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

	Miseria Ultima	Country: Finlandia / Finland / Date of establishing : 2016
	MissFit Toys	Country: Stany Zjednoczone / United States / Date of establishing : 2007
	MonsterGod	Country: Polska / Poland / Date of establishing : 2005
	Nachtmahr	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 2007
	Necrotek	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 2005
	Noisuf-X	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1988
	Novakill	Country: Australia / Date of establishing : 1996
	Placebo Effect	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1989-03-01
	Plasmodivm	Country: Hiszpania / Spain / Date of establishing : 1997
	PreEmptive Strike 0.1	Country: Grecja / Greece / Date of establishing : 2002
	Project Rotten	Country: Szwecja / Sweden / Date of establishing : 2009
	Project Silence	Country: Finlandia / Finland / Date of establishing : 2008