Godflesh (EP)
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Godflesh is the eponymous first release by the influential industrial metal
band. It was originally released in 1988 through Swordfish Records, and was later reissued by Earache Records
with two additional tracks.
Sometimes overshadowed by the impact of the follow-up Streetcleaner
album, the self-titled EP is possibly just as influential and important a release in the industrial metal
field, if not even more so; highly regarded for its originality and innovative lo-fi production-based progression of sounds pioneered by the likes of the Swans
and Throbbing Gristle
through very heavy discordant guitars and bass, brutal drum machines and Broadrick's bile-filled vocal delivery.
Musically, the album's generally slow and extremely heavy riffs are virtually a polar opposite to Broadrick's fast-paced work with Napalm Death
on their genre-defining grindcore
debut, Scum.
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
band. It was originally released in 1988 through Swordfish Records, and was later reissued by Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
with two additional tracks.
Sometimes overshadowed by the impact of the follow-up Streetcleaner
Streetcleaner
Streetcleaner is the second release and the debut full length album by the band Godflesh, following the release of their self-titled EP in 1988. It was released in 1989 on Earache Records...
album, the self-titled EP is possibly just as influential and important a release in the industrial metal
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
field, if not even more so; highly regarded for its originality and innovative lo-fi production-based progression of sounds pioneered by the likes of the Swans
Swans (band)
Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in...
and Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle were an English industrial, avant-garde music and visual arts group that evolved from the performance art group COUM Transmissions...
through very heavy discordant guitars and bass, brutal drum machines and Broadrick's bile-filled vocal delivery.
Musically, the album's generally slow and extremely heavy riffs are virtually a polar opposite to Broadrick's fast-paced work with Napalm Death
Napalm Death
Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
on their genre-defining grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
debut, Scum.
Track listing
- "Avalanche Master Song" – 5:14
- "Veins" – 4:30
- "Godhead" – 5:02
- "Spinebender" – 5:08
- "Weak Flesh" – 4:24
- "Ice Nerveshatter" – 6:31
- "Wounds" (reissue bonus track only) – 13:06
- "Streetcleaner 2" (reissue bonus track only) – 8:42
Personnel
- G. C. Green - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Justin BroadrickJustin BroadrickJustin Karl Michael Broadrick is a British singer, songwriter, guitarist and drummer. He is best known as a founding member of the band Godflesh, one of the first bands to combine elements of extreme metal and industrial music.-Biography:Broadrick was born in the council estates of inner...
- guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocals - Machine - rhythm