Industrial dance is a North American alternative term for electronic body music and electro-industrial music.
In general, "industrial dance" is characterized by its "electronic beats, symphonic keyboard lines, pile-driver rhythms, angst-ridden or sampled vocals, and cyberpunk imagery".
Since the mid-1980s, the term "industrial dance" has been used to describe the music of Cabaret Voltaire (early 80s), early Die Krupps, Portion Control, The Neon Judgement, Clock DVA, Nitzer Ebb, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Front 242, Ministry (mid-80s era), KMFDM, Yeht Mae, Meat Beat Manifesto, Manufacture, Nine Inch Nails, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Leæther Strip or early Spahn Ranch. Labels like Wax Trax! Records and Cleopatra featured many of the industrial dance acts from the 80's and 90's.
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