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

	Amduscia	Country: Meksyk / Mexico / Date of establishing : 1999
	amGod	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1993-12-01
	Amnistia	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 2003
	Angels On Acid	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 2003
	Beati Mortui	Country: Finlandia / Finland / Date of establishing : 2005
	Binary Park	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 2009
	Bodycall	Country: Polska / Poland / Date of establishing : 2002
	C-Drone-Defect	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 2000
	C-Lekktor	Country: Meksyk / Mexico / Date of establishing : 2003-09-23
	Cardinal Noire	Country: Finlandia / Finland / Date of establishing : 2010
	CeDigest	Country: Wielka Brytania / United Kingdom / Date of establishing : 2004
	Centhron	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 2001