For the first time since 2001's Hymns, Godflesh are working on a new record and have some serious plans. Who's ready to get their industrial on?
Outside the band touring North America soon, the band's frontman Justin Broadrick had this to say in a recent interview with MetalSucks:
“It’s almost entirely demoed now and we aim to record and mix it in the winter months, appropriately! It’s really taken some time to get this album in shape. I never wanted to rush this new album, but it will definitely be released in May 2014!”
And:
“It’s very much like the Godflesh of old, as in the first few albums, up to and including Selfless. It’s brutal, minimal, direct, punishing, unforgiving, surreal, discordant, and so on! But it also has a few songs with hip-hop beats, quite like Pure but much bigger!”
Well that sounds pretty badass, and good on him for revisiting what makes Godflesh, Godflesh, while taking it a step further. I'd imagine 13 years between records you'd have some time to really figure out what you're going to be doing next.
Meanwhile, here's a cover Godflesh recorded of Slaughter’s “F.O.D. (Fuck of Death),” which appears in the new issue of Decibel Magazine:
