anaesthesiac is the front for my musical paroxysm's. i find a lot more beauty in darkness and imperfection, rather than overpolished re-runs of songs i've heard a million times.

aside from the standard guitar, bass, drums and keys, i use a vast array of industrial/factory samples, either created by myself [i work in a factory], and... [+] Read More

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From the group's inception in the mid-'70s onward, the New York-based Controlled Bleeding remained one of the most prolific and unpredictable American industrial bands, exploring the extremes of both unchecked sonic fury and free-floating ambient dub.

Led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Paul Lemos, a high-school English teacher... [+] Read More

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FiLTHMiLK is the white sludge that forms when toxic chemicals are dumped into rivers and streams by industrial manufactures. The mission river is covered so ya dont see how polluted it is. The east river forgetaboutit. Soon FiLTHMiLK is all you'll have to drink. FiLTHMiLK is exquisitely orchestrated hindustani punk noise industrial[+] Read More

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One of the most consistent industrial bands of the 1980s, even though they regularly pursued a more electronic variant of the sound that swept into vogue during the '90s, Front 242 were the premier exponent of European electronic body music. Initially, the group was just a duo when formed in October 1981 in Brussels; programmers Patrick Codenys... [+] Read More

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A San Francisco band with ties to the local thrash scene, but whose additional influences from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (read: Iron Maiden) and all manner of odd time signatures predated future eccentrics like The Lord Weird Slough Feg and Hammers of Misfortune, Griffin recorded two independent albums in the mid-1980s which have since... [+] Read More

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My name is Alex. I do this as a hobby. I am a non-musician.

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Such industrial alt-metal outfits as Nine Inch Nails and Ministry received the lion's share of press and commercial success during the '90s, but there were a handful of other bands that were slugging it out for just as long (if not longer), including KMFDM. The band's name has been the subject of countless debates amongst fans over the years as... [+] Read More

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Lead into Gold derives its name from the mystical practice of alchemy. The band is basically a solo project for Paul Barker, a talented and avant-garde bassist who joined forces with Alain Jourgensen in the late '80s to create several influential and powerful Ministry records. Paul and Roland Barker, as well as frequent future collaborator Bill... [+] Read More

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Nine Inch Nails were the most popular industrial group ever and was largely responsible for bringing the music to a mass audience. It isn't really accurate to call NIN a group; the only official member is singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Trent Reznor, who always remained solely responsible for NIN's musical direction (he was, however,... [+] Read More

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Pigface is an industrial music collective directed by remixer/producer/drummer Martin Atkins, who prior to forming the group in 1990, had lent his talents to such outfits as Public Image Ltd., Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, and Killing Joke, as well as heading his own record label, Invisible. During Ministry's 1989-1990 tour in support of their... [+] Read More

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Rumor has it the gents who make up Revolting Cocks came upon the name by their usual debauchery. Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen was out for a hard night of drinking with some friends, so hard that the bartender threw them out, declaring them a bunch of revolting cocks. The name was first applied to one of Jourgensen's many side projects in... [+] Read More

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The Birthday Party were one of the darkest and most challenging post-punk groups to emerge in the early '80s, creating bleak and noisy soundscapes that provided the perfect setting for vocalist Nick Cave's difficult, disturbing stories of religion, violence, and perversity. Under the direction of Cave and guitarist Rowland S. Howard, the band... [+] Read More

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Vanyo (b. 1972) hails from Rosario, Argentina, where he runs Noisy Neighbor (his home studio) and the dayjob that keeps the family well fed. After a tenure in forgettable local bands, Vanyo struck a major creative partnership with Hamburguesa and Vercelli in 1991 that led to the formation of Scraps, Rosario's long-running premier ska band. After... [+] Read More

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