industrial music

noun

A noisy, experimental genre of music with transgressive themes.

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Meanings

nounindustrial music (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA noisy, experimental genre of music with transgressive themes.

    One of the difficulties that plague conversations about industrial music is that the genre has come to include (to the chagrin and outright denial of some purists) anything from gentle synthesized droning to metal-inspired riffage.

    2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, page 38

Origin

The style was introduced by the record label Industrial Records (formed in 1976).

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Translations

Polish industrial
  • industrialmusic genre
Portuguese música industrial
  • música industrialmusic genre
Cite this entry
APA

industrial music. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrial%20music

MLA

“industrial music.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrial%20music. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “industrial music,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/industrial%20music.

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