Godflesh Messiah CD

Messiah Music

List Price	$14.97 (You save $2.82)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Heavy Metal CDs, Industrial, Rock
Label	Relapse
Orig Year	2003
All Time Sales Rank	62116
CD Universe Part number	5721303
Catalog number	766564
Discs	1
Release Date	Apr 01, 2003
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Engineer	Godflesh
Personnel	Justin Broadrick - guitar GC Green - synthesizer, sampler Justin K. Broadrick - vocals, guitar

Godflesh Messiah Songs

1.	Messiah	$0.99
2.	Wilderness of Mirrors	$0.99
3.	Sungod	$0.99
4.	Scapegoat	$0.99
5.	Messiah
6.	Wilderness of Mirrors
7.	Sungod
8.	Scapegoat

Messiah Music Review

Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars Miracle!
4 leftover songs from the "Songs of Love and Hate". And it's simply amazing. Godflesh are gods.
Submitted by tadas (Lithuania)
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