Black Magnet Wants You to Know that Industrial is Not a Dirty Word

If the mechanized and factory floor musical mimicking by the likes of Godflesh, Pitchshifter, Frontline Assembly, Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, early Nine Inch Nails, Skin Chamber, and Front 242 are the sorts of bands you like popping wooden goth-inspired moves and clinically headbanging to under black lights, then Black Magnet is something you should seriously considering slipping into your tote bag. Back in September, the Oklahoma City-via-Los Angeles one-man project of burgeoning multi-instrumentalist James Hammontree dropped its debut album, Hallucination Scene into the welcoming arms of those who don’t mind a little cybernetics with their distortion, rhythmic throb, electronic harshness and dystopian themes. Despite being firmly rooted in an identifiable subgenre, Hallucination Scene is a spe...

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