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

	.com/kill	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 2006
	[:SITD:]	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1996
	00tz 00tz	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 2008
	A7ie	Country: Francja / France / Date of establishing : 2002
	Acretongue	Country: RPA/South African / Date of establishing : 2002
	Acylum	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 2004
	Ad Inferna	Country: Francja / France / Date of establishing : 2000
	Adam Kult	Country: Włochy / Italy / Date of establishing : 2004
	Aesthetic Perfection	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 2000
	Agonoize	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 2003
	Aktive.Hate	Country: Portugalia / Portugal / Date of establishing : 2007
	Alien Vampires	Country: Włochy / Italy / Date of establishing : 1998