Industrial Nation 2025 - Front Line Assembly, Clock DVA and Lead Into Gold celebrate their Wax Trax! years with an amazing evening of music!

Industrial Nation represents a significant time in the industrial music scene, particularly in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This tour features some of the most influential bands in the industrial genre, including Front Line Assembly, Clock DVA, and Lead Into Gold. The bands helped to solidify Wax Trax! Records as one of the most important labels in industrial music at the time.

Front Line Assembly:

Front Line Assembly (FLA), was one of the key players in the development of electronic industrial music. Their combination of harsh beats, synthesizers, and experimental textures made them pioneers in the genre. The band was well known for albums like Tactical Neural Implant and Caustic Grip.

Clock DVA:

Clock DVA, was another major figure in the industrial scene. Their sound was darker and more atmospheric compared to some of the other bands on the tour, blending elements of post-punk, experimental music, and industrial. Albums like Thirst (1982) and Buried Dreams (1990) showcased their evolving style, which incorporated both harsh, abrasive sounds and more subtle, ambient passages.

Lead Into Gold:

Lead Into Gold brought a heavier, more aggressive sound to the industrial music landscape. Their style combined the abrasive qualities of industrial with metal and electronic music, and the band's only album, Age of Reason, was released in 1990, blending a more well-known style with the darker industrial sounds of the other bands.

The Industrial Nation tour celebrating the music of the Wax Trax! years, which marked a moment where industrial music was crossing over from the underground scene into more mainstream attention. Fans of the genre and newcomers alike were exposed to the different facets of industrial, from the experimental and ambient sounds of Clock DVA to the aggressive beats of Front Line Assembly, and the raw energy of Lead Into Gold.