The man behind Playgroup lends his curatorial ear to music from the stiffer, meaner, moodier, fuglier world of 1980s industrial and its various offshoots, from the club-ready to the floor-clearing.

What makes a song “industrial?” It’s a question we’ve often pondered this past week at Consequence throughout our ongoing celebration of the genre. Harsh and liberal use of distortion; the ...

You might think that with all the recent attention that’s been directed toward the synthetic sounds of the ’80s—in recent years there’s been a minideluge of reissues and compilations, including 2012’s ...

Industrial is the cybernetic bastard child of rock and metal… and it’s given us some of the most legendary acts of all time! Industrial could be the most bizarre genre of music to ever receive ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Carlos Acosta’s first major commission as the leader of Birmingham Royal Ballet celebrates a local band and the hard-rocking genre it invented. By ...

BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - Pirouette, leap, air guitar, stomp. In a practice room in central England, dancers move gracefully in unison, combining classical ballet with new, heavy metal-inspired ...

Ever get the urge to lace up your twenty-eye Docs, wrap a couple studded bracelets around your wrists and start stomping around your bedroom? When you do, make sure to blare these classic industrial ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the 1990s, the vast, empty halls of Helsinki’s Cable Factory began to echo to the sounds of electronic music ...

Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...

In 2020, Oklahoma City musician James Hammontree released his first full-length as Black Magnet. Hallucination Scene uses all the best parts of 90s industrial metal—even the radio-friendly sounds—to ...

The post 50 Best Industrial Albums of All Time appeared first on Consequence. While a handful of rock’s biggest acts have come out of the industrial music scene, the genre has largely remained ...

The full-length three-act ballet opens in Birmingham in September - Copyright AFP Paul ELLIS The full-length three-act ballet opens in Birmingham in September ...