Additional black metal sightseeing tours have been added, and the National Library of Norway announces an exhibition of Norwegian black metal opening in April.
Few artists operate at the fringes of popular music today whose sound has not been in some way or another informed or shaped by the works of Justin K Broadrick.
From Hydra Head to the turntablist crowd, this band’s fingerprints are etched deep and hard into the minds of underground noise/electronicheads everywhere.
On Hymns, even without the high-tech frills, Godflesh prove that they’re a real “rock” band capable of awesome harshness and an amazing melodic beauty.
Godflesh deconstruct the songs, crank up the gut-wrenching bass, and lead us through a nightmarish steel factory of clanking, rage, and mechanized motions.