# Turn me on to some good, hard-core techno/industrial music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936 "2005-05-08T18:24:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/1 "2005-05-08T18:24:47Z")
Assume I’ve been living in a cave the last few years. The internet is information overload. I get intimidated with the vast amount of information about music on the internet these days. I like stuff like Front 242, Ministry, Laibach, KMFDM, Lords of Acid, Revolting Cocks, Yello, Gary Numan, ect. I don’t like the pop dance “techno” you hear in dance clubs, and am frankly sick of hearing about 50 different remixes of some diva soul woman telling me to “get in the pool, with me, tonight.” ---
**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/2 "2005-05-08T18:44:16Z")
www.di.fm may be to your tastes. Though I’ve never heard of any of the artists you mention, try stuff from the UK’s Nu Energy label, or DJs Hixxy, Sharkey and Scott Brown. The Bonkers album are also worth a look. There are a couple of samples on the [www.pamshouse.com](http://www.pamshouse.com) frontpage, is that the kind of stuff you’re after? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/3 "2005-05-08T18:51:55Z")
You are familiar with Front Line Assembly, Cabaret Voltaire, Einstürzende Neubauten and Nine Inch Nails, right? I’d assume so, given the rest of your list, but I figured I’d just check. You might also like Aphex Twin, Fear Factory, Rammstein, Strapping Young Lad, …And Oceans (particularly _Cypher_) and Godflesh. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/4 "2005-05-08T19:20:13Z")
Let’s see … Here are some of my favorites: [Assemblage 23](http://www.assemblage23.com) [Numb](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47F1EDE4DAB7720CD9C2B41DBB272F10C8C5BDA8611344754D5B97F4B82006AB351D990B5C09F2CF87CB0F731A65A0FD686ED5CFEDE6C3D3A9D8EDB&sql=11:2mzyxdsbjol0) [VNV Nation](http://www.vnvnation.com) [Wumpscut](http://www.wumpscut.com) [Covenant](http://www.covenant.dk) [Dismantled](http://www.dismantled.org/) [Imperative Reaction](http://www.imperativereaction.net/) [Cut.Rate.Box](http://www.cutratebox.com) The hardcoreness of the above bands varies from heavily influenced by synthpop/new wave and more toward the harsh, noisy sound. Really, though, what you should do is take a look around the official site for [Metropolis Records](http://www.metropolis-records.com) and their accompanying web-store at [[http://www.industrial-music.com](http://www.industrial-music.com)][Industrial-Music.com](http://Industrial-Music.com). Metropolis the largest (and seemingly only at some times) Industrial/Goth label in the US, so they tend to have all the big name acts. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/5 "2005-05-08T19:54:13Z")
Wire, Frank Tovey/Fad Gadget (80s Mute Records Stuff) Early Swans - None more hardcore! Young Gods - esp. the Kurt Weill album, but also L’eau Rouge and, of course, Skinny Puppy ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/6 "2005-05-08T21:05:27Z")
No mention of Kraftwerk? _Fun, fun, fun on the Autobahn_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/7 "2005-05-08T21:12:50Z")
Try out King Crimson’s **The Power To Believe** , which is not even remotely religious in spite of its name. The guys in **Tool** have been pretty up-front about having “ripped off” King Crimson for years. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/8 "2005-05-08T22:34:02Z")
> [@Tuco](#): > > www.di.fm may be to your tastes. > > Though I’ve never heard of any of the artists you mention, try stuff from the UK’s Nu Energy label, or DJs Hixxy, Sharkey and Scott Brown. > > The Bonkers album are also worth a look. > > There are a couple of samples on the [www.pamshouse.com](http://www.pamshouse.com) frontpage, is that the kind of stuff you’re after? Thanks for trying, but no. 🙂 That [pamshouse.com](http://pamshouse.com) site was like someone chewed a mouthful of pink bubblegum and spewed it all over the screen. When I was finally able to find a link somewhere on that page to actual music, it was “PHuk” this and “PHunk” that. Yuck. di.fm wasn’t much better. I listened to their hardcore stuff and it’s your typical huge gay dance party rave DJ-whatever re-mix crap. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/9 "2005-05-09T00:58:58Z")
Here are a few I like (some of which have already been suggested): [Cruciform Injection](http://www.cruciforminjection.com) Assemblage 23 Funker Vogt Icon of Coil Imperative Reaction Informatik (they’re probably a little too “dancy” for what you said you want) VNV Nation Filament 38 Covenant Sisters of Mercy ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/10 "2005-05-09T01:24:21Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > You are familiar with Front Line Assembly, Cabaret Voltaire, Einstürzende Neubauten and Nine Inch Nails, right? I’d assume so, given the rest of your list, but I figured I’d just check. > > You might also like Aphex Twin, Fear Factory, Rammstein, Strapping Young Lad, …And Oceans (particularly _Cypher_) and Godflesh. I own lots of Einstürzende Neubauten. Definitely like them. I’m somewhat familiar with Front Line Assembly, Cabaret Voltaire, and Nine Inch Nails. FLA & Cabaret Voltaire did some good stuff. I always thought 9"Nails was a bit grunge for my taste. Not too familiar with Aphex Twin, Fear Factory, Rammstein, Strapping Young Lad, and Oceans. Have to check them out. I am familiar with the Rammstein name, but I’ve mostly seen it in the context of a Rammstein remix of someone else’s work. Didn’t know they were an actual band. ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/11 "2005-05-09T03:08:29Z")
Have you heard of [SecondShifters](http://www.secondshifters.com/)? Its an online radio station. I only discovered it a couple of days ago, so I can’t inform on the overall quality of its selection, but it lists “gothic, electronic, ebm, industrial, metal, or anywhere in between” as its format. And it definitely doesn’t have a froo-froo bubblegum atmosphere to it. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/12 "2005-05-09T03:17:17Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I always thought 9"Nails was a bit grunge for my taste. Based on what else you’ve listed, you would probably appreciate their first album, _Pretty Hate Machine_. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/13 "2005-05-09T06:10:04Z")
\ You might like the tracks **The Tic Tok Men** - [Decomputerization](http://www.ampcast.com/music/4878/music.php). They are the ones at the top of the page with the fist logo \ ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/14 "2005-05-09T13:38:04Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I own lots of Einstürzende Neubauten. Definitely like them. In that case you might also enjoy [Abwärts](http://www.abwaerts.com/). If you like Kraftwerk, you might get a kick out of [Tangerine Dream](http://www.tangerinedream.org/) also. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/15 "2005-05-09T13:55:05Z")
I suprised no one has mentioned **Prodigy** yet. ‘Fat of the Land’ is considered a classic and the new one ‘Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned’ is very good. **Rammstein** is good in a german/rob zombie kind of way. Also try **Juno Reactor**. They did some of the heavier stuff for the Matrix movies. No lyrics, just music. And if you want to go into some old classic headpounding industrial you can’t go wrong with classic **Ministry**. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/16 "2005-05-09T14:03:40Z")
I’ll recommend **Miss Kittin** : “ **Professional Distortion** ”. It’s quite subtle, just bear with it and listen, it’s a sly dig at the “showbiz” lifestyle. Here is a link to a [page](http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/miss_kitten) on Shockwave that has the video. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/17 "2005-05-09T14:08:52Z")
You might also wish to try: **Electric Hellfire Club Razed in Black Apoptygma Berzerk Christian Death Cruxshadows DeVision Pop Will Eat Itself Dead Can Dance Fischer Spooner Funker Vogt Icon of Coil Kidney Thieves London after Midnight New Model Army** and maybe **Tones on Tail Suspiria Corpus Deliciti Rosetta Stone Red Lorry Yellow Lorry** along with everything already mentioned 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/18 "2005-05-09T14:51:07Z")
Some more that I like: **[Underworld](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-267108-videos--Underworld)** “Pearls Girl”, “Cowgirl”, “Everything Everything”, and “Born Slippy”. (The link is to their Yahoo Launch page.) **[Banco de Gaia](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-257643---Banco-De-Gaia)** (See [here](http://www.banco.co.uk/) for the official site) \*\*[Orbital](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-260371---Orbital) \*\* ([Here](http://www.loopz.co.uk/begin.html) is his official site, you can watch the video “The Box” there, which I love.) **Goldfrapp** : “Twist” “Strict Machine” and “Train” (in that order) Warning, they are rather strange and push the envelope with their videos. Here is a link to their Yahoo Launch[page](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-302925-videos--Goldfrapp), and also a link to their [official website](http://www.goldfrapp.co.uk/) with is **NSFW** at all. Benny Benassi did a couple of remixes of their song “Strict Machine” which can be found on their site if you click the “Black Cherry” link on their “scene one” page, then mouse over the houses until you find one labled Strict Machine 2004, then click “Audio Streams”. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/19 "2005-05-09T17:59:41Z")
> [@UnwrittenNocturne](#): > > You might also wish to try: > > **Dead Can Dance** While I would never _not_ recommend someone listen to DCD, I would point out that they aren’t even remotely “hard-core techno / industrial”. More “ambient / gothic / world music / darkwave” than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936/20 "2005-05-09T19:24:39Z")
Lots of fantastic suggestions so far. Away from the techno and deeper into industrial, I would heartily recommend **Foetus**. If you like a relentless sonic assault of rage, pain, and sarcasm, Foetus just might be for you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-me-on-to-some-good-hard-core-techno-industrial-music/302936.md?page=2)