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For Godflesh's second formal album, a new member was recruited to replace Paul Neville (though in an odd twist he appears on the first three minutes of "Love, Hate (Slugbaiting)," in fact a live sample of the old band he, Broadrick, and Green used to be in, the Fall of Because). The choice was an inspired one -- Robert Hampson of Loop was then dissolving that band and beginning his initial work as Main. Loop and Godflesh had already toured together and put out a very rare split single where each band covered the other, a mutual appreciation society that led to Hampson's recruitment. He only appears on half the album's tracks, but his efforts on "I Wasn't Born to Follow" and "Don't Bring Me Flowers" slot in very nicely with the band's philosophy of overwhelming if sometimes beautiful noise (the intro to the latter is actually quite lovely). Broadrick himself expressed disappointment with both Pure and the Cold World EP, as both were recorded on eight-track machines and didn't have the full room for experimenting that he wanted. The end results are still worthy stuff, though, even if opening song "Spite" has one of the jauntiest hip-hop breaks yet used by the band. In terms of grinding guitars and shouted vocals, though, it's pure Godflesh ire. The title track makes an even more explicit nod to the culture of turntables and breakbeats, taking rhythms from Eric B. & Rakim's "Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em." "Mothra" got selected as a single, and in ways it is surprisingly commercial for the band, with a memorable main riff and drumming that for once doesn't sound like it's out to break bones and shred eardrums. "Pure II" concludes the album with a monstrous, 20-minute track not far off from Broadrick's work as Final, only with even more of a threat, while a slow drum machine hits like a distant cannon. ~ Ned RaggettSpin (6/92, p.78) - Highly Recommended - "...the sound of rock taken to its bleakest and lowest extremes...a maximal approach to minimalism...Godflesh successfully lays claim to the title of the most gloriously uncomfortable noise on the face of the planet..."
Q (5/92, p.77) - 3 Stars - Good - "...a powerful, punishing work that pulsates with crushingly intense energy...assaults the senses with an unrelenting barrage of slow-motion death metal..." Pure Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Justin Broadrick is a composition LEGEND
Be sure to check out his other, more enrapturing albums under the name "Jesu". I guarantee you've never heard anything like it. Thanks J.Broadrick, for continuing to produce epic scores.
Submitted by aawjblack (FOB Marez, Iraq) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No truly epic and inspirational
i came to this album from an industrial background, and at first it sounded too "metal" to me. but then i actually learned what metal sounded like, and my admiration of this album has since only grown. what metal band was sampling eric b. and rakim in 1992? i'd say godflesh, but now i know they weren't metal. there are parts that are incredibly beautiful, parts that grab you by the the throat, and parts that transport you to another place. the cover is amazing, too--it is of a very old statue's hand, in greece (so says the rumor mill).
Submitted by scuto (cape cod, massachusetts)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No The Best Godflesh Album
"Pure" is such a powerful CD, you wonder how Justin Broadrick (Jesu, Techno Animal)and Ben Green (Vitriol)
came up with it. Head-nodding beats doused with a guitar sound that is so dissonant and forboding, that Green's distorted, mid boosted bass can barely compete. Crushingly heavy riffs and chords that do not exist make the guitar sound on this CD like no other I've ever heard. Legendary!
Submitted by bagouser (NOLA, USA)
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Purchase Pure CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Neurosis Through Silver In Blood CD (1996)
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Neurosis built their reputation on -- to put it one way -- long-winded compositions, making their albums a challenging listening experience for even the most dedicated fans. And their fifth album, Through Silver in Blood, doesn't buck the trend, diving headlong into the group's entirely unique experiments in ambient, progressive death metal with the mesmerizing 12-minute title track. With the exception of two minute-long interludes, much of the remaining material follows this blueprint, with abnormally ...
| | Napalm Death From Enslavement To Obliteration CD (1988)
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Recorded during a volatile period when Napalm Death's personnel seemed to shift on a weekly basis, 1988's FROM ENSLAVEMENT TO OBLITERATION is a grindcore classic--not surprising, since the U.K. band essentially invented the metal subgenre on its previous outing, SCUM. A record that featured two almost entirely different lineups on its dual sides, SCUM ...
| | Godflesh Streetcleaner CD (1990)
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Godflesh's first full album built on the strengths of their self-titled EP and then some, resulting in one of the darkest, best classics of grindcore (admittedly a label Broadrick himself always hated). Of course, in comparison to the nuclear-strength, hyperspeed thrash Broadrick initially found himself associated with thanks to Napalm Death, Streetcleaner doesn't so much grind as crawl, but it does with an awesome, bass-heavy power that feels like doom piled on top of further doom. Assisted with further guitar at points by past bandmate Paul Neville, Broadrick and Green simply explode with utter virulence, musically and lyrically. The song titles again evoke images of mechanistic destruction and organic decay, while Broadrick's roared words, when audible, contain such user-unfriendly lines like "Breed...like rats!" and "Don't hold me back, this is my own hell!" And these from the first two songs alone, the latter of which, one of the band's best numbers, has the title "Christbait Rising." Compared to so many metal wimps who invoke Satan and death in the cheesiest of ways, though, Godflesh let their own brusque impact do the talking for them, and the result is suitably apocalyptic. Drum machines shatter, shudder, ...
| | Godflesh Messiah CD (2003)
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Following the release of 2002's indifferently received Hymns opus, industrial grindcore legends Godflesh were finally retired by their sonic architect, Justin Broadrick, who, quiet exit notwithstanding, could proudly look back upon more than a decade of committed service to the cause of extreme music. So it was especially fitting that Broadrick would then choose to lay his legendary beast to rest by unearthing one of the most collectible lost items from its past, the long-out-of-print Messiah EP. Originally made available only to members of the group's fan club back in 1994, Messiah's recording coincided with what most experts consider the group's commercial and artistic peak, and featured four intensely pulverizing cuts (the title track, "Wilderness of Mirrors," "Sungod," "Scapegoat") that easily qualify as vintage Godflesh. For this reissue, four alternate versions of the same songs in dub (remixed a year later in 1995) ...
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Veteran acts like Neurosis can only stay alive through constant evolution, and THE EYE OF EVERY STORM is yet another dramatic step in the Bay Area group's long, strange journey. Whereas previous albums could be considered studies in heaviness with moments of reflection and meditation, THE EYE OF EVERY STORM shifts the focus to a stronger emphasis on atmosphere and mood, with temporary squalls of heavy metal thunder punctuating the explorations.
Similar in spirit to minimalist post-metal acts like Godspeed! You Black Emperor and Isis, the songs employ instruments outside of the usual metal borders, with Moog synthesizers and pianos accenting the guitar, bass, and drums. The vocals of Steve Von Till and Scott Kelly have also changed, as the rugged bark of previous albums has mutated into ...
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| | Joe Cameron Laugh Until We Cry CD (2009)
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The first unsigned recording artist to perform live on the Ellen Degeneres Show, Joe's songs have been heard on NBC, CBS, MTV, WGN, the Style Network, and on European TV. Joe's latest EP is titled "Laugh Until We Cry" and is his most personal group of songs yet. Originally from the Indianapolis, IN area Joe Cameron moved to Los Angeles in 2003, but has been writing his melodic pop/rock tunes for over half his life. With booking by the Acoustic Playhouse Agency, Joe performed around LA including Sunset ...
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