[2025] Start with this one song! A roundup of industrial metal masterpieces

DetoxStrapping Young Lad

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD – Detox (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Strapping Young Lad, the Canadian extreme metal band led by the genius Devin Townsend.

Their second album, City, released in February 1997, is such a masterpiece that Revolver magazine named it one of the greatest metal albums of all time.

This signature track from the album delivers the very essence of industrial metal, with a brutal guitar riff entwined by synths.

Gene Hoglan—nicknamed the “human drum machine”—pounds out jaw-dropping drums, while Devin unleashes screams as if purging every inner toxin, together forging a colossal wall of sound.

This uncontrollable mass of energy embodies the genre’s destructive allure, and if you listen to it when you’re seething with anger, it just might blow everything away.

DragulaRob Zombie

Rob Zombie – Dragula

A song released as a single in 1998 by American musician Rob Zombie.

The title “Dragula” is named after the car featured in the TV show “The Munsters.” The track has been used in many forms of media, including the 1999 film “The Matrix.”

Blue MondayOrgy

Orgy – ”Blue Monday” (Music Video) HD

Originally released by New Order in 1983, the song was written by guitarist and lead singer Bernard Sumner and is considered one of the most influential electronica tracks.

The version by the American alternative metal band Orgy was released in 1998 and reached No.

1 on the U.

S.

charts.

HazeSkinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy – Haze

A song with imagery of escape and fear of death.

It was released by Skinny Puppy, an industrial music band formed in Canada in 1982.

The song is included on their tenth album, Mythmaker, released in 2007.

The album reached No.

4 on the U.

S.

charts.

More Human Than HumanWhite Zombie

White Zombie – More Human Than Human

White Zombie, formed in New York and known for featuring future cult superstar Rob Zombie, is a legendary band that drew heavily from horror films and other facets of pop culture, achieving major sales in the ’90s within genres like groove metal and industrial metal.

Their iconic track “More Human than Human,” which marked their shift toward industrial metal, stands as one of their signature songs and received high acclaim, including a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.

With its unforgettable off-kilter slide guitar riff, danceable rhythm, and Rob Zombie’s charismatic vocals—and a title and lyrics that reference Philip K.

Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?—it’s a quintessential showcase of everything that makes them unique.

The Beautiful PeopleMarilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People

A song about the methods needed to survive in a capitalist society.

Known as an “ugly yet fashionable track,” it was released as a single by Marilyn Manson in 1996.

It was written together with guitarist Twiggy Ramirez.

The music video was directed by Floria Sigismondi.

CannibalStatic-X

Static-X – Cannibal [Official Video]

A song by Static-X, an industrial metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994.

It is the title track of their fifth album, released in 2007.

The album was a hit in countries including the United States, Australia, Austria, and France.