Electronic Body Music

Electronic Body Music (aka "EBM", or Industrial Dance) is a genre that combines industrial music and electronic dance music. It first came to prominence in Belgium in the early 1980s. The genre's influences range from industrial music, European synthpunk, and electronic music. From its inception, the style has been characterized by hard and often sparse danceable electronic beats, clear undistorted vocals, shouts or growls with reverberation and echo effects, and repetitive sequencer lines. Typical EBM rhythms are based on 4/4 beats, mainly with some minor syncopation to suggest a rock music rhythm structure.