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Godflesh - Purge (New Album)

Started by ochoill, March 01, 2023, 08:14:31 PM

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March 01, 2023, 08:14:31 PM Last Edit: March 01, 2023, 08:16:54 PM by ochoill
Seems to have been posted on the Plastic Head Distro site but nowhere else so far - bizarre, but seems to be real.



Edit:  More info from https://www.plastichead.com/godflesh-purge-compact-disc-arec066cd

QuoteFirst new recordings from GODFLESH since 2017's critically acclaimed full length 'POST SELF'.

'PURGE' musically, amongst the many layers of dirt, revisits and updates the concepts explored on the 'PURE' album from 1992; 90's hip hop grooves mangled and put through the GODFLESH filter to create something that is still unique and futuristic in style.

Both minimal and maximal, with layer upon layer of filth and heaviness, Godflesh deliver alien grooves that swing whilst also retaining the psychedelic / bad trip edge that Godflesh has always obsessed over. This is, and always has been, feel bad music; the title alone 'PURGE' references directly how songwriter / creator Justin K Broadrick utilises this music as temporary relief from his diagnosed autism and PTSD, a journey he has been on since he began creating music and feeling alone and as an outsider in any 'scene' or 'group' from childhood and throughout his adulthood.

Godflesh gives him the means to express a lifetime of feeling misunderstood and overwhelmed by hyper sensitivity, the band being the vehicle to give him some sense of catharsis and transcendence; a way of communicating overload and constant disenchantment at the human condition, and man's abuse of power and the systems that chain us.

The album references the cycle of horror that man has always and will always put us through; those in positions of power revel in the infliction of pain and horror upon individuals, in the name of their religion, their power, their money, their flags....

8 songs, delivered in a concise fashion for fellow outsiders.

A digital only single of the opening song 'NERO' coupled with 3 self remixes will be released April 3rd.

The duo of GODFLESH, Justin K Broadrick and Ben Green, augmented by Machines, are seen as a pivotal entity in the world of 'heavy' music, impacting entire cultures of heavy music since the bands inception in 1988. It is regarded as a cultural icon, and it's impact can be felt across generations of 'heavy' music, both mainstream and underground. It is credited as being one of the first bands to cross old British industrial music with down tuned primitive minimal metal, accidentally pioneering the 'industrial metal' sound, yet the band has so much more to offer than what that term displays.

Along with vinyl, CDs, Shirts up for preorder at the link above.
#1 March 01, 2023, 08:49:01 PM
AH! AH! AH!

GODFLESH
#2 March 01, 2023, 08:58:08 PM
His Facebook account has been suspended, he doesn't seem to know why. Odd.

Hard to believe that it's been 6 years since Post Self came out, that was a cracker. This one seems to be a throwback to the Pure era, album title and all.
#3 March 01, 2023, 09:29:34 PM
Deadly. Post Self was class.
#4 March 01, 2023, 09:57:10 PM
Quote from: Carnage on March 01, 2023, 08:58:08 PMHis Facebook account has been suspended, he doesn't seem to know why. Odd.

Hard to believe that it's been 6 years since Post Self came out, that was a cracker. This one seems to be a throwback to the Pure era, album title and all.

That is odd he's mostly active on there as well.

Quote from: astfgyl on March 01, 2023, 08:49:01 PMAH! AH! AH!

GODFLESH

Hadn't even read the Pure comparison and I was already saying that

Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 01, 2023, 09:29:34 PMDeadly. Post Self was class.

It really was great
#5 March 02, 2023, 08:31:29 AM
Lovely stuff!
#6 March 03, 2023, 10:21:05 AM
Class, didn't know Broderick had Autism though. Not that it really matters, such a consistent band!
#7 March 03, 2023, 11:12:59 AM
Part of a new track (Nero) up on Instagram, serious SOLAH/U&T buzz to it. Sounds good.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpTIpnBpkns/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
#8 March 03, 2023, 01:24:18 PM
Quote from: Carnage on March 03, 2023, 11:12:59 AMPart of a new track (Nero) up on Instagram, serious SOLAH/U&T buzz to it. Sounds good.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpTIpnBpkns/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
Came here to post the same, he had it on Twitter too.

https://twitter.com/JKBroadrick/status/1631422036357656576?t=EPn9oQ-EhdT7xvZF82FSng&s=19

Possibly the funniest album preview I've seen in a while, he's just filming his fuckin computer screen with his phone lol
#9 March 03, 2023, 03:57:12 PM
This'll be great so it will
#10 March 03, 2023, 04:13:25 PM
Sounds good!
#11 March 04, 2023, 04:20:56 AM
Supersonic coming up has Godflesh and Lankum headlining. Now that's an odd pairing TBF.
#12 April 03, 2023, 09:04:06 PM
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