Equal parts KORN and RAMMSTEIN, these insane Frenchmen are hard to label. Nu metal? Nah, too gothy and sinister. Goth metal? Nah, there's too much of a hip-hop influence going on and the choruses are too radio-friendly. Radio metal? Nah, they're too heavy and weird. Just forget trying to put them in a box and buy it! Also try their earlier masterpiece MEDECINE CAKE

Industrial rap-metal with a funky edge from Italy. For fans of SILVERSURFER, SHAKA PONK, and QUARASHI

One of the best new (unknown) bands around is M.O.V.E. They're mega-addictive, cutting-edge Japanese industrial metal for fans of LINKIN PARK, EVANESCENCE, THE CYAN VELVET PROJECT, ADDICTION CREW, GRAND THEFT AUDIO, PRODIGY, KMFDM, ZOMBIE, MANSON, RAMMSTEIN, you name it. (There's a little bit of everything in their sound!) Their excellent albums BOULDER, DEEP CALM, and DECADANCE are all on iTunes.

Excellent 2006 industrial metal albums available through cdbaby.com: DIRTWARD by UTOPIA BANISHED, MOLOKO & ULTRAVIOLENCE by LATEXXX TEENS, DEVILS TO SOME ANGELS TO OTHERS by FASHION BOMB, THE COLLAPSE OF AMERICAN DREAMS by SIXSTITCH, THERE IS NO GOD IN SPACE by SCREAMING MECHANICAL BRAIN, BETWEEN THE LINES by DEAD SEXY, LET US PREY by SPYDER BABY, YOU ME AND THE DEVIL MAKE THREE by PITBULL DAYCARE

Perhaps the band most deserving of the label "cyberpunk" EVER.

Aside from LIMBOGOTT, the most important electronic rock band around right now and the future of industrial metal. Poppy, anthemic glam. Heavy, cold-as-ice guitars. A visionary, cutting-edge cyberpunk production. A flawless masterpiece with superb, gorgeous vocals. And if you like it, also try the new album by LATEXXX TEENS (cdbaby.com) and the album HOLY BEAUTY by JESUS ON EXTASY (isotank.com)

For fans of OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, FAMILY FORCE 5, LINKIN PARK, WIRED ALL WRONG, AROCKALYPSE AND THE AMAZING TRANS-METROPOLITANS, and INFIDEL INC.

For fans of THE KOVENANT, DEATHSTARS, GOTHMINISTER, SAMAEL, RAMMSTEIN, SOILWORK, IN FLAMES, and TURMION KATILOT

Heavier and groovier than EISBRECHER's debut, this is an ultra-sinister, headbanging, boot-stomping masterpiece for fans of UNHEILIG, BELOVED ENEMY, STAUBKIND, MEGAHERZ, OOMPH!, and RAMMSTEIN. (You can get UNHEILIG and STAUBKIND albums at industrial-music.com, amazon.co.uk, or amazon.de)

Trashy, decadent cabaret dance-metal for hedonistic bisexuals with attitude. For fans of KMFDM and LORDS OF ACID

For fans of BLIND PASSENGERS, ORGY, and MECHANICAL ANIMALS-era MARILYN MANSON

Super-cheesy, ultra-fun industrial stadium metal. For fans of LORDI. Their previous album, HUMANOMALIES, actually went further in the ROB ZOMBIE/MARILYN MANSON poppy cyber-metal direction and added a heavy dose of ALICE COOPER-style theatrical fun. You can get it from amazon.co.uk or amazon.de

For fans of MOTOGRATER, MUSHROOMHEAD, and MUDVAYNE

Japanese cyber-metal for fans of HARSHREALM, BUCK-TICK, ZILCH, and OBLIVION DUST

Sounds like a gothed-up industrial-metal version of FAITH NO MORE

An indescribable masterpiece that I'd relate to MSI only in that, like them, SHAKA PONK combine so many genres in such a unique way that they're almost impossible to label. Hip-hop-techno-funk-punk-disco-metal? Whatever it is, it's pure genius in a hand-basket. For fans of FREEDOM FOR KING KONG

Slamming industrial radio-rock for fans of FARMER BOYS and SUBURBAN TRIBE

Crazy French metal with an industrial edge for fans of WATCHA

Ditto.

Awesome industrial-groove-metal from Sweden! For fans of LOK, LILLASYSTER, MELTED, and MATAMACHETE