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rhythmic noise

Last updated: Wed Oct 22 2025 06:52:59 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Rhythmic noise fuses harsh industrial textures with driving, often aggressive beats, creating an intense sonic assault that maintains dancefloor functionality. Emerging from 1990s power electronics and industrial scenes, it channels raw mechanical energy through distorted percussion and abrasive sound design. The style appeals to those seeking confrontational electronic music that balances chaos with hypnotic, club-ready rhythms.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
34		1993	Cylob	Industrial Folk Songs	breakcore folk industrial noise rhythmic noise techno
39		1994	Alec Empire	Generation Star Wars	industrial industrial techno rhythmic noise schranz techno technoid	technoid # 88 schranz # 95
3		1997	ATR	Rage	digital hardcore rhythmic noise techno-industrial	techno-industrial # 70
93		1997-05	Björk	Jóga	digital hardcore	glitch pop # 37 avant-pop # 82 digital hardcore # 83 techno-industrial # 94 drill n bass # 97 schranz # 99 technoid # 99
19		1997-06	Imminent Starvation	Human Relocation	rhythmic noise
98		1997-12-01	Björk	Bachelorette	avant-pop breakbeat hardcore breakcore digital hardcore drill n bass glitch pop illbient industrial rhythmic noise techno-industrial technoid trip-hop	breakbeat hardcore # 5 breakcore # 53 glitch pop # 73 digital hardcore # 86 avant-pop # 98 drill n bass # 99 illbient # 99 technoid # 100 techno-industrial # 100
23		1998-05-18	Mogwai	Kicking A Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed	breakcore rhythmic noise technoid	technoid # 85
5		1999	Imminent Starvation	Nord	industrial
69		1999	Feindflug	Feindflug	rhythmic noise
83		1999-04-06	Gridlock	Further	ambient idm industrial post-industrial rhythmic noise technoid	post-industrial # 25 technoid # 98
41		1999-05-10	Converter	Shock Front	power noise noise	power noise # 91
91		2000-09-22	Converter	Blast Furnace	rhythmic noise	power noise # 27
25		2000-09	Converter	Firebloom	rhythmic noise
49		2001	Propergol	Renegade	power electronics noise power noise rhythmic noise	power electronics # 37 power noise # 68
64		2001	The Synthetic Dream Foundation	Plasma ring EP	dark ambient ebm electro-industrial electronic industrial industrial techno psytrance rhythmic noise	industrial techno # 20
66		2001	Noise/Girl	discopathology	harsh noise noise rhythmic noise	power noise # 38 harsh noise # 60
48		2001	Rosewater	Kursk	industrial rhythmic noise
18		2001-08	Tarmvred	Onomatopoeic	chiptune electronic industrial power noise rhythmic noise	power noise # 53
67		2001-09-27	Tarmvred	subfusc	power noise rhythmic noise	power noise # 75
37		2002	xotox	Silberfieber	rhythmic noise
47		2002	Empusae	Funestus	rhythmic noise
89		2002-04-22	Alec Empire	Intelligence and Sacrifice	cybergrind cyberpunk dark electro digital hardcore hardcore industrial hardcore industrial metal industrial rock rhythmic noise techno-industrial	digital hardcore # 47 cyberpunk # 61 cybergrind # 71 dark electro # 91 techno-industrial # 93 industrial hardcore # 95
76		2003-04-29	Dulce Liquido	Shock Therapy	dark electro	dark electro # 30 power noise # 65
32		2003-05	Iszoloscope	This Monstrosity Is Part of My Fibric	rhythmic noise
87		2003-10-03	Tarmvred	viva 6581	industrial rhythmic noise
65		2003-10	Converter	Exit Ritual	rhythmic noise noise
13		2003-11-03	Roger Rotor	malleus maleficarum	dark electronic electronic post-industrial power noise rhythmic noise	power noise # 50 dark electronic # 94
40		2004	The Peoples Republic of Europe	Juche	rhythmic noise
85		2004-02-18	Orphx	Circuitbreaking	rhythmic noise
58		2004-08-04	Soman	Revenge	industrial industrial techno rhythmic noise	industrial techno # 12
74		2004-08	Synkro	synkro	breakcore rhythmic noise
9		2004-09-24	Tzolk'in	Tzolk'in	ambient tribal	tribal # 54
6		2005	Orphx	Insurgent Flows	industrial techno power noise rhythmic noise	power noise # 47
35		2005	Stendeck	Can You Hear My Call?	industrial
68		2005	Ah Cama-Sotz	The Way to Heresy	rhythmic noise
59		2005-04-29	5F-X	5F_55 is Reflected to 5F-X	noise rhythmic noise
72		2005-05-23	Soman	Unleash	rhythmic noise
63		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 power noise # 72 dark industrial # 86 ambient industrial # 92 ambient noise # 92 industrial noise # 97 ambient electronica # 97
52		2005-08-12	Pneumatic Detach	[vis·cer·a]	rhythmic noise
7		2005-08-31	Synapscape	Act!	rhythmic noise
55		2006-01-10	The Synthetic Dream Foundation	Tendrils of pretty	psytrance electronic ebm idm industrial trance darkwave electronica rhythmic noise synthpop techno electro-industrial
57		2006-03-20	Stahlfrequenz	Coma Themes	ebm electronic industrial rhythmic noise
31		2006-08-22	Terrorfakt	Teethgrinder	industrial noise
90		2006-09-25	Noisuf-X	Tinnitus	rhythmic noise
42		2006-09-29	W.A.S.T.E.	This is what we seek	power noise rhythmic noise	power noise # 64
24		2007	W.A.S.T.E.	Violent Delights	industrial power noise rhythmic noise	power noise # 55
11		2007-03-20	Cervello Elettronico	Negate The Instigator	ebm industrial noise rhythmic noise
1		2007-05-25	Xentrifuge	Light Extinguished	dark electro aggrotech	dark electro # 54 aggrotech # 91
97		2007-06-08	Noisuf-X	The Beauty Of Destruction	rhythmic noise
79		2007-09-06	Synapscape	Now	rhythmic noise	technoid # 84
45		2007-10-12	Ah Cama-Sotz	Dead Cities	noise
94		2007-10-26	FabrikC	IMPULSGEBER	electronic industrial rhythmic noise
82		2007-11-10	Talvekoidik	Silent Reflections	estonia germany idm rhythmic noise	germany # 64 estonia # 98
53		2008-01-21	Esa	How Pure Would Your Utopia Be?	post-industrial power noise rhythmic noise	power noise # 69
80		2008-01-22	Totakeke	Elekatota - The Other Side of the Tracks	idm industrial rhythmic noise
81		2008-01-22	Totakeke	Elekatota-The Other Side Of The Tracks	idm industrial rhythmic noise
12		2008-04-11	Proyecto Mirage	Turn It On	rhythmic noise
16		2008-04-25	Empusae	The Hatred Of Trees	dark ambient rhythmic noise	ambient noise # 66
50		2008-05-13	Ad·ver·sary	Bone Music	post-industrial industrial rhythmic noise	post-industrial # 4 power noise # 22
60		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 power noise # 62 dark industrial # 80 ambient industrial # 85 ambient noise # 87 ambient electronica # 92 industrial noise # 94
10		2008-07-29	Endif	Carbon	dark electro electronic industrial noise rhythmic noise
21		2008-08-01	Inline.seX.Terror	11:11	industrial rhythmic noise
62		2008-11-01	Alter Der Ruine	Giants From Far Away	dark electro electronic industrial noise rhythmic noise
38		2009	Various Artists	America the Beautiful (disc 2: Stun Gun)	experimental electronic experimental rock noise noise rock post-rock power noise rhythmic noise	experimental electronic # 63 power noise # 63
51		2009-02-18	Synapscape	Again	rhythmic noise
95		2009-02-27	Noisuf-X	Voodoo Ritual	ebm electro-industrial industrial rhythmic noise techno-industrial	electro-industrial # 39 techno-industrial # 97
15		2009-02	Soman	Sound Pressure 2.0	ebm industrial rhythmic noise
54		2009-10-30	imminent	cask strength	rhythmic noise technoid	technoid # 76
92		2009-10-30	Acylum	The Enemy	power noise rhythmic noise	power noise # 90
4		2010-02-12	Somatic Responses	neon	idm post-industrial rhythmic noise technoid	technoid # 81
29		2010-02-16	Bitch Brigade	Pastel Aggressive	electro power noise rhythmic noise	power noise # 59
46		2010-03-08	In a Mindset	Compartments EP	dark ambient industrial rhythmic noise
71		2010-06-10	The Synthetic Dream Foundation	Mechanical Serpent	ebm idm industrial synthpop steampunk darkwave darkpsy electronica psytrance trance electronic techno electro-industrial harsh ebm rhythmic noise symphonic metal technoid	darkpsy # 2 harsh ebm # 78 steampunk # 82 technoid # 96
8		2010-08-31	Mono-Amine	do not bend	industrial rhythmic noise
33		2010-12-14	zYnthetic	Killing Floor	rhythmic noise
2		2011-04-19	Amon Tobin	ISAM	dubstep electronic	dubstep # 27
73		2011-07-19	Ex_tension	Desert	ambient industrial rhythmic noise
22		2011-09-02	Synapscape	Traits	dark ambient post-industrial rhythmic noise
27		2011-11-11	Manufactura	Psychogenic Fugue	rhythmic noise
43		2012-03-21	Cybo	Last Glow Before Darkness	downtempo glitch idm rhythmic noise
14		2013-01-18	Valium Era	Mutation Reloaded	dark techno ebm electronic electronica industrial noise rhythmic noise	dark techno # 66
88		2013-02-01	Noisuf-X	Warning	rhythmic noise
17		2013-03-19	Totakeke	Digital Exorcist	ambient idm industrial rhythmic noise
70		2014-01-20	Headless Horseman	Headless Horseman 004	industrial techno rhythmic noise	industrial techno # 35
96		2014-10-27	Paula Temple	Deathvox	ambient techno dark techno electronic industrial techno rhythmic noise techno	ambient techno # 75 industrial techno # 83 dark techno # 96
99		2015-07-15	Alice Glass	CEASE AND DESIST	digital hardcore electro-industrial electropunk power noise rhythmic noise witch house	witch house # 51 electro-industrial # 83 digital hardcore # 87 electropunk # 92 power noise # 98
44		2016-02-19	Iszoloscope	False Vacuum	rhythmic noise
84		2016-09-12	Moaan Exis	INVOK	ebm industrial hardcore industrial techno power noise rhythmic noise ritual ambient tribal ambient tribal industrial	industrial techno # 53 ritual ambient # 80 power noise # 86 tribal ambient # 89 industrial hardcore # 93 tribal industrial # 98
30		2016-11-18	Lana Del Rabies	In the End I Am a Beast	death industrial noise pop power electronics rhythmic noise shoegaze witch house	death industrial # 55 power electronics # 76
26		2017-01-19	Operant	Zero Knowledge	dark ambient industrial noise rhythmic noise techno
28		2017-02-17	Veil Of Light	Ursprung Remixed	darkwave ebm industrial techno minimal wave power noise rhythmic noise	power noise # 58
77		2017-09-30	Trepaneringsritualen	Kainskult	black ambient black noise death industrial power electronics power noise rhythmic noise ritual ambient ritual industrial	ritual industrial # 3 power electronics # 33 ritual ambient # 77 power noise # 82 death industrial # 82 black noise # 92 black ambient # 95
61		2018-03-09	Esa	That Beast	electronic industrial noise rhythmic noise
75		2018-03-23	Lana Del Rabies	Shadow World	darkwave death industrial power electronics rhythmic noise witch house	power electronics # 34 death industrial # 81
100		2018-04-19	IC3PEAK	THIS WORLD IS SICK	horrorcore power noise rhythmic noise trap witch house	horrorcore # 60 witch house # 62 power noise # 99
78		2018-09-19	Ancient Methods	The Jericho Records	dark ambient ebm industrial techno martial industrial power noise rhythmic noise ritual ambient techno tribal ambient tribal industrial	industrial techno # 46 martial industrial # 47 ritual ambient # 78 power noise # 83 tribal ambient # 86 tribal industrial # 95
86		2018-11-02	The Soft Moon	Criminal remixed	darkwave ebm electro-industrial industrial techno power noise rhythmic noise	industrial techno # 57 power noise # 87
36		2019-03-26	goreshit	tower block knife crime	death industrial harsh noise power electronics rhythmic noise speedcore	harsh noise # 43 speedcore # 55 death industrial # 57 power electronics # 71
56		2021-02-01	xotox	We Are Deaf	rhythmic noise
20			Ambassador21	Justified Thirst For Blood-US Edition	digital hardcore rhythmic noise	digital hardcore # 5

Related genres

• industrial
• noise
• power noise
• electronic
• idm
• techno
• dark ambient
• ambient
• power electronics
• post-industrial