BLACK MAGNET: Metal Injection Premieres “Better Than Love” Video From Midwestern US Industrial Metal Unit; Third LP, Megamantra, Nears July 25th On Federal Prisoner

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Metal Injection is hosting the exclusive premiere for “Better Than Love,” the new video/single from Midwestern US industrial metal outfit BLACK MAGNET. The song marks the second single to drop ahead of the band’s incoming third album, Megamantra, nearing release July 25th on Federal Prisoner.

Recorded at Earth Analogue Studio, once again engineered and mixed by Sanford Parker (Voivod, Yob, Rwake), Megamantra was mastered by Vlado Meller (Johnny Cash, Prince, Beastie Boys) and completed with artwork and design by Jesse Draxler (Kendrick Lamar, Emma Ruth Rundle, Full Of Hell), who, with Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Better Lovers), co-founded BLACK MAGNET’s new label, Federal Prisoner.

BLACK MAGNET’s new video for “Better Than Love” was filmed and directed by Sky Wall. Founding vocalist/guitarist James Hammontree writes, “‘Better Than Love’ is a violent affirmation of identity through obliteration, where the hunger for life collides with the dream of death, and what remains is something stronger, sharper, and beyond the simplicity of hate or affection. Domination through transformation.”

“The video was filmed in my basement and in our practice spot’s broken bathtub,” he continues. “We thought it was a nice pairing with the live shots and wanted to do something colorful, yet gross. We got a birthday cake, corn on the cob, a massive baby bottle filled with SpaghettiOs, some beer and smokes, and bath bubbles. How could you go wrong?”

Metal Injection writes, “We’re thrilled to premiere their single ‘Better Than Love,’ whose sheer force and volume might actually peel the paint off your walls. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

Watch BLACK MAGNET’s “Better Than Love” video at Metal Injection RIGHT HERE.

Megamantra will be released through Federal Prisoner on July 25th, digitally and on LP. Find preorders HERE and HERE, and watch the video for the lead single “Endless” HERE.

Additional singles will be issued over the weeks ahead.

BLACK MAGNET is also booking live events to support Megamantra, with several Summer gigs confirmed including a set at Heavy Hell Festival with Six Feet Under, Master, Thou, and more in September, and a more intensified album tour currently being booked. Stand by for additional news on this front to be dispatched shortly.

BLACK MAGNET Live:
6/19/2025 Backroom – Oklahoma City, OK w/ Desmadre
7/06/2025 The Sanctuary – Oklahoma City, OK w/ Planning For Burial, Mary Mortem
9/02/2025 Rubber Gloves – Denton, TX w/ Wargasm
9/18/2025 Hi-Tone — Memphis, TN w/ fallfiftyfeet
9/20/2025 Heavy Hell Festival @ Black Circle – Indianapolis, IN w/ Six Feet Under, Master, Thou

Described by Revolver as, “excoriating and texturally scalding brand of metallic machine music,” BLACK MAGNET is the progenitor group of the new wave of American industrial metal. The band’s influences range from Godflesh and Nine Inch Nails, to Deftones and Alice in Chains. Formerly the solo project of founder James Hammontree, the group has expanded into a trio and now into a quartet, some of the members also collectively playing with the likes of All Your Sisters, Destroyer Destroyer, Greg Puciato, and more. Following two acclaimed albums on 20 Buck Spin among numerous singles and an EP and having morphed into a solid touring act in recent years, opening for 3Teeth, Code Orange, and Author & Punisher, BLACK MAGNET has become one of the most revered acts in the genre.

BLACK MAGNET now presents its most ambitious work yet, with the crushing Megamantra. A dense and dynamic album which sees the band taking its steadfast approach to both harsher and infectious realms simultaneously, with an almost punk-inspired anthemic and energetic attack. With passages drenched in searing synths and jagged, grinding riffs, the album pounds forward like an unstoppable machine – oscillating between mechanical precision and suffocating tension, encapsulating the inescapable cycles of control, submission, and decay that define the modern landscape. With Megamantra, it’s clear BLACK MAGNET plays heavy guitar-focused music.

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