Godflesh are an English industrial metal band from Birmingham,England. The group formed in 1982 under the title Fall of Because but did not release any complete music until 1988 when Justin Broadrick and G. C. Green (bass) renamed the band and decided to use a drum machine for percussion. Melding heavy metal with industrial music and later with electronic music and dub,Godflesh's innovative sound is widely regarded as a foundational influence on other industrial metal and post-metal acts and as significant to both experimental and extreme metal in general.
Streetcleaner is the debut studio album by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released on 13 November 1989 through Earache Records and was reissued with a second disc of previously unreleased material on 21 June 2010. The album is widely acclaimed by critics and is often cited as a landmark release in industrial metal;though not the genre's first release,Streetcleaner helped define what industrial metal would become.
Slavestate is an EP by industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released in July 1991 through Earache Records. The EP saw the band experimenting with more samples and electronic sounds than their predominantly industrial metal prior releases.
Pure is the second studio album by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released on 13 April 1992 through Earache Records. Though originally labeled only as industrial metal,the album has since been recognised as one of the earliest post-metal releases. Musically,Pure is rhythmically mechanical and features harsh guitars,with protracted songs and an abundance of deliberate repetition. Like much of Godflesh's music,it is regarded as particularly heavy and aggressive,and these elements helped it gain critical acclaim.
Hymns is the sixth studio album by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released on 23 October 2001 through Music for Nations and was the band's final album before breaking up in 2002. In 2010,Godflesh reformed and in 2014 released their comeback album A World Lit Only by Fire. Hymns had a troubled production and was intended to be distinct departure from Godflesh's intensely regimented industrial sound to something more traditionally hard rock. It was the band's second and final album to feature a live drummer rather than a drum machine.
Godflesh is the debut extended play (EP) by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was originally released in 1988 through Swordfish Records and later saw several reissues on Earache Records with two additional songs. An unexpected underground success,the eponymous EP made it onto the UK Indie Chart and peaked at position 20. Though not supported by any singles or music videos at the time,a fan-made video for "Avalanche Master Song" has since been made official by the band.
Merciless is an EP released by industrial metal band Godflesh in 1994 through Earache and Columbia. In 1996,the EP was reissued along with the Selfless (1994) album as the compilation Selfless/Merciless.
This is a partial discography of Justin Broadrick,a prolific English songwriter,guitarist,singer,producer and general multi-instrumentalist musician most known for being the leading force of the industrial metal band Godflesh. Broadrick is also recognized for his experimental project Jesu,his key contributions to the seminal grindcore album Scum (1987) by Napalm Death,and his strong presence in the electronic and industrial remix community.
Messiah is an EP by industrial metal band Godflesh. The EP was originally recorded and mixed during 1994,and was released independently to members of the band's fan club on 5 December 2000 along with four remixes,which were created in 1995. After Justin Broadrick disbanded Godflesh,he reissued the material through Relapse Records on 1 April 2003.
In All Languages is a compilation album by British industrial metal band Godflesh,released on 24 July 2001 through Earache Records. It is a double album,and a companion music video DVD was also released in 2001. In All Languages' first disc acts as a greatest hits collection spanning from Godflesh's 1988 self-titled EP to their 1999 studio album,Us and Them. The second disc compiles rare and unreleased tracks.
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 until 1988 when Justin Broadrick and G. C. Green changed the project's name to Godflesh and recorded a self-titled debut EP. 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.
Dragged into Sunlight is a British extreme metal band formed in 2006. The band consists of four balaclava-wearing individuals who have not disclosed their identity,and live they play with their backs to the audience,often accompanied by candles and a single stroboscope for lighting and large amounts of smoke. Their intense sound combines influences from all major extreme metal genres. Their debut album,Hatred for Mankind,was produced by the acclaimed Billy Anderson. Following the release of the album the band played Damnation Festival and Maryland Deathfest. Their second album,Widowmaker,is a 40-minute song which received high praise from the music press.
Heart Ache/Dethroned is a double EP release by the Welsh band Jesu. Released on 16 November 2010 through Hydra Head Records,it combines the band's out-of-print,debut 2004 EP Heart Ache with a previously unreleased EP titled Dethroned. Jesu founder,Justin Broadrick,began working on Dethroned around the same time as Heart Ache in 2004,but it was not completed until 2010. Broadrick said the release of Dethroned took so long because he didn't want it to be a stand-alone EP and was waiting for the right album with which to combine it. Broadrick chose a reissue of Heart Ache to pair with Dethroned because they were written around the same period and contained similarities to his previous band,Godflesh. He said,"Both Heart Ache and Dethroned,for me,contain a huge amount of Godflesh to some extent,it's that period when the ghost of Godflesh still somewhat influenced the Jesu sound and songwriting."
Decline &Fall is an EP by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released on 2 June 2014 through frontman Justin Broadrick's own record label,Avalanche Recordings. The EP is the second release by Godflesh since Hymns (2001),following the 2013 single "F.O.D. ". It precedes the group's seventh studio album,A World Lit Only by Fire (2014),and the two were recorded in the same sessions.
A World Lit Only by Fire is the seventh studio album by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released on 7 October 2014 through frontman Justin Broadrick's own label,Avalanche Recordings,and was the band's first full-length album since 2001's Hymns. It was preceded by the digital singles "New Dark Ages" in August 2014 and "Imperator" in September 2014,and it was followed by several international tours.
Posthuman is the debut studio album by JK Flesh,a solo moniker of English musician Justin Broadrick,and was released on 7 May 2012 through 3BY3. Though Broadrick had been creating music under the title of JK Flesh since the early 1990s,Posthuman marked the first release of the project.
Nothing Is Free is the debut EP of JK Flesh,a pseudonym of English musician Justin Broadrick,and was self-released digitally by Avalanche Recordings on a pay what you want basis on 7 September 2015. It is Broadrick's third release under the JK Flesh title,following the debut studio album,Posthuman (2012),and a split album with Prurient,Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination (2012).
Post Self is the eighth studio album by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released on 17 November 2017 through frontman Justin Broadrick's own record label,Avalanche Recordings,and was the band's second album since reforming in 2010. The single "Post Self" was released for streaming on 31 October 2017,and a second track,"Be God",was released for streaming on 11 November 2017,six days in advance of the full release. Godflesh avoided interviews in the wake of Post Self,hoping to retain some of the album's purity and give listeners a chance to digest the music in a vacuum.
"Mothra" is a song by the English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was taken from their 1992 album Pure and saw release as a radio promo and music video in the same year. The track's title is derived from 1961 Japanese film of the same name by IshirōHonda. Musically,"Mothra" is a grinding,mechanical song with shouted vocals and heavily distorted instruments.
