Power electronics (also known as heavy electronics) is a subgenre of noise and industrial music, characterized by static, screeching waves of feedback, analogue synthesizers, sub-bass pulses and high frequency squealing sounds.
Power electronics is generally atonal and features a lack of conventional melody or rhythm. To match its sonic excess, it often includes thematic and visual content that might be considered extreme, whether in lyrics, artwork, or live performance. The genre sometimes involves screamed, distorted vocals, alongside the use of analogue synthesizers, and static screeches of feedback. It has been known to invite visceral reactions from both listeners and critics.[1] Power electronics is related to the early Industrial Records scene, but later releases had more in common with noise music.[2]
Death industrial (also known as dark noise) is a subgenre of power electronics characterized by a dense atmosphere, low-end drones, harsh loops and screamed and/or distorted vocals. It can be differentiated from power electronics by a slower, more atmospheric and less abrasive sound reminiscent of dark ambient. Acts described as death industrial include Brighter Death Now, Atrax Morgue and Genocide Organ.
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