Chicago's premier industrial/EBM festival, Cold Waves, which started initially as a memorial and fundraiser for suicide-prevention charities, has been a staple of the genre since its inception in 2012 ...

Welcome to Get Into This, a new series of essential guides breaking down everything you need to know about musical styles, movements, and artists from the folks who know them best. First, let’s be ...

Searing guitar riffs, primal drums, and electronic textures collide with impassioned vocals to create a chaotic yet precise sonic storm that blurs the lines between human aggression and mechanical ...

This writer never thought that Danish EBM S&M godhead Leaether Strip would grace the City Beautiful with his presence here in the cursed 21st century. But here we are. The Strip is the nom de keyboard ...

Genres spun: I started out playing with what I knew best -- EBM, industrial, and rhythmic noise. As of late I have been mixing a lot of dubstep and drum 'n' bass into my industrial sets. Current ...

As with many of the genres we've so far spotlighted for our long-running “Don't Know Shit” series, were we sub-genre snobs and ever so slightly insane, we could take “industrial” music and chop it up ...

In October 1976, the performance arts collective Coum Transmissions debuted Prostitution, an exhibition at the London Institute of Contemporary Arts. The opening night boasted a strip show in lieu of ...

Take a listen to the title track of The Center Won't Hold, their ninth LP and our recent feature album. It begins with low distorted bass and clanking metallic percussion. It’s sparse and ominous ...

Genesis P-Orridge, founding member of the pioneering industrial music group Throbbing Gristle and experimental unit Psychic TV, has died at the age of 70, P-Orridge’s manager Ryan Martin confirmed to ...

In October 1976, the performance arts collective Coum Transmissions debuted Prostitution, an exhibition at the London Institute of Contemporary Arts. The opening night boasted a strip show in lieu of ...