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

	Tyske Ludder	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1990
	Unheilig	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1999
	Unsinn	Country: Polska / Poland / Date of establishing : 2010
	Unter Null	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 1998
	Unterschicht	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 2011
	Velvet Acid Christ	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 1991
	Vigilante	Country: Chile / Date of establishing : 2005
	Virtual Space Industrial	Country: Polska / Poland / Date of establishing : 1992
	Volkmar	Country: Australia / Date of establishing : 2006
	Wieloryb	Country: Polska / Poland / Date of establishing : 1994
	Winterkälte	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1991
	Wumpscut	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1991