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dark industrial

Last updated: Wed Oct 22 2025 09:38:50 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Dark industrial fuses aggressive electronic beats with harsh, distorted soundscapes that evoke dystopian atmospheres and mechanical intensity. Emerging from underground club scenes, it channels themes of alienation, technology, and societal decay through pounding rhythms and abrasive synth textures. The sound is characterized by its relentless energy, combining danceable elements with an ominous, confrontational edge.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
3		1972	Various Artists	Litanies of Desire	dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient
15		1987	Various Artists	Field Mass (version 1)	noise ambient industrial dark ambient dark industrial	ambient industrial # 13
69		1987	Various Artists	Morthor Spede	dark electro dark electronic dark industrial dark techno darkpsy goa hardcore horrorcore industrial power noise psycore psytrance techno trance	darkpsy # 30 power noise # 35 dark techno # 56 dark electronic # 84 psycore # 98
66		1991	Schloss Tegal	The Soul Extinguished	dark ambient dark industrial
75		1994-08	Con-Dom	Acts of Faith 3"	dark industrial industrial power electronics	power electronics # 84
76		1994-08	Con-Dom	Acts of Faith	dark industrial industrial power electronics	power electronics # 83
89		1995	Richard Bone	Vesperia	ambient dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient ethereal meditation new age	drone ambient # 77
85		1995	Leæther Strip	Legacy of Hate & Lust	dark industrial
51		1997	Mondblut	Angsterfülltes Morgen	dark industrial
62		1997	Controlled Fusion	Incubation Time	dark industrial electro-industrial
99		1997-05-27	:Wumpscut:	Music for a German Tribe	dark industrial electro-industrial industrial	electro-industrial # 48
82		1997-11-17	Velvet Acid Christ	2 Originals: Church Ov Acid + Calling Ov The Dead	industrial
93		1998	Suicide Commando	Construct-Destruct	dark industrial
38		1999	B-Ton-K	2nd Vactor	dark industrial
67		1999	Dive	True Lies	dark industrial electro-industrial electronic noise
73		1999-08-24	Bio-Tek	Punishment For Decadence	dark electro dark industrial ebm industrial
31		2000	Sonic Area	Numerik (2000)	dark industrial
42		2001	Zygote (CZ)	Geometrie nevědomí	electronic dark ambient dark industrial	ambient industrial # 7
29		2001	Skrol	Insomnia Dei	martial industrial industrial
71		2001-04-03	Richard Bone	Tales from the Incantina	dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient ethereal noise	drone ambient # 42
81		2001-09-10	:Wumpscut:	Deliverance	dark industrial
49		2001-09-14	Mnemonic	Identifikationsstörung	dark industrial
100		2001-09-17	Suicide Commando	Love Breeds Suicide EP	dark electro dark industrial ebm industrial	dark electro # 26
92		2002	Sui Generis Umbra	Coma	dark industrial industrial ritual industrial	ritual industrial # 2
9		2002	VO.I.D	Alloskren	dark industrial power electronics
26		2002	Aghiatrias	Epidaemia Vanitatis	dark ambient industrial
83		2002	Ivory Frequency	Plug-In	dark industrial ebm electro-industrial trance
90		2002-04-22	The Retrosic	Messa da Requiem	dark industrial
55		2002-11-11	In Strict Confidence	Zauberschloss / Kiss Your Shadow	dark industrial ebm
96		2003-02-10	Solitary Experiments	Advance Into Unknown	dark industrial
46		2003-03-14	Human Decay	Perfect Visions	dark industrial
87		2003-03-18	Decoded Feedback	Shockwave	industrial	cyberpunk # 36
65		2003-09-12	[:SITD:]	Stronghold	industrial
84		2003-11-24	Dismantled	Exit	dark industrial
47		2003-11-27	Vladimír Hirsch	De regionibus liminis	dark ambient soundscape dark industrial
77		2003-12-01	Agonoize	Paranoid Destruction	dark industrial darkwave
8		2004	Aghiatrias	Regions of Limen	dark ambient
19		2004	Vladimír Hirsch	Cryptosynaxis	industrial dark ambient
97		2004-02-02	The Azoic	Forward and Conflict	dark industrial
91		2004-06-28	Sui Generis Umbra	Amok	industrial dark industrial	ritual industrial # 90
54		2004-11-15	Human Decay	Disbelieve	dark industrial
6		2005	Skrol	Dances & Marches For The Orphan Age	martial industrial neoclassical
59		2005	Encryption	Nosferamor	dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient
58		2005-06-01	Chrysalide	Lost EP (2005)	dark industrial industrial noise
86		2005-06-25	Mind Necrosis Factor	Entropy	dark ambient electronica noise industrial ambient ambient electronica ambient industrial ambient noise dark electro dark industrial drum and bass electro-industrial idm industrial noise post-industrial power noise rhythmic noise ritual industrial soundtrack	ritual industrial # 6 rhythmic noise # 63 power noise # 72 ambient industrial # 92 ambient noise # 92 industrial noise # 97 ambient electronica # 97
94		2005-08-29	Decoded Feedback	Combustion	aggrotech dark electro dark industrial industrial noise	aggrotech # 54 dark electro # 76
5		2006	Aghiatrias	Ethos	dark ambient	ambient industrial # 19
25		2006	Dense Vision Shrine	Die My Illusion	dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient
95		2006-04-13	Dismantled	Standard Issue	dark industrial darkwave industrial
79		2006-04-25	Dismantled	Anthem	dark industrial ebm
24		2006-05	Dense Vision Shrine	A Voyage of Imagination	dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient
88		2006-10-17	Richard Bone	SERENE LIFE OF MICROBES	ambient dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient new age space ambient	space ambient # 46 drone ambient # 76
63		2007	Aghiatrias	Reliquary	dark ambient dark industrial
68		2007-01-01	Fresh Body Shop	Make This End	alternative alternative rock french indie pop indie rock pop pop rock rock emo france industrial gothic rock industrial rock synthpop	techno-industrial # 1 nouvelle scene francaise # 34 french rock # 42 synth rock # 42 depressive rock # 42 indie emo # 45 alt pop # 65
60		2007-01	Dense Vision Shrine	Unwinding The Inside	dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient
13		2007-04-23	Ego Ex Nihil	[rz016] Ego Ex Nihil - Zero exp 2007	dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient industrial noise
53		2007-05-06	i.v.lab	Process In Time EP	dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient industrial
10		2007-06-24	Ego Ex Nihil	[rz024] Ego Ex Nihil - Space dust 2007	dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient industrial noise space ambient
74		2007-10-19	Fresh Body Shop	Tasteless	rock alternative industrial pop alternative rock french indie pop indie rock pop rock emo france gothic rock piano rock synthpop industrial rock	goth rock # 5 nouvelle scene francaise # 38 techno-industrial # 39 depressive rock # 45 french rock # 45 indie emo # 48 synth rock # 51 alt pop # 66
98		2007-11-23	Dismantled	When I'm Dead	dark industrial darksynth gothic rock industrial	darksynth # 80
34		2007-12-13	Vladimír Hirsch	Torment Of Naissance	contemporary classical czech composer dark ambient dark industrial
11		2008-01-26	Skerror	The Unknown Forces	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	darkstep # 4 techstep # 11 microsound # 41
20		2008-02-04	Skerror	Venture Fantastique	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	darkstep # 10 techstep # 19 microsound # 49
7		2008-02-07	Skerror	Submersion	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	techstep # 1 darkstep # 1 microsound # 34
16		2008-02-10	Skerror	Slime Quanta	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	darkstep # 7 techstep # 16 microsound # 46
30		2008-02-12	Skerror	Junk Running	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	darkstep # 16 techstep # 27 microsound # 59
21		2008-02-14	Skerror	Mahahakala	ambient broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch haiti hip-hop idm industrial instrumental metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	darkstep # 11 techstep # 23 haiti # 30 microsound # 53
14		2008-02-15	Skerror	Graviton Jungle	ambient animals broken beat cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial darkstep downtempo electro electronic glitch hip-hop idm industrial instrumental jungle metal microsound neoclassical noise psychill soundscape steampunk techstep	darkstep # 6 techstep # 13 animals # 15 microsound # 43
80		2008-05-26	Mind Necrosis Factor	Morphogenesis	dark ambient idm industrial post-industrial rhythmic noise ritual industrial ambient ambient electronica ambient industrial ambient noise dark electro dark industrial drum and bass electro-industrial electronica industrial noise noise power noise soundtrack	ritual industrial # 9 rhythmic noise # 60 power noise # 62 ambient industrial # 85 ambient noise # 87 ambient electronica # 92 industrial noise # 94
4		2008-10	Innerless Skin on a Water	Innerless Skin on a Water	ambient dark industrial drone soundscape trip-hop
57		2008-11-11	Drṓwryh Creesp	Solitairement	dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient minimalism
18		2008-11-12	ZhangJW	Pleh	ambient breakcore china chinese dark ambient dark industrial downtempo drone dub easy listening electro electronic electronica glitch idm industrial lo-fi minimalism new wave noise soundscape
37		2008-12-18	Leonid M. Zhest'	KaYA	dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient ethereal minimalism
52		2009-01-04	Skerror	Dreampunk	cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial microsound soundscape steampunk	steampunk # 9 microsound # 76
32		2009-01-05	Skerror	Static Approach	cyberpunk dark industrial electro electronic idm metal microsound steampunk	microsound # 60
39		2009-01-06	Skerror	Corrapture	cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial idm microsound steampunk	microsound # 68
35		2009-01-12	Skerror	Cephalotropolis	cyberpunk dark industrial electro electronic idm industrial microsound steampunk	microsound # 64
36		2009-01-14	Skerror	Alloy Mines	ambient cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial electro electronic idm microsound steampunk	microsound # 65
45		2009-01-16	Skerror	Ferrol	animals cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial electro electronic idm microsound steampunk	steampunk # 4 animals # 36 microsound # 71
33		2009-01-21	Skerror	Mod Doc	cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial electro electronic grime idm microsound steampunk	microsound # 63
40		2009-01-23	Skerror	Shee	cyberpunk dark ambient dark industrial electro electronic idm microsound steampunk woman	woman # 10 microsound # 69
22		2009-02-01	Vladimír Hirsch	Integrated Music Archives, Vol.1
1		2009-12-15	Her Ethic	Spoiler Warning: YOU DIE	industrial post-punk dark ambient ambient
43		2010-02-07	Pharmakustik	Implantrobotik	ambient china dark ambient dark industrial electro electronic electronica german germany glitch industrial minimalism neoclassical soundscape	china # 3
23		2010-03-04	AAGSF	[rz047] AAGSF - EGP 2008	ambient dark ambient dark industrial drone drone ambient industrial noise
12		2010-06-07	Her Ethic	The Machine / neXus	darkwave diy industrial post-industrial	ambient industrial # 10
61		2011-01	Cercueil	Erostrate	ambient industrial dark industrial french industrial post-industrial	ambient industrial # 60
41		2011-04-19	Deep-pression	Cold floors to embrace, wet soils to dig in
27		2011-04-20	Enko	Jazl Mnstr	alternative beat breakcore broken beat dark industrial dubstep electro electronic electronica glitch idm industrial lo-fi noise russia synthesizer ukrainian
44		2012-03-30	Neon Zoo	O	alternative dark electro dark industrial darkwave electro
64		2012-07-20	Suicide Commando	One Nation Under God	aggrotech dark industrial
48		2012-08-24	Dronny Darko	Fundamental Differences	ambient industrial dark industrial industrial post-industrial	ambient industrial # 35
28		2013-03-22	Sonic Area	Les crises labyrinthiques (2000)	dark industrial
78		2013-09-24	Aseptic Void	Psychosis	dark ambient dark electro dark industrial industrial post-industrial
70		2014-04-11	Rawar	Psychedelic Inferno	dark electro dark electronic dark industrial dark techno darkpsy goa hardcore horrorcore industrial power noise psycore psytrance techno trance	darkpsy # 28 power noise # 37 dark techno # 58 dark electronic # 85 psycore # 99
72		2014-11-18	Dronny Darko	Outer Tehom	ambient industrial dark industrial industrial post-industrial	ambient industrial # 81
17		2018-05-16	Rivière de Corps	Sang et corne	ambient black ambient dark ambient dark industrial dungeon synth electronic industrial pop	black ambient # 27
50		2023	Various Artists	365 jours de bruits (2003)	dark industrial electro-industrial electronic
56			Unmorph	One Point	ambient ambient industrial breakcore dark industrial drum and bass electronic electronica industrial	ambient industrial # 51
2			The Eyelash Carpets	The Blacklight Confessions of Pantopon Rose	dark industrial electronic

Related genres

• industrial
• dark ambient
• electronic
• noise
• ambient
• drone
• idm
• electro
• cyberpunk
• steampunk