Hardcore punk
In the second half of the 1980s, the genre became popular in Canada ([[Front Line Assembly]]) and the U.S. ([[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Revolting Cocks]], [[Schnitt Acht]]) as well as in Sweden (Inside Treatment, [[Pouppée Fabrikk]], [[Cat Rapes Dog]]) and Japan (2nd Communication, DRP). North American bands started to use EBM-typical bass sequences and combined them with the roughness of [[Hardcore punk|(hardcore) punk]] and [[thrash metal]] (cf. [[industrial metal]]). [[Nine Inch Nails]] continued the cross-pollination between EBM and rock music resulting in the album "[[Pretty Hate Machine]]" (1989).