Cyberpunk music
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As a musical genre, Cyberpunk varies. The first usage of the term for a style of music was the Voivod 'Nothingface' album, which was inspired by William Gibson's Neuromancer novel. This was the closest to 'punk' that the genre has produced. The music was a psychedelic thrash metal.
Contemporary usage in nightclubs refers to EBM and Future Pop, Industrial being too old fashioned and not having enough synth to reflect the futuristic elements in the Cyberpunk subculture.
Examples of Cyberpunk bands or groups include Atari Teenage Riot (see also Alec Empire and Digital Hardcore Recordings), Katscan, Goteki and Arkham Asylum (now known as 'Arkasai'). These groups are predominantly underground acts with ATR being the only group to achieve notable success. Despite underground status, these groups have released albums that were popular and successful in corresponding subcultures (see Goth, Industrial, EBM etc).