Industrial
· Historical. Of or pertaining to the factory system and its sonic environment — the sustained
mechanical noise, repetitive rhythms, and physical labor of industrial production that shaped both the working
lives and the music of manufacturing communities from Manchester to Detroit to Sheffield.
Grind
· Tactile. The sound and sensation of two hard surfaces in sustained, abrasive contact — producing a
continuous, coarse noise that wears rather than strikes. In music, the quality of a tone or rhythm that is
relentless, abrasive, and endurance-testing rather than propulsive.
The Industrial Grind
adj. Of or pertaining to a musical texture or rhythmic pattern characterized by sustained,
abrasive sonic pressure — continuous rather than punctuated, wearing rather than driving, demanding endurance
from the listener.
n.(an The Industrial Grind) (an Industrial Grind) A sustained musical passage in
which distorted or mechanically processed sound creates continuous abrasive texture — the aural equivalent of
sustained physical labor, present and exhausting in equal measure.