Part VIII Page 2
During the last half of the Eighties, yet another branch of heavy metal began to rise out from the underground into commercial circles. Industrial metal, which's most important feature was the use of electronic instruments and sounds such as drum machines and synthesizers, had been around since the early Eighties with outfits like the innovative and legendary the Swans and Killing Joke. But it evolved much quicker through the last half of the decade through the efforts of bands like Skinny Puppy, Controlled Bleeding (which would later produce Skin Chamber), the heavy and aggressive KMFDM (Kein Mehrheit für die Mitleid), Cop Shoot Cop, and Godflesh, all remaining often within a dark musical spectrum. The final breakthrough, however, came about with Al Jourgensen's Ministry, which after outstanding albums like Twitch and The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste came around full circle on Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs. The previously released "Jesus Built My Hotrod" had earned considerable video rotation, and songs like "Just One Fix" helped maintain the initial momentum of industrial metal.
