 Industrial metal 's popularity led a number of successful thrash metal groups , including Megadeth , Sepultura , and Anthrax , to request remixes by " industrial " artists . Some musicians emerging from the death metal scene , such as Fear Factory , <unk> , and Meathook Seed , also began to experiment with industrial . Fear Factory , from Los Angeles , were initially influenced by the Earache roster ( namely Godflesh , Napalm Death and Bolt Thrower ) . The German band <unk> ! after their debut album Sperm started to play Industrial metal combined with elements of death metal and groove metal until the album <unk> . Sepultura singer Max Cavalera 's <unk> , a collaboration with Alex Newport , also practiced a combination of extreme metal and industrial production techniques . A lesser @-@ known example of industrial death metal is Meathook Seed , made up of members of Napalm Death and the Florida death metal group Obituary . An industrial music fan , Obituary guitarist Trevor Peres suggested drum machines for The End Complete , Obituary 's most successful album . The other band members ' refusal led him to form Meathook Seed . 
