inl
Atmospheric (Industrial · Ambient)
Industrial & Gothic
- Era
- 1977–present
- Origin
- Sheffield · Manchester · Berlin
- Student playlists
- None yet
About this supergenre
Synth-driven, mechanical, and dark — industrial emerged from late-70s electronic experimentation, while gothic rock pulled the same darkness back into the band format. Sound: harsh textures, drum machines, brooding vocals.
Canonical reference: musicmap.info / inl
Inside industrial & gothic · 11 subgenre s on a mini-timeline
Each subgenre at its emergence year, oldest at top. This is what students curate playlists for — the granular level. Click any subgenre chip from the main map and you land on its row here.
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
- 2030s
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Krautrock
1969
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Goth Rock
1979
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Post-Industrial
1981
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Coldwave
1981
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Darkwave
1983
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EBM / Electro-Industrial
1984
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Industrial Rock
1989
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Dark Ambient
1990
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Gothic Metal
1991
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Aggrotech
2000
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Futurepop
2000
Connective tissue · 4 link s
How industrial & gothic relates to the rest of the map. Click any genre to follow the line.
Primary lineage
Direct parents and direct children — the main line.
Other influences
Cousin genres and indirect influences that shaped this supergenre.
Backlash / anti
Reactions against, not descents from — the genres this one defined itself against.
Student curations
No playlists for industrial & gothic yet.
This supergenre is waiting for a curator. If you're in MUSA 266 or MUSA 220 and this is your assignment, build a 5–10 track YouTube playlist and submit it through the course form.