The British group Pitchshifter began as an underground industrial metal band, helping to forge the style alongside fellow Earache Records artist Godflesh.

After their second album, Pitchshifter began moving toward electronic nu-metal, fusing heavy guitars with drum-n-bass on 1996’s Infotainment?. Their fourth album www,pitchshifter,com on Geffen Records launched the group’s rise to notoriety, giving them their first two UK hits “Genius” and “Microwaved” and becoming widely recognized as “a modern industrial classic”.

After an EP, the band’s fifth album Deviant debuted at #35 in the UK and gave the band their third UK hit with “Dead Battery”. It also made a small impact on America’s doorstep, appearing on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums chart.

Their sixth album PSI was released independently in 2002 and debuted at #54 in the UK, giving them their fourth and fifth UK hits with “Shutdown” and “Eight Days”. The band went on hiatus shortly after.

Pitchshifter has regrouped sporadically since, including releasing another EP in 2006 (then touring in support of it) and recording demos in 2009 for a seventh album Sprint Finish that was never finished. More recently, the band performed live in 2018 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their groundbreaking fourth album www,pitchshifter,com.