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Black Magnet - Hallucination Scene

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Black Magnet is releasing their second album 'Hallucination Scene' on the 4th of September on 20 Buck Spin.  Tracklist: 1. Divination Equipment 2. Anubis 3. Punishment Map 4. Neuroprophet 5. Trustfucker 6. Crush Me 7. Hegemon 8. Walking In The Dark It is no surprise that metal and electronic music are like bacon and maple syrup. Both genres contain groundbreaking elements and can appeal to people who like their music a little more quiet and calm and people who like to smash their heads against each other. Ministry, Nine Inch Nails and Godflesh are the most familiar when it comes to industrial metal, and although the genre was dying at the end of the ’90s, it has now been resuscitated by acts like Uniform and Author & Punisher. They are the new breed as Fear Factory put it and Black Magnet is their younger, evenly talented brother. Black Magnet is the brainchild of James Hammontree. On this militant piece of machinery, he sounds like the forces of old. With the help of produ...

Wills Dissolve - Echoes

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On the 28th Of August, progressive death metal band Wills Dissolve releases their second album 'Echoes' on Hypnotic Dirge Records.  Tracklist: 1. Echoes (31:36) With just one track that lasts half an hour the band from Houston, Texas takes you on a journey into the endless void of space. To name their record ' Echoes ' takes guts. Obviously, the band is hugely influenced by Pink Floyd and their masterpiece ' Echoes ' is unparalleled. However, Wills Dissolve pulls out all the stops. They paint a science fictional picture of a star-filled purple vortex. In the end, a giant black hole lurks, like the mouth of an all-devouring cosmic giant.   The story is about an astronaut who travels to the outer rims of space to find a new home for humanity. Musically we hear a wide variety of influences; the clean guitar parts take you back to the quieter parts Rush's 2112 with Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth on vocals. When the death metal kicks in the growls sound like the O...