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The greatest industrial artists of all time

50 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Nine Inch Nails

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1988– · industrial
50.169
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2 Rammstein Germany flagGermany · 1994– · industrial metal 12.575
3 Skinny Puppy Canada flagCanada · 1982–2023 · industrial 12.348
4 Swans United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1982– · experimental rock 7.981
5 Depeche Mode United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1980– · electronic 7.484
6 KMFDM Germany flagGermany · 1984– · industrial 7.137
7 Einstürzende Neubauten Germany flagGermany · 1980– · industrial 7.049
8 Coil United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1982–2004 · experimental 6.762
9 Marilyn Manson United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1989– · alternative rock 5.331
10 Front 242 Belgium flagBelgium · 1981– · ebm 5.329
11 Laibach Slovenia flagSlovenia · 1980– · industrial 5.270
12 Front Line Assembly Canada flagCanada · 1986– · electronic 5.036
13 Ministry United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1981– · industrial 4.826
14 Trent Reznor United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1965– · dark ambient 2.493
15 Puscifer United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1995– · rock 2.040
16 Björk Iceland flagIceland · 1965– · electronic 1.998
17 Death Grips United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2010– · experimental hip hop 1.980
18 Stabbing Westward United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1985– · industrial 1.919
19 Filter United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1993– · rock 1.752
20 Rob Zombie United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1965– · heavy metal 1.629
21 Killing Joke United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1979– · rock 1.548
22 Cabaret Voltaire United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1973– · electro 1.527
23 Fear Factory United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1990– · industrial metal 1.510
24 David Bowie United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1947–2016 · rock 1.385
25 The Birthday Massacre Canada flagCanada · 1999– · industrial 1.333
26 Vladimír Hirsch Czechia flagCzechia · 1954– · dark ambient 1.150
27 Infected Mushroom Israel flagIsrael · 1996– · electronic 1.133
28 Poppy United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1995– · nu metal 1.101
29 DIR EN GREY Japan flagJapan · 1997– · rock 0.960
30 The Sisters of Mercy United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1980– · gothic rock 0.953
31 Anaal Nathrakh United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1999– · black metal 0.927
32 Neurosis United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1985– · post-metal 0.858
33 Theatre of Tragedy Norway flagNorway · 1993–2010 · gothic metal 0.857
34 VNV Nation Germany flagGermany · 1990– · electronic 0.733
35 Mindless Self Indulgence United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1997– · electronic 0.727
36 Nitzer Ebb United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1982– · ebm 0.629
37 Darren Korb United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1983– · downtempo 0.600
38 Pitchshifter United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1989– · electronic 0.567
39 Perturbator France flagFrance · 1993– · darksynth 0.543
40 Aphex Twin United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1971– · idm 0.503
41 This Heat United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1975–1982 · experimental rock 0.423
42 Autechre United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1991– · idm 0.405
43 Judas Priest United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1969– · heavy metal 0.356
44 Mortiis Norway flagNorway · 1993– · electro 0.327
45 Kerli Estonia flagEstonia · 1987– · electronic 0.323
46 Static‐X United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1994– · alternative metal 0.307
47 Mick Gordon Australia flagAustralia · 1985– · industrial metal 0.250
48 Have a Nice Life United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2000– · shoegaze 0.245