aggrotech

English

Etymology

From aggro +‎ tech.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: agrotech

Noun

aggrotech (uncountable)

1. A genre of hard electronic dance music influenced by industrial music.

   Synonym: hellektro

   • 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture, page 37:

     Modern industrial music subgenres and fusion-genres include EBM, futurepop, power-noise, aggrotech (terror-EBM), coldwave, elektro, dark-electro, and industrial-metal. Yes, it can be quite confusing.

   • 2015, Isabella van Elferen, Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Goth Music: From Sound to Subculture:

     […] a substantial offering of futurepop (e.g., Covenant, Wolfsheim, VNV Nation, Apoptygma Bezerk), a smattering of aggrotech (e.g. Suicide Commando, Combichrist), and a number of other subgenres.