godflesh
Backxwash completes a trilogy with His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering
Backxwash fittingly released her fourth album, ‘His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering,’ on Halloween. The artist breaks down how the release documents her evolution.
Fashion loves metal, and these crossovers are all the proof you need
In revealing their latest capsule collection—a collaboration with Rammstein, Germany’s favorite industrial pyromaniac sons—Paris-based fashion house Balenciaga reminded us this week of something that, had we looked a little closer and paid a little more attention, we should have already known. That revelation? Fashion loves metal. Read more: 10 fashion brands who found inspiration in […]
These 10 noise-rock tracks were built to defy your volume settings
Oftentimes, there simply isn’t a guitar chord ugly enough to convey what you want to say. And that’s why we have noise-rock glory. Sometimes torturing a guitar just sounds better than happily strumming it. This fact has been proven time and time again. And in 2020, these 10 noise-rock tracks were built to defy your […]
Killing Joke are better than your favorite band, 40 years later
Today is the first day of the extensive Tool tour, beginning in Denver, Colorado. If you ever wanted that feeling of getting sonically lifted out of your seat by your shirt and thrown through a plate glass window, you should get there early to let proto-industrial, post-punk icons Killing Joke rough you up before Tool take […]
SeeYouSpaceCowboy kill scenes, genres and attitudes dead—review
Hyperbole makes for great sticker copy on physical products and pull quotes on press releases. So this writer’s going all-in: Everything about The Correlation Between Entrance And Exit Wounds, the proper Pure Noise debut album from SeeYouSpaceCowboy, is built to challenge, confuse and assault the listener. This isn’t a bad thing. Its mere existence is […]
Parents arrested for leaving daughter alone to attend metal show
People have done some crazy stuff to make it to a gig that just can’t be missed, but this one concerning a metal show is next level. A couple from Texas traveled from their Houston home to Detroit’s El Club, which is a 1,300 mile drive taking upward of 20 hours to traverse. That in […]
Godflesh's influences are wider than ever on 'Post Self'
Godflesh Post Self People have been using the term “post-punk” to describe the latest offering from legendary industrial/metal/noise outfit Godflesh. While Post Self isn’t as dramatic a sonic change as that term might convey, the album does arrive where it seemingly set out to go. Decades ago, vocalist/guitarist Justin Broadrick and bassist Ben George Christian […]
“It's a relationship like one would have with a sledgehammer: very singular”—The return of Godflesh
When Justin Broadrick and Christian “Benny” Green—aka GODFLESH—appeared on the planet’s underground metal and noise-rock scenes back in 1988, nobody realized how influential they would become. But by the time they ended up on the cover of AP 48 in June 1992, the duo were passionately embraced by discerning metalheads, noise-rock aficionados and industrial dance-rock […]
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