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industrial music

industrial music noun: a noisy, experimental genre of music with transgressive themes.

Noun

industrial music (uncountable)

  1. A noisy, experimental genre of music with transgressive themes.
    • One of the difficulties that plague conversations about industrial music is that the genre has come to include (to the chagrin and outright denial of some purists) anything from gentle synthesized droning to metal-inspired riffage.2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, page 38

Origin of industrial music

The style was introduced by the record label Industrial Records (formed in 1976).

Questions about industrial music

What does industrial music mean?
Industrial music means a noisy, experimental genre of music with transgressive themes.
What part of speech is industrial music?
Industrial music is a noun.

Words near industrial music in the dictionary

  1. industrial estates
  2. industrial livestock production
  3. industrial metal
  4. industrial methylated spirit
  5. industrial methylated spirits
  6. industrial music
  7. industrial output
  8. industrial outputs
  9. industrial park
  10. industrial parks
  11. industrial peace

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