Godflesh are an English industrial metal band from Birmingham. The group formed in 1982 under the original title O.P.D. (later Fall of Because) but did not release any complete music until 1988 when Justin Broadrick (guitar, vocals, programming) and B. C. Green (bass, programming) renamed the band and decided to use a drum machine for percussion. Melding heavy metal with industrial music and later with electronic music and dub, Godflesh's sound is widely regarded as a foundational influence on other industrial metal and post-metal acts and as significant to both experimental and extreme metal.The band signed to Earache Records in the late 1980s and released their debut album Streetcleaner (1989) to contemporary and lasting acclaim. After the release of their sophomore album Pure (1992) and their major label debut Selfless (1994), they started experimenting with live drums as well as hip hop and breakbeat sounds. The resulting albums, Songs of Love and Hate (1996) and Us and Them (1999), were followed by Hymns (2001), which saw a simplification of the band's style. Shortly after Green's departure in 2002, Broadrick ended Godflesh and pursued various other projects, such as Jesu. Broadrick and Green reformed Godflesh in 2009, releasing A World Lit Only by Fire (2014) and Post Self (2017) to critical acclaim. Their ninth album, Purge, was released in June 2023.

基本资料

国籍：英国

发源地：英国伯明翰

演艺经历

J.Broadrick曾在多年以前和NapalmDeath乐队在一起玩吉他，当时他就给乐队的一张专辑弹奏了第一面的吉他，而这张专辑就是日后成为了Earache旗下传奇般唱片的《Scum》。

1988年 当时J.Broadrick离开了一支工业噪音乐队Head Of David,而G.C.Green也刚刚离开了一支大学工业噪音乐队Fall Of Because,于是两人组建了Godflesh。由于乐队中又新增加了鼓，所以他们开始精心制作一种具有强大核心力量的声音。乐队在Swordfish旗下推出首张同名EP《Godflesh》，两人的首次合作即赢得了评论界广泛的注意及好评。之后便转到了Earache公司旗下。Paul Neville(也是Fall Of Because的前成员)不久也被应召加入乐队，成为Godflesh的第二吉他手，以此来充实及提高乐队的音乐力量。这样最终的结果便体现在了首张专辑《Streetcleaner》之中，音乐中重到了极限的节奏将Godflesh之声也推向了极致。接着乐队与Shamen、Revenge和Can乐队的Holger Czukay等著名的乐队及乐手一起参加了Tagetonen Festival的演出，然后又与Earache旗下另一支乐队Napalm Death一起完成了Earache厂牌举办的名为"Earache Grindcrusher USA"的全美巡演。