The Groove

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 · 1988– · industrial

50.169

Why this number?

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25 The Birthday Massacre

Canada · 1999– · industrial 1.333

26 Vladimír Hirsch

Czechia · 1954– · dark ambient 1.150

Infected Mushroom

Israel · 1996– · electronic 1.133

Poppy

United States of America · 1995– · nu metal 1.101

DIR EN GREY

Japan · 1997– · rock 0.960

The Sisters of Mercy

United Kingdom · 1980– · gothic rock 0.953

31 Anaal Nathrakh

United Kingdom · 1999– · black metal 0.927

32 Neurosis

United States of America · 1985– · post-metal 0.858

33 Theatre of Tragedy

Norway · 1993–2010 · gothic metal 0.857

34 VNV Nation

Germany · 1990– · electronic 0.733

35 Mindless Self Indulgence

United States of America · 1997– · electronic 0.727

36 Nitzer Ebb

United Kingdom · 1982– · ebm 0.629

37 Darren Korb

United States of America · 1983– · downtempo 0.600

38 Pitchshifter

United Kingdom · 1989– · electronic 0.567

39 Perturbator

France · 1993– · darksynth 0.543

Aphex Twin

United Kingdom · 1971– · idm 0.503

41 This Heat

United Kingdom · 1975–1982 · experimental rock 0.423

Autechre

United Kingdom · 1991– · idm 0.405

Judas Priest

United Kingdom · 1969– · heavy metal 0.356

44 Mortiis

Norway · 1993– · electro 0.327

45 Kerli

Estonia · 1987– · electronic 0.323

46 Static‐X

United States of America · 1994– · alternative metal 0.307

47 Mick Gordon

Australia · 1985– · industrial metal 0.250

48 Have a Nice Life

United States of America · 2000– · shoegaze 0.245