The best industrial-rock tracks are all about the beats and the noise. Our video of i-rock songs from the ’90s pays homage to the units that were pushing themselves (and their hearing) to new extremities. Discussions of musical movements from different eras are often colored by saccharine feelings. As much as we love the genre, it’s still feels menacing to get nostalgic about. Maybe someone’s best memory of this scene is the time they got too close to the PA during Ministry’s set at Lollapalooza. And instead of a shirt, they brought home tinnitus.

The industrial-rock community isn’t as massive as it used to be. But its stans are mighty. That’s why we feel the…