Godflesh

Godflesh
Justin Broadrick performing with Godflesh at Wetlands Preserve in New York City on 11 November 1996
Background information
Also known as	Fall of Because (1982–88)
Origin	Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Industrial metal, post-metal, experimental metal
Years active	1988–2002, 2010–present
Labels	Earache, Music for Nations, Koch, Relapse, Columbia/Sony, Swordfish, Combat, Relativity, Avalanche
Associated acts	Napalm Death, Jesu, Final
Members	Justin Broadrick G. C. Green
Past members	Paul Neville Robert Hampson Bryan Mantia Ted Parsons Steve Hough Diarmuid Dalton Paul Raven

Godflesh are an English industrial metal band from Birmingham. They were formed in 1988 by Justin Broadrick (guitar, vocals and programming) and G. C. Green (bass) and disbanded in 2002. Godflesh's innovative music is widely regarded as a foundational influence on industrial metal and post-metal. Broadrick and Green reformed Godflesh in 2010.

In 1982, Green founded Fall of Because (named after a Killing Joke song) with Paul Neville. Broadrick, who had been playing guitar as a member of Napalm Death, joined the group in mid-1985 as drummer and vocalist. He left the band in 1987. Broadrick then spent a couple of years (1986–1988) as a member of Head of David. In 1988, he contacted Green about reforming Fall of Because. Justin decided to take over on guitars and they chose to use a drum machine to help out. They also decided to change their name to Godflesh.

Godflesh established a presence in underground music with releases such as their self-titled EP, Streetcleaner and Pure, which demonstrated the effectiveness of lo-fi production values in heavy music. A brief flirtation with major label Columbia Records in 1994 for Selfless and the Merciless EP saw the duo take on a more high-end production approach. In 1996 Godflesh released Songs of Love and Hate, which featured the drumming of Bryan Mantia (Guns N' Roses, Primus, Praxis). The next album, Us and Them, released in 1999, saw the group experimenting with a more electronic, drum and bass-oriented sound in which the guitar played a less central role. In 2001 Godflesh released the double album retrospective In All Languages. That same year they released an album of new material, Hymns, which featured the precise drumming of new band member Ted Parsons (formerly of Swans and Prong) and brought the band back to its slow and heavy roots while retaining elements of its experiments with electronica and hip hop.