 Industrial metal suffered a critical backlash at the turn of the millennium . In an April 2000 review for the Chicago Sun Times , Jim DeRogatis dismissed Nine Inch Nails ' new music as a " generic brand of industrial thrash " and accused Ministry of repeating an act that " was old by 1992 " . Although The Fragile reached the top spot of the Billboard 200 and went on to earn double platinum status , DeRogatis considered it a " flop " nonetheless . Around this time , veteran industrial metal artists ( Ministry , Godflesh , and White Zombie ) began to repudiate the industrial label . Sales remained high throughout 2000 – 2005 ; at least 10 million records were sold during that time frame . Many groups began to take influence from hip hop and electronic music , in addition to industrial metal . As a result , acts like Powerman 5000 are often described as industrial metal as well as nu metal . 
