Electronic body music (EBM) is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of industrial music and synth-punk with elements of dance music. It developed in the early 1980s in Western Europe, as an outgrowth of both the punk and the industrial music cultures. It combines sequenced repetitive basslines, programmed dance music rhythms, and mostly undistorted vocals and command-like shouts with confrontational or provocative themes.
German proto-EBM band DAF created the "muscles & machines" image – the basic concept of electronic body music.
Spetsnaz live at E-tropolis festival, Oberhausen, 2015.
Industrial music is a genre of music that draws on harsh, mechanical, transgressive or provocative sounds and themes. AllMusic defines industrial music as the "most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music" that was "initially a blend of avant-garde electronics experiments and punk provocation". The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by members of Throbbing Gristle and Monte Cazazza. While the genre name originated with Throbbing Gristle's emergence in the United Kingdom, artists and labels vital to the genre also emerged in the United States and other countries.
Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart in 1975, cited as inspirations by Herman Taylor
Industrial Culture Handbook reference guide to the philosophy and interests of a flexible alliance of "deviant" artists
William S. Burroughs, a conceptual inspiration for the industrial musicians
Electro-industrial group Front Line Assembly