Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of experimental music, especially but not necessarily electronic music. The term was first used in the mid-1970s to describe the then-unique sound of Industrial Records artists. Since then, an extremely wide variety of labels and artists have since come to be called "Industrial", however electropop, EBM, industrial rock etc should not be confused with this term. Originally, the term solely referred to music created by Industrial Records and related artists. As time progressed, the term began to refer to artists either directly influenced by the original movement, artists using an "industrial" aesthetic such as imagery devised around mechanical objects and industry itself and, more distantly, artists who were only minimally, often not at all, influenced or inspired by Industrial Records and related artists. The broadening of the term's musical definition has led to an overwhelming number of sub-genres and lines of influence. Industrial often, but not always, shares elements with the metal ("industrial metal") and electronic ("electro-industrial", third wave post-industrial such as powernoise etc) genres.

Artists belong to the genre

	Ministry	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 1981
	Miss FD	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 2009-11-01
	MissFit Toys	Country: Stany Zjednoczone / United States / Date of establishing : 2007
	Moctan	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1994
	Modulate	Country: Wielka Brytania / United Kingdom / Date of establishing : 2006
	Monolith	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1996
	MonsterGod	Country: Polska / Poland / Date of establishing : 2005
	Mortiis	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 1990
	My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 1987
	Nachtmahr	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 2007
	Necro Facility	Country: Szwecja / Sweden / Date of establishing : 2001
	Necrotek	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 2005