In honor of this phenomenon, we're head-banging our way through eight of the best. In the decade since the EDM boom minted a new generation of superstars, crossover collaborations have increasingly positioned the dance artist in the lead.
From the punkish ferocity of the Prodigy 's 1997 album The Fat of the Land to Justice's Slipknot -sampling "Genesis" ten years later, the examples are endless. For decades, dance artists have remixed, borrowed from, and occasionally collaborated with their rock counterparts. Of course, this mixing of worlds is not just a recent phenomenon.
For DJ-producers who grew up on raw guitars and tear-the-house-down vocals, it's a natural next step. The EP followed Illenium's self-titled album in April - which features several of the Denver producer's rock heroes - while the likes of Marshmello, Kayzo and Excision have also tried their hands at rock/dance collaborations. (On release day, she posted an old photo in front of a My Chemical Romance poster, with the caption, "this one's for everyone who had an emo phase.") Just this month, Canada's dark bass maestro Rezz released a winkingly titled EP, It's Not A Phase, which channels the punk and metal she loved as a teen. In recent years, a wave of dance stars have embraced their inner mosher by collaborating with their favorite metal, post-hardcore, emo, and pop-punk artists, creating a mutant sound with a foot in both spaces. Dig a little deeper, though, and the two genres share more than just a love for all-black outfits. At first glance, the worlds of rock and dance music might appear diametrically opposed.
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