Editing Electronic body music (section)

===1988–1993===
In the second half of the 1980s, the genre became popular in Canada ([[Front Line Assembly]]<ref>{{AllMusic|class=artist|last=Ankeny |first=Jason |id=mn0000660941/biography|label=Front Line Assembly: Biography|access-date= May 19, 2010}}</ref>) and the U.S. ([[Ministry (band)|Ministry]],<ref>"...{{nbsp}}this album probably owes more to Front 242 than anything." {{AllMusic|class=album|id=twitch-mw0000207831|last=Esher|first=Alan|label=''Twitch'' review|access-date=March 11, 2009}}</ref> [[Revolting Cocks]],<ref>{{AllMusic|class=artist|last=Jeffries|first=David|id=mn0000888100/biography|label=Revolting Cocks: Biography|access-date=May 19, 2010}}</ref> [[Schnitt Acht]]<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000266064|last=Henderson|first=Alex|label=Subhuman Minds: Overview|access-date=May 19, 2010}}</ref>)<ref name="SeanAlbiez" /> as well as in Sweden (Inside Treatment, [[Pouppée Fabrikk]], [[Cat Rapes Dog]]) and Japan (2nd Communication, DRP, [[Soft Ballet]]). 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<ref>{{AllMusic|class=artist|last=Huey|first=Steve|label=Nine Inch Nails: Biography|id=mn0000351733/biography|access-date=May 19, 2010}}</ref> resulting in the album ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]'' (1989).<ref name="SeanAlbiez" />

Meanwhile, EBM became successful in the underground [[Nightclub|club scene]], particularly in Europe. In this period the most important labels were the Belgian [[Play It Again Sam (record label)|Play It Again Sam]] and [[List of industrial music labels|Antler-Subway]], the German [[Zoth Ommog]], the North American [[Wax Trax! Records|Wax Trax!]] and the Swedish [[Energy Rekords]]. Notable acts at that time included [[And One]],<ref>{{AllMusic|class=artist|last=Ankeny |first=Jason|label=And One: Biography|id=mn0000019161/biography|access-date=May 19, 2010}}</ref> [[Armageddon Dildos]],<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|last=McDonald |first=Steven|label=Homicidal Dolls: Overview|id=mw0000620129|access-date=May 19, 2010}}</ref> [[Bigod 20]],<ref>{{AllMusic|class=artist|label=Bigod 20: Biography|last=Bush|first=John|id=mn0000762430|access-date=May 19, 2010}}</ref> Insekt,<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/8948-Insekt Insekt]. Retrieved 15 December 2014.</ref> [[Scapa Flow (band)|Scapa Flow]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/83602-Scapa-Flow|title=Scapa Flow|website=Discogs|access-date=5 July 2017}}</ref> [[Orange Sector]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/91861-Orange-Sector|title=Orange Sector|website=Discogs|access-date=5 July 2017}}</ref> [[Paranoid (band)|Paranoid]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/151878-Paranoid-3|title=Paranoid|website=Discogs|access-date=5 July 2017}}</ref> and [[Electro Assassin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/53944-Electro-Assassin|title=Electro ssassin|website=Discogs|access-date=5 July 2017}}</ref>

Between the early and mid-1990s, many EBM artists ceased activities or changed their musical direction, incorporating more elements of [[rock music|rock]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] and [[electronica]]. The album ''[[06:21:03:11 Up Evil]]'' by [[Front 242]] initiated the end of the EBM era of the 1980s. [[Nitzer Ebb]], one of the most important purveyors of the genre, turned into an [[alternative rock]] band. Without the strength of its figureheads, electronic body music as a discernable music style faded by the mid-1990s.<ref name="SeanAlbiez" />