 Industrial metal developed in the late 1980s , as industrial and heavy metal began to fuse into a common genre . In the early years of the 21st century , groups from the black metal scene began to incorporate elements of industrial music . Industrial metal did well in the early 1990s , particularly in North America , with the success of groups such as Nine Inch Nails . The industrial metal movement began to fade in the latter half of the 1990s . 
