Honey or The Downward Spiral. Land of Rape of Honey is more influential than NiN, but Downward Spiral (or the Fragile) is like the culmination of the genre in terms of refining the sounds and construction of the music.

sex6cult9revolution

skrapyard444 I'll meet you in Poland, baby.

Stephen Owen

4y↑7

One artist I would mention is Robert Turman. His album Way Down is a really really good Industrial / early EBM album. Super atmospheric and noisy.

ROCKERBOY WORLDWIDE

4y↑2

This has fastly become my favorite channel. You just have this really refined and knowledgeable approach to music that is otherwise easily sloughed off as unapproachable (that really shouldn't be!). U rock bud

streetrai

4y↑1

Finally......I used to tell people that industrial included music that used actual industrial sounds or samples to create music. Everyone I grew up insisted that industrial was more of an almost interchangeable term for bands that crossed over between new wave and ebm. You are the first person I've ever come across to mention the first type as industrial aside from those early college radio dj where I first heard it played.

Jessery

This is the first video of yours I've seen so I don't know what your relationship to industrial music is, but as someone whose life was basically changed by Too Dark Park, it was wonderful hearing what you got out of it. Really enjoyed this video.

2.7 Petabytes

4y↑1

SP- Mind the Perpetual Intercourse would have been my SP introductory album, though Too Dark Park was good! And I had the pleasure of seeing Ministry The Land of Rape and Honey Tour back in 1988! It was at Mississippi Nights in downtown St. Louis. Damn, what a show! Nevik Ogre came on stage for the last song which was a RevCo song No Devotion! Ahhh, those were the days! Thanks for your suggestions!

Robert Hardin

4y↑10

continuousminer

Robert Hardin the rising from the red sand comp was pretty seminal... this guy really has no clue what he’s talking about to be honest.

buzzardbeatniks

Legendary Pink Dots don't get nearly enough respect

caseman

Super Hype for the NIN guide. Such a versatile catalog, lots to explore.

visitor

4y↑2

as a hardcore Neubauten fan i'd say Haus Der Luge is the better album to get into them. Plus it has the best cover art in the history of music.

Brian Albright

Forgetting to mention the awesome and amazing sound design, sample slicing, and programming talents of Dwayne R. Goettel on 'Too Dark Park' is extremely odd and confusing. How in the world could any SKINNY PUPPY fan forget him?!?

tptnny

I love your choices, I couldn’t agree more.
You really lived this, not just research.
Amazing video!

Jade Falcon

Awesome video, thanks for covering one of my favorite genres! Little shocked looking through the comments and not one mention of Front Line Assembly... They've been at it for years and covering so much ground in the genre.

bro

4y↑3

This is great timing! Industrial is something I've wanted to check out for ages since I've enjoyed a lot of metal with industrial elements.

Richard

4y↑2

listen to foetus - hole and front 242 - tyranny for you, as well as the stuff already mentioned

Rodrigo Laporte

This is such an amazingly informative and well put video!!! love how you managed to explain what industrial is, it's so difficult to do it when people ask. And very good recomendations, actually I didn't know #5 so I'm going to listen to it NOW

John Carey

3y↑1

Go back to the 80's when industrial music meant heavily percussive sounds of physically banging on metal. The band Test Department were at the forefront of that and deserve a mention

June Asiimwe

I've been meaning to get into more Industrial music. Thanks for this.
Also, really looking forward to your guide on NIN.

Adam Locking

For a very different take on the genre, I've always thought Vampire Rodents went underrecognised, and their last album, Noises in the Wall was reasonably accessible

Pete Hurd

4y↑7

Re: Einstürzende Neubauten - their cover of Lee Hazelwood's 'Sand', from around the time of Halber Mensch, is well worth hunting down and listening to.

Also, Industrial, and related music worth a listen;

Test Dept. - Beating the Retreat
Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel - Nail

C.C. 95

4y↑2

Sand is an extra track in the CD.
TEST DEPT.’s Unacceptable Face of Freedom is pretty damn great.

Rob Jones

4y↑1

stonerwitchgrrl666

What exactly do you mean by 'deleted'?

CourteousKitsch

Industrial music is pure inspiration and I've loved it since a kid. As you pointed out, first-wave industrial is very different and not what people expect, but it lays the roots down. My favorite two first-wave industrial groups are Clock DVA and 23 Skidoo, but NON, Cabaret Voltaire, and Nurse With Wound are in my top 5. My favorite first-wave industrial albums are Leichenschrei by SPK, Thirst by Clock DVA, Deep Floor by Clock DVA, and Stahlmusik by Einstürzende Neubauten. I never got much into industrial metal later, but was always drawn to the industrial aesthetic of Nine Inch Nails, Foetus, Chrome, Six Finger Satellite, and Ministry. And when I want to dance, I'm partial more to EBM/electro-industrial sounds of Nitzer Ebb, Portion Control, Recoil, A Split Second, and Depeche Mode. And for pure mind-expanding ambience, you simply must listen to Zoviet France, The Anti-Group, Stratum Terror, Sleep Research Laboratories, Lab Report, Lustmord, and Throbbing Gristle. The world of industrial is expansive and influential, and I hope you do more videos on the genre and subgenres. Thanks for the informative video!

M

4y↑6

A Guide to THE MOUNTAIN GOATS would be an incredible video, the discography is huge and the growth and change throughout that discography would be worth dissecting

Damion Swartz

The Land of Rape and Honey was my introduction in 1989. I was in 6th grade walking home from school and found the cassette in a parking lot. Got home and popped it in and my brain melted in my head and I sparked to life

Richard Grant

If you could only have one album to introduce people I would choose Numb's first album from 1987, a truely lost classic that will blow your socks off and impress those that know of it......FYI, I remember an interview with SP saying that Too Dark Park is pretty much a concept album about addiction and going cold turkey.

The Horrible Bright

4y↑4

I'd like to recommend the excellent Trepaneringsritualen. It's mote accurately defined as death industrial, or on the latest album, dark ambient. Their 2017 Kainskult is stunningly good.

Jean-Paul DuQuette

Very thoughtful selection! Can't wait for the Warp Records take.

Cletus Beauregard

For better or worse, Skinny Puppy defined what most people would think of as "the industrial sound" with Remission. Not going to sit here and say it was their best work ever, but it was one of the most important music releases of the last 40 years, regardless of genre.

Beth Horner

4y↑2

i don’t know if anybody else is into Youth Code but for me, they’re a wonderful reflection of how industrial music has influenced musical creation

iv-500

Beth Horner Saw then open for Skinny Puppy twice. Great duo. I would say they’re more on the hardcore side.

Beth Horner

David John W. Yeah man, that’s why i said industrial has ‘influenced’ them, you can hear it in their work which is why they did shows with Skinny Puppy and Carpenter Brut, they’re multifaceted.

iv-500

@Beth Horner I knew what you meant. Wasn't denying the influence. I was simply saying they're more hardcore :)

Ralph Petagna

Too Dark Park was the album that got me into industrial music. First heard it shortly after it came out. I was mostly into thrash and progressive metal then and was amazed at how... evocative, in its own way, their music was. It opened my ears ever wider. I became a huge EN fan after I'd first heard them and still list them as one of my favorite artists when asked.

The one band I was surprised was not mentioned at all was Laibach... I don't get picky with genres but I've always heard some similarities in their music (especially the earlier stuff) to TG and EN.

IAMDANIELGRAVES

4y↑1

Too Dark Park is absolutely Skinny Puppy's pinnacle work. There are arguably no "hits" but it's much more cohesive in terms of sound, style and execution. Ogre's vocals never felt stronger or more diverse. The production is a perfect balance of chaos, dissonance and technical clarity. The first time I heard this record it changed my entire life. It was scary and addictive.

"Scared? You really are?"
"I'm not scared..."
"Hrm, what are you?"

JammyPants

4y↑1

and the rapid full-panning modulation in that track as well. terrifying. i loved it then, and love it now. it's still scary and addictive.

IAMDANIELGRAVES

@JammyPants And then the whole thing melds into Shore Lined Poison... it's absolutely perfect.

Erzs Blas Fanta Ven

4y↑38

yes please, a video about EBM would be great, massively underrated genre

Josh Miller

I'm here for this.

8bitdiedie

4y↑5

Or Electro-Industrial, if there’s even a difference anymore.

Fairy Pussy

Agreed 👍

c j

4y↑1

Yay love this, always loved industrial but with the current shitshow thats the world rn Im listening to it more than ever
Great recommendations gonna give them a listen and the second playlist too, thanks for the quality content as always, you should make a more 5 albums to get you into post industrial acts but since thats basically: industrial + insert any other music genre here
it could be difficult, im thinking about street sects, maybe death grips, etc
Anyways thx for the viiiid

73Fluxx1

Great gateway video for anyone wanting to get into 'industrial' music. 5 Albums that will - if people are open minded enough - lead them all in very different directions, into what industrial was in the early to mid 1980's and away to what 'industrial' became today.

Alex the Guitarist

I think one other album to get into industrial could be Queen's The Works, it's a bit more subtle with the effects and the electronic sounds but there's stuff to look for in it. (I may be wrong tho)

fnordme

One band that isn't quite industrial, but closely related is the Legendary Pink Dots. They did a collaboration with Skinny Puppy members called The Tear Garden and I highly recommend that to anyone looking for something different. The Dots are basically two keyboard players, one who sings, and various other musicians over the years, including unusual things like violin and sax. They have changed their style over lots of albums, but probably the most industrial-like would be
Shadow Weaver, done in collaboration with Nurse With Wound. For Tear Garden, I would go with Last Man to Fly. Both incredible albums that sound like nothing else I know of.

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