EBM was coined by Front 242 to distunguish their less noisey, more dance-able brand of industrial in 1984. Since then Tom Shear of Assemblage 23 has coined 'dance industrial'.
Reccomendations by sub genre, starting with generic EBM:
Front 242
Faderhead
God Module
Encoder
Kaiaphas
Assemblage 23
Decoded Feedback
Painbastard
Futurepop - EBM with elements of trance and synthpop:
VNV Nation
Apoptygma Berzerk
Angels & Agony
Covenant
Nescassary Response
Icon of Coil
Absurd Minds
Terror EBM or harsh EBM:
Wumpscut
Spetznaz
Tysk Ludder
Chombichrist
Grendel