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Top 10 Industrial Metal Albums
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Industrial metal has always been the bastard child of two conceptually opposed musical genres. Industrial music, though sonically extreme, is usually accompanied by an intellectual component that includes some sort of socially transgressive or provocative subject matter. Straight-up metal tends to come straight from the gut and operates on a more literal, though no less brutal, level.
Though some liberties have been taken with the definition of 'industrial metal' over the years, the list below takes a look at ten records that helped to both define and expand the genre.
Essential Track: 'Tin Omen'
Essential Track: 'Religious Cancer'
Essential Track: 'I Will Refuse/No Bunny'
Essential Track: 'Home'
Essential Track: 'Psalm 69'
Essential Track: 'Smears'
Essential Track: 'Procession of the Dead Clowns'
Essential Track: 'Bad Penny'
Essential Track: 'Clay Man'
Essential Track: 'Like Rats'
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