A number of nights now steer away from the EBM of yesteryear. The scene is alive and kicking with plenty of new bands that aren't reliant on synths. 2005, "oldgoth", Theaving Goths (on newsgroup uk.people.gothic)
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. 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture, page 37: