| Godflesh discography | |
|---|---|
 Godflesh performing reunion concerts in the early 2010s. Left to right: B. C. Green and Justin Broadrick | |
| Studio albums | 9 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Singles | 14 |
| Video albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 5 |
| Remix albums | 3 |
The English industrial metal band Godflesh have released eight studio albums and six extended plays along with a number of singles, compilations and remix and live albums. The group formed in 1982 under the name Fall of Because, but they did not release any music (outside of a 1986 demo tape titled Extirpate) [1] until 1988 when Justin Broadrick and B. C. Green changed the project's name to Godflesh and recorded a self-titled debut EP. [2] That EP, released through the independent label Swordfish, was met with underground success and has since been recognised as one of the first industrial metal releases, if not the first. [3] [4] [5]
Contents
- Albums
- Studio albums
- Extended plays
- Remix albums
- Compilation albums
- Live albums
- Singles
- References
- External links
Though the self-titled EP acted as Godflesh's introduction to innovation and experimentation, their next release and first through Earache Records, 1989's Streetcleaner , garnered even more recognition for its musical importance. [6] [7] [8] After the success of Streetcleaner, Godflesh recorded Pure in 1992, which has drawn retrospective recognition as a significant release in the post-metal genre. [9] [10] The band's third album, Selfless (1994), was Godflesh's debut on Columbia Records. [11] The album sold under expectations, [12] and that coupled with MTV banning the music video of its lead single, "Crush My Soul", led to Columbia dropping support of Godflesh. [11] [13] Regardless of the disappointing commercial performance of Selfless, Broadrick considers that album and all of the preceding releases as Godflesh's best material. [14] [15]
In 1996, Godflesh, back on Earache, released Songs of Love and Hate , which featured Bryan Mantia on drums; this was a significant departure from the band's characteristic style, since all of their previous releases had been structured around programmed industrial beats from a drum machine. [16] Broadrick later described this shift as a dilution of Godflesh's original goal, which was to meld human and machine music. [17] Love and Hate in Dub , a remix album released in 1997, saw Godflesh again experimenting, this time with hip hop, breakbeats and dub. [18] [19] Those experiments continued and heightened with the 1999 studio album Us and Them , which again featured machine percussion. [20] After Us and Them proved creatively dissatisfying for Broadrick, [21] the band found a new live drummer (this time in Ted Parsons). Hymns (2001) was recorded in a professional studio, which led to a great deal of frustration for the band. [22] [23] Shortly after Hymns' release, Green quit Godflesh, and Broadrick officially ended the band not long after that. [24]
Godflesh reformed in 2010 as Broadrick and Green. [25] After performing scattered shows for four years, the band's return album, A World Lit Only by Fire (2014), was released to critical acclaim and appeared on several critics' year-end lists. [26] [27] It was a notably heavy industrial metal album focused again on downtuned guitar, distorted bass and driving machine drums. [28] [29] In 2017, Godflesh's eighth album, Post Self , was released. Like A World Lit Only by Fire, it drew critical praise and award recognition; [30] [31] unlike that previous album, however, Post Self proved introspective and experimental. [32] Despite regular acclaim from critics and fellow musicians, Godflesh have received only minor commercial success. [33]
