Thirty years after release, The Downward Spiral remains one of the 90s most enduring creative statements and thematic concept albums

Breakneck industrial beats one minute, dreamy ambient the next, Course Of Empire's 1990 self-titled debut is a wild post-punk ride

For episode 666 we gather around the table and discuss controversial albums, videos, artwork, live performances, and more of the 1990s

Industrial supergroup C-Tec filled their debut album Darker with a variety of textures and sounds that criss cross the industrial genre

Christopher Hall of Stabbing Westward joins us to share his memories of the rollercoaster ride in the ‘90s and discuss reforming the band

We revisit and discuss the overlooked, under-appreciated, forgotten, and not so forgotten albums of 1992

What is Tokyo Anal Dynamite by The Gerogerigegege? Our ears are still ringing, trying to figure it out. Punk? Noise? Nothing? Everything?

Cosmic Psychos might be unknown in the United States, but their fuzzed-out punk can be heard in grunge, stoner, and action rock followers

On 1991‘s Ebbhead, Nitzer Ebb incorporated pop elements and traditional song structures that drove a wedge in their EBM fanbase

On their 1994 album Re, Café Tacuba deliver a sprawling, genre-hopping rock en español album that redefines the genre

With their final album Formula, James Plotkin and Alan Dubin as O.L.D. create a genre-hopping electronic dreamscape with few nightmares

On their 1995 debut Empty, can God Lives Underwater add their own take on industrial rock or are they weighted down by their influences?

The self-titled 1995 album by Prick manages to capture the urgency of industrial at its harshest without abandoning melody and song craft

Can immaculate production and well-crafted songs help Stabbing Westward elevate Darkest Days above the late 90s industrial rock pack?

On their eighth album The Process, Skinny Puppy imploded personally and expanded sonically, splitting fans and critics

With American Psycho, the Misfits returned with a more metallic sound, but perhaps with too much of a good thing

Moby covers all the ground on Animal Rights - industrial metal, down tempo-dirges, post-punk, ambient - but is it too much?

We're talking the evolution of Metal in the 1990s, from Metallica to Helmet, Ozzy to Tool, and Kyuss to Pantera

Our second "In The 90s" roundtable dives into the divisive evolution of thrash metal pioneers Metallica

Our first Digging Your Scene roundtable takes us to the bands, venues, record stores, legacy and more of Chicago in the 1990s

It was supposed the end of the electric guitar and rise of synths, samples and drum loops - we revisit Delete Yourself by Atari Teenage Riot

Absolute Zero by Null was released in 1994 with a comic book, a one-off rarity we decided was worth a track-by-track review

Two-basses, drums, minimalist guitar, vocals and occasional piano, horns and harmonica - it's the unique sound of Cop Shoot Cop

Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine runs the gamut from orchestral waltzes to Pet Shop Boy-esque dance to Ministry and Sex Pistol vitriol