How did you first encounter this music? - The Sphere Edition

Tell us about your first encounter with the Industrial Metal subgenre. How did you lose your Sphere virginity?

I think my first industrial metal experience was through hearing tracks from Godflesh's self-titled E.P. on late-night metal radio program around 1989. I remember thinking it wasn't too bad but the release of "Streetcleaner" shortly afterwards made a much bigger impact on me.

For me it was Ministry's Psalm 69 in 1992. We had a couple of tracks recorded off the late night metal radio program that Daniel mentioned, and I played them repeatedly. I know one of them was the title track. and the other was likely Jesus Built My Hotrod. I purchased the album (along with Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power) on my next trip to Utopia Records in Sydney, and it has been a favourite ever since.

Of all the metal subgenres I don't frequent, Industrial Metal is the easily the most wild-west-like one for me. I know absolutely zero about this genre apart from Rammstein. Much like a ton of others, I heard "Du Hast" when it became strangely popular in the mid and late 2000's over in the United States. I've explored much of Rammstein's discography since, but never went any farther. The only notable step into the Industrial genre I've taken is Author & Punisher's Beastland after watching a YouTube video showing how he created his mechanically engineered instruments and how his music is made. I thought it was extremely cool, checked out the album, enjoyed it, but it still didn't get me into Industrial Metal as a genre.