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

	System Syn	Country: USA / Date of establishing : 1997
	Tamtrum	Country: Francja / France / Date of establishing : 2003
	Technolorgy	Country: Grecja / Greece / Date of establishing : 2007
	Terrolokaust	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Hiszpania / Spain / Date of establishing : 2006
	Tyske Ludder	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1990
	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
	Wumpscut	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1991
	X-Fusion	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 1988
	X-RX	Country: Niemcy / Germany / Date of establishing : 2006