Godflesh discography
Godflesh discography | |
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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]
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]
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | ||||
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UK Indie [34][35] |
GRE [36] |
US Heat [37] |
US Sales [38] |
US Taste [39] | |||
Streetcleaner |
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19 | 45 | — | — | — |
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Pure |
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— | — | — | — | — |
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Selfless |
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12 | — | — | — | — |
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Songs of Love and Hate |
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— | — | — | — | — |
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Us and Them |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
Hymns |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
A World Lit Only by Fire |
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47 | — | 22 | — | 25 |
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Post Self |
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41 | — | 23 | — | — |
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Purge |
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29 | — | — | 94 | — |
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"—" denotes a title that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Extended plays
[edit]Title | EP details | UK Indie [34] |
Notes |
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Godflesh | 20 |
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Slavestate |
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— | |
Cold World |
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— | |
Merciless |
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— |
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Messiah |
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— | |
Decline & Fall |
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— | |
"—" denotes a title that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Remix albums
[edit]Title | Album details | Notes |
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Slavestate Remixes |
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Love and Hate in Dub |
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A World Lit Only by Dub |
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Compilation albums
[edit]Title | Album details | Notes |
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The Ten Commandments |
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Life Is Easy |
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In All Languages |
|
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New Flesh in Dub Vol 1 |
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Long Live the New Flesh |
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Live albums
[edit]Title | Album details | Notes |
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Streetcleaner: Live at Roadburn 2011 |
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Godflesh – The Earache Peel Sessions |
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Pure : Live |
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Singles
[edit]Title | Year | Album | Notes |
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"Pulp"/"Christbait Rising" | 1989 | Streetcleaner |
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"Slateman" | 1991 | Non-album single | |
"Straight to Your Heart" | Loopflesh/Fleshloop |
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"Mothra" | 1992 | Pure | |
"Xnoybis" | 1995 | Selfless | |
"Crush My Soul" |
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"F.O.D. (Fuck of Death)" | 2013 | Non-album single | |
"Ringer" | 2014 | Decline & Fall | |
"New Dark Ages" | A World Lit Only by Fire | ||
"Imperator" | |||
"Post Self" | 2017 | Post Self | |
"Be God" | |||
"Nero" | 2023 | Purge |
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"Land Lord" |
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External links
[edit]- Godflesh Archived 11 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine on Bandcamp through Avalanche Recordings (2003–present)
- Godflesh Archived 10 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine on Bandcamp through Earache Records (1988–2001)
- Godflesh Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine discography on fan-managed website in operation since 1998
- Godflesh Archived 3 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine on Discogs