Alternative-Electronics.com is based around industrial music and related sub-genres, the bands making these styles of music and the gear they use to do so. Sections of the site include:

Articles - short articles about electronic music equipment used by alternative electronic musicians and music-making in general.

Gear - descriptions of synthesizers, effects processors, software and other music equipment used by alternative electronic bands. The description of each piece of gear includes a list of artists who have used it along with information about where it can be purchased, including average closing prices from the online auction site eBay.

Manufacturers - the top companies producing music gear used by alternative electronic bands and artists.

Bands - brief profiles of alternative electronic bands including a list of equipment they use.

Genres - the most widely-used pieces of music equipment for each alternative electronic sub-genre is listed according to the number of bands that use them. Sub-genres include electro-industrial, EBM, rhythmic noise, synthpop, IDM, dark ambient, breakcore, industrial metal, industrial rock, noise and digital hardcore.

Charts - each month the total number of Last.fm users who have listened to each band tracked on Alternative-Electronics.com is recalculated and the bands with the largest monthly increase in listeners can be found here.

Alternative-Electronics.com visitors will soon have the ability to add new bands and gear to the database as well as add gear to the equipment lists of bands. Know a band uses a certain piece of gear but don't see that listed on their profile on this site? Check back soon to add that information to our collective database.