industrial

I Put A Spell On You: Horror-punk roots Horror punk? Well, the cheapest, tackiest horror films have always been part of the cultural detritus that’s informed the punk aesthetic. Think of Ramones’ ode to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, “Chain Saw.” Remember the bloody, dripping creature feature font adorning Iggy And The Stooges’ Raw Power […]

One of punk rock’s original goals was “the destruction of rock ‘n’ roll.” While that didn’t happen, most early punk musicians were rock fans, in spite of their espoused rhetoric. Hence why most early pogo soundtracks were basically Chuck Berry with a Marshall amp. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But this is hardly […]

“When Damaged came out, it perfectly represented the depths and darkness of my particular teen angst,” Adam Grossman, guitarist for Angkor Wat, Skrew and Ministry, tells Alternative Press. “It was the soundtrack of my life at that point in time.” Any musician involved in the most extreme forms of musical expression owes their existence and […]

Maggie Lindemann is exploring her emotions in her new single, “She Knows It.” This track is the latest music since the Alternative Press cover star’s debut EP, PARANOIA, was released at the start of 2021. Read more: Painted Flowers jewelry and apparel hosts rising stars for launch party “I wrote this song about liking a […]

HEALTH have joined forces with Poppy on a new single, “DEAD FLOWERS,” available via Loma Vista Recordings. The track is HEALTH’s fourth single this year, following collaborations with Nine Inch Nails on “ISN’T EVERYONE” and Tyler Bates and Chino Moreno on “ANTI-LIFE.” Read more: HEALTH discuss collab album and working with Nine Inch Nails “DEAD […]

On their latest album, Trash Boat break out of the pop-punk bubble to take on a variety of new musical styles while tackling personal and societal issues, from addiction and frustration to inequality and discrimination. For AltPress issue 397’s Album Anatomy section, Vocalist Tobi Duncan explains how it all went down. NO GENRE, JUST GOOD […]

As explosive as the EBM duo Youth Code may come across, thanks in large part to vocalist Sara Taylor’s unique and ferocious range, the pair—composed of real-life and professional partners Taylor and Ryan George—create with heightened emotion. And that shows tenfold on their latest (and first) collaborative effort with King Yosef, A Skeleton Key In […]

Ludovico Technique have just released a new music video for “Becoming Numb” exclusively via Alternative Press.  “Becoming Numb,” which dropped in March, is the fourth in a series of 13 staggered singles comprising their third album, Haunted People. Preceded by “Live As Myself,” “Up To The Flames” and “Embrace,” the track adds a gritty rock […]

To the dismay of gatekeepers, trap metal continues to evolve far beyond screaming over a trap beat. In honor of that, here are some of the recent gems in the most brutal kind of trap that hint toward the future of metal. Read more: These 10 metal songs will seriously intensify your next yoga session […]

The best industrial-rock tracks are all about the beats and the noise. Our video of i-rock songs from the ’90s pays homage to the units that were pushing themselves (and their hearing) to new extremities. Discussions of musical movements from different eras are often colored by saccharine feelings. As much as we love the genre, […]

Back in the alt-rock ‘90s, there was a bit of a cold war. It seemed that the grunge faction (with all of their guitars, big amps and distortion pedals) looked down on the industrial-rock scene. Who had the same gear they did and a lot of synthesizers and samplers. But really, if you were just […]

Over the decades, industrial rock has frequently decried mankind’s greed and ecological destruction. In 2020, as we’re facing corporate interference and coronavirus, the Los Angeles duo DK Zero are keeping the fury alive with “Switch Me On,” which Altpress is premiering today.  Five years ago, frontwoman Kato and multi-instrumentalist D-Punk met each other while active […]

Aesthetic Perfection leader Daniel Graves is on the pulse. He certainly knows what’s happening in various subgenres of electronic music. But equally important is his ability to put his heart into his work without hesitation. That’s why we’re premiering the video for “Supernatural” today on AltPress. Taken from Aesthetic Perfection’s latest album, Into The Black, […]

Code Orange have become one of the biggest metal bands of the past decade through constantly evolving their sound and creating something new within heavy music. From their beginnings with speedy, full-bore aggression on Love Is Love/Return To Dust to slowing things down and intertwining hardcore with industrial, they’ve always found jarring ways to captivate […]

Industrial glam-metal prince Davey Suicide gets ready to beat our synapses into submission with the video for “Rock Ain’t Dead,” the title track from his next record, slated for release Jan. 24, 2020. A cross between George Lucas’ 1971 sci-fi thriller THX 1138 and a titillating vampire movie (with a slight tribute to Aphex Twin’s […]

Today is the first day of the extensive Tool tour, beginning in Denver, Colorado. If you ever wanted that feeling of getting sonically lifted out of your seat by your shirt and thrown through a plate glass window, you should get there early to let proto-industrial, post-punk icons Killing Joke rough you up before Tool take […]

Cold Waves, the industrial-rock/electronic-rock festival is looking to spread its once-dormant virus across three cities next month. The lineups feature old-school progenitors such as ohGr (featuring Skinny Puppy frontman Ogre), Front Line Assembly and former Ministry member Paul Barker’s Lead Into Gold, Meat Beat Manifesto and next-gen sonic apparatchiks HIDE and the Black Queen (featuring […]

In a world consumed by social media, nearly every detail of someone's existence is available free-of-charge on the internet. But when one looks to dig deeper into the post-industrial of 17ded, details remain slim. We are left with the haunting images of the anonymous duo, that demented low-end pulse, and the bewilderment of these cencorsed clips. […]