Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

industrial music

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables: in-dus-tri-al -mu-sic
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A noisy, experimental genre of music with transgressive themes.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"One of the difficulties that plague conversations about industrial music is that the genre has come to include (to the chagrin and outright denial of some purists) anything from gentle synthesized droning to metal-inspired riffage."

Etymology

The style was introduced by the record label Industrial Records (formed in 1976).

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

postindustrial

Questions

What does industrial music mean?: A noisy, experimental genre of music with transgressive themes.
Where does industrial music come from?: The style was introduced by the record label Industrial Records (formed in 1976).

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