| Top 40 industrial metal albums |
| 39 |  | White Zombie
Astro Creep: 2000
While i'm not a big fan of Rob Zombie, this album is unndeniably good |
| 38 |  | Dope
No Regrets
An industrial nu metal album with good solos? Ok. |
| 37 |  | Black Comedy
Instigator
Soilwork inspired cyber metal |
| 36 |  | Project Silence
Slave to the Machine
Heavy and dirty sounding industrial death |
| 35 |  | Rabbit Junk
REframe
A sort of electro-hardcore version of die antwoord, fun album |
| 34 |  | Anaal Nathrakh
Hell Is Empty and All the Devils Are Her
A brutally fast black metal with industrial elements |
| 33 |  | The Kovenant
Animatronic
While Nexus polaris is their best, their first industrial experiment is really entertaining |
| 32 |  | Skinny Puppy
Too Dark Park
Only for pure industrial fans |
| 31 |  | D'espairsRay
Coll:set
An alternative industrial japanese band, unique sound |
| 30 |  | The Project Hate MCMXCIX
Armageddon March Eternal
Symphonic death metal with many industrial elements, deep growls alternated to clean female vocals |
| 29 |  | Dagoba
What Hell Is About
While their debut was a fear factory bland rip off, this one gave to the band an identity. Nice vocals and groove elements |
| 28 |  | Megaherz
Herzwerk II
The best example to understand neue deutsche harte |
| 27 |  | Shade Empire
Sinthetic
Great symphonic industrial black metal album |
| 26 |  | Turmion Katilot
USCH!
A finnish band that reminds of rammstein but with it's own originality |
| 25 |  | Orgy
Candyass
Vulgar, depraved and also a bit sexist. A controversial album with a dark sound and nu influences |
| 24 |  | Prong
Cleansing
Many genres such as industrial, groove and alternative combined together in one of the most influential album for the alt subgenre |
| 23 |  | Raunchy
Confusion Bay
The combination of awesome musicianship, epic sound and idiotic lyrics could confuse the listener |
| 22 |  | Spineshank
Self Destructive Pattern
An overlooked aggressive nu/industrial effort, every track is great |
| 21 |  | Front Line Assembly
Millennium
F.l.a. Combined their electronic sound to metal guitars, even fans of their old material appreciated this work |
| 20 |  | Seth.ECT
Godspeak
One of the heaviest in this list, sadly overlooked. Death metal with egyptian music influences cobined to cyber metal |
| 19 |  | Blue Stahli
Blue Stahli
Accessible even to non metal fans, Blue stahli is a great combination of electronic music and metal |
| 18 |  | Blood Stain Child
Epsilon
Melodeath with cyber electronic sound and trance influences. Their new female singer fits perfectly their new style. |
| 17 |  | God
The Anatomy of Addiction
Heavy as hell, experimental, tribal, jazzy. Unique. |
| 16 |  | Marilyn Manson
Antichrist Superstar
Still his masterpiece, Reznor's production fits perfectly the sick character that Brian built around MM |
| 15 |  | Celldweller
Celldweller
Klayton created this masterpiece alone |
| 14 |  | Static-X
Wisconsin Death Trip
Perfect combination of aggressive nu metal riffs and mechanical industrial sound, Wayne's voice was unimitable |
| 13 |  | Red Harvest
HyBreed
A dark atmospheric majestic work. Combining industrial to sludge is certainly not easy. |
| 12 |  | ILLIDIANCE
Damage Theory
If scar symmetry played cyber metal |
| 11 |  | Godflesh
Streetcleaner
One of the dirties sounds in music. Not for anyone. |
| 10 |  | Pain (SWE)
Dancing with the Dead
Tantgren is a versatile artist, he can rip your head off with fast melodeath riffs and he can also give you an introspective softer album like this, underrated. |
| 9 |  | Killing Joke
Killing Joke (2003)
K.j. Experimented with industrial but keeping some post punk influences, one of the best changes of sound in music |
| 8 |  | Samael
Passage
Black influences and astral atmospheres defined an oniric masterpiece |
| 7 |  | KMFDM
Nihil
Ray watts is a genius, the female vocals fits perfectly and the sound is complex and iconic |
| 6 |  | Sybreed
Antares
Pioneers of cyber metal, this album is futuristic and majestic |
| 5 |  | Ministry
Psalm 69
Misanthropic, chaotic, satiric and unique. The best work by the creators of the genre |
| 4 |  | Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral
A journey through self destruction. One of the darkest albums ever made |
| 3 |  | Strapping Young Lad
City
Whatever Devin does sounds like god |
| 2 |  | Rammstein
Mutter
Their most versatile and deep album. Every song sounds different, epic sounding ones (mein herz brennt,sonne),sad ones (mutter, spielhur), aggressive ones(feuer frei,zwitter) and classic industrial ones(ich will, rein raus) |
| 1 |  | Fear Factory
Demanufacture
No industrial band could ever reach this album. This was way ahead of it's time. Burt growls and vocals fits perfectly the dystopic scenarios depicted in the lyrics, Ray drumming is insane, Christian bass sounds almost like a machine and Dino riffs are mechanically perfect |
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