Dark electro is a genre of electronic music, developed in the mid-1990s in central Europe. The term describes groups such as yelworC and Placebo Effect, and was first used in December 1992 with the album announcement of Brainstorming, yelworC's debut. The style was inspired by the electro-industrial of The Klinik and Skinny Puppy. Compositions included horror soundscapes, and grunts or distorted vocals. YelworC were a music group from Munich, formed in 1988. They laid the foundations of the dark electro movement in the early 1990s, and were the first artist on the German label Celtic Circle Productions. In subsequent years, dark electro was displaced by techno-influenced styles such as aggrotech and futurepop. Grendel revived the style with their song "Zombie Nation." Other groups to practice the style included Trial, Evil's Toy, GGFH (Disease) and Ice Ages.

Artists belong to the genre

	Santa Hates You	Country: Niemcy/ Germany / Date of establishing : 2007
	Schwarzblut	Country: Holandia / Netherlands / Date of establishing : 2007
	Shiv-r	Country: Wielka Brytania / United Kingdom / Date of establishing : 2007
	Siva Six	Country: Grecja / Greece / Date of establishing : 1997
	Steinkind	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 2006
	Stereomotion	Country: Niemcy/ Germany / Date of establishing : 2003
	Suicidal Romance	Country: Estonia / Date of establishing : 2004
	Suicide Commando	Country: Belgia / Belgium / Date of establishing : 1986
	Synchropath	Country: Polska / Poland / Date of establishing : 2004-07
	System Syn	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 1997
	Tamtrum	Country: Francja / France / Date of establishing : 2003
	Technolorgy	Country: Grecja / Greece / Date of establishing : 2007