The English industrial metal band Godflesh have released 195 songs; 135 are original tracks, 55 are remixes done by the band of their own songs and 5 are covers. The group, initially composed of B. C. Green and Paul Neville, formed in 1982 as Fall of Because but did not release any complete music until 1988 after Justin Broadrick joined, became frontman and renamed the project Godflesh. Though their debut, a self-titled EP, was released on a small, independent label named Swordfish, it was successful and drew the attention of Earache Records. After being picked up by Earache, Godflesh released the albums Streetcleaner (1989) and Pure (1992) and were then acquired by Columbia Records.
Following the disappointing sales of their third album, 1994's Selfless, and the ban of the music video for "Crush My Soul", Columbia dropped Godflesh, and the band returned to Earache. They then released Songs of Love and Hate in 1996, Love and Hate in Dub (an experimental remix album) in 1997 and Us and Them in 1999. The band again parted from Earache and released Hymns in 2001 before breaking up in 2002. Broadrick and Green reunited in 2009 with plans to create music together again, officially reformed Godflesh in 2010 and released A World Lit Only by Fire in 2014 and Post Self in 2017.
Musically, Godflesh's songs are characterised by machine percussion played in repetitive loops, driving bass and distorted guitar. Though two of their albums (Songs of Love and Hate and Hymns) featured human drummers, Broadrick saw these inclusions as a dilution of what the band set out to achieve. As pioneers of industrial metal, Godflesh's earliest songs are exceptionally slow and mechanical, employing a blend of heavy metal and industrial music. The bass and drums are unusually loud (as on the track "Avalanche Master Song" from the Godflesh EP), and the guitars and vocals play a secondary, more background role (as on "Pulp" and "Life Is Easy" from Streetcleaner). On their second album, Pure, Godflesh began to experiment with sprawling ambient pieces (as on "Pure II"), hip hop and breakbeats (as on the introductory song "Spite") and extreme degrees of heavy repetition (as on "Predominance"). Selfless saw the band taking a more straightforward metal approach, with a heavy emphasis on riffs (as on "Bigot" and "Toll"). This era of Godflesh (1988 to 1994) would retrospectively be seen as Broadrick's favorite.
Throughout their career, Godflesh have only released a handful of singles and music videos. None of their songs have charted individually despite Columbia's efforts to augment Godflesh's popularity and raise it in line with that of Nine Inch Nails. Within the band's catalogue are many remixes that were made by Broadrick. Aside from studio cover songs, Godflesh have performed "Requiem" by Killing Joke live.
Songs
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+ Name of song, writers, original release and year released Song Writer(s) Original release Year "40 Versions" Whore – Various Artists Play Wire 1996 "Absorber" Godflesh Avalanche 1998 "Almost Heaven" Godflesh Songs of Love and Hate 1996 "Almost Heaven" (Closer Mix) Godflesh Love and Hate in Dub 1997 "Almost Heaven" (Helldub) Godflesh Love and Hate in Dub 1997 "Amoral" Godflesh Songs of Love and Hate 1996 "Angel Domain" Godflesh Songs of Love and Hate 1996 "Animals" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "Anthem" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "Antihuman" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "Anything Is Mine" Godflesh Selfless 1994 "Army of Non" Godflesh Purge 2023 "Avalanche Master Song" Godflesh Godflesh 1988 "Baby Blue Eyes" Godflesh Pure 1992 "Be God" Godflesh Post Self 2017 "Bigot" Godflesh Selfless 1994 "Bittersweet" Godflesh Us and Them 1999 "Black Boned Angel" Godflesh Selfless 1994 "Blind" Godflesh Merciless 1994 "Body Dome Light" Godflesh Selfless 1994 "Carrion" Godflesh 2014 "Christbait Rising" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Circle of Shit" Godflesh Songs of Love and Hate 1996 "Circle of Shit" (To the Point Dub) Godflesh Love and Hate in Dub 1997 "Cold World" Godflesh Cold World 1991 "Consume Me" Godflesh Decay 2026 "Control Freak" Godflesh Us and Them 1999 "Crush My Soul" Godflesh Selfless 1994 Godflesh 1995 Godflesh In All Languages 2001 "Curse Us All" Godflesh 2014 "Cursed by You All" Godflesh 2024 Godflesh Post Self 2017 Godflesh Post Self 2017 "Dead Ending" Godflesh 2024 "Dead Head" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Deadend" Godflesh 2014 "Deaf, Dumb & Blind" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "Decline & Fall" Godflesh Decline & Fall 2014 "Defeated" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "Defiled" Godflesh Us and Them 1999 "Descent" Godflesh Us and Them 1999 "Devastator" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Dogbite" Godflesh Decline & Fall 2014 "Domain" Godflesh Love and Hate in Dub 1997 "Don't Bring Me Flowers" Godflesh Pure 1992 "Dream Long Dead" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Empyreal" Godflesh Selfless 1994 "" Godflesh Rareache 1995 "Endgames" Godflesh Us and Them 1999 "F.O.D. (Fuck of Death)" Slaughter 2013 Godflesh Purge 2023 "Fear of Man" Godflesh Decay 2026 "Feral Colony" Godflesh Decay 2026 "Flowers" Godflesh Merciless 1994 "Fodder" Godflesh Decay 2026 "For Life" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "For Those About to Rock" AC/DC Covered in Black: An Industrial Tribute to the Kings of High Voltage – AC/DC 1997 "Forgive Our Fathers" Godflesh 2014 "Frail" Godflesh Songs of Love and Hate 1996 "Frail" (Now Broken) Godflesh Love and Hate in Dub 1997 "Gateway" Godflesh New Flesh in Dub Vol 1 2021 "Gift from Heaven" Godflesh Songs of Love and Hate 1996 "Gift from Heaven" (Breakbeat) Godflesh Love and Hate in Dub 1997 "Gift from Heaven" (Heavenly) Godflesh Love and Hate in Dub 1997 "Go Spread Your Wings" Godflesh Selfless 1994 "Godhead" Godflesh Godflesh 1988 "Head Dirt" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Heartless" Godflesh Selfless 1994 "" Godflesh Infected 1996 "Hunter" Godflesh Songs of Love and Hate 1996 "I Wasn't Born to Follow" Godflesh Pure 1992 "I, Me, Mine" Godflesh Us and Them 1999 "Ice Nerveshatter" Godflesh Godflesh 1988 "If I Could Only Be What You Want" Godflesh Loud Music for Loud People 2002 "Imperator" Godflesh 2014 Godflesh 2014 "In Your Shadow" Godflesh Post Self 2017 "In Your Shadow" (JK Flesh Reshape) Godflesh Post Self 2017 "" Godflesh Post Self 2017 "" Godflesh Us and Them 1999 "Jesu" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "Kingdom Come" Godflesh Songs of Love and Hate 1996 "Kingdom Come" (Version) Godflesh Love and Hate in Dub 1997 "Land Lord" Godflesh Purge 2023 "Lazarus Leper" Godflesh Purge 2023 "Life Given Life Taken" Godflesh 2024 "Life Giver Life Taker" Godflesh 2014 "Life Is Easy" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Like Rats" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Live to Lose" Godflesh Us and Them 1999 "Living/Ending" Godflesh Decay 2026 "Locust Furnace" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Love Is a Dog from Hell" Godflesh Pathological Compilation 1989 "Love, Hate (Slugbaiting)" Godflesh Pure 1992 "Mantra" Godflesh Selfless 1994 "Master and Slave" Godflesh Decay 2026 "Meltdown" Godflesh Slavestate 1991 "Merciless" Godflesh Merciless 1994 "Messiah" Godflesh Messiah 2000 "Messiah" (Dub) Godflesh Messiah 2000 "Mighty Trust Krusher" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Mirror of Finite Light" Godflesh Post Self 2017 "Monotremata" Godflesh Pure 1992 "Mortality Sorrow" Godflesh Post Self 2017 "Mothra" Godflesh Pure 1992 "My Own Light" Godflesh Pathological Compilation 1989 "Mythology of Self" Godflesh Purge 2023 "Nail" Godflesh Us and Them 1999 "Nero" Godflesh 2023 "Nero" (Alt Version) Godflesh 2023 "Nero" (Dub) Godflesh 2023 "Nero" (Remix) Godflesh 2023 "New Dark Ages" Godflesh 2014 "New Dark Ages" (Dissolve Mix) Godflesh Cold Waves 2020 Compilation 2020 "New Dark Dub" Godflesh 2014 "Newspite" Godflesh Corporate Rock Wars 1994 "Nihil" Godflesh Cold World 1991 "Nihil" (No Belief Mix) Godflesh Cold World 1991 "Nihil" (Total Belief Mix) Godflesh Cold World 1991 "No Body" Godflesh Post Self 2017 "Obeyed" Godflesh 2014 "Our Fathers in Heaven" Godflesh 2024 "Paralyzed" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "Parasite" Godflesh Post Self 2017 "Parasite" (Alternate Version) Godflesh Post Self 2017 "Perfect Skin" Godflesh Slavestate 1991 "Perfect Skin" (Dub) Godflesh Slavestate Remixes 1991 "Permission" Godflesh Purge 2023 "Playing with Fire" Godflesh Decline & Fall 2014 "Playing with Fire" (Dub) Godflesh Decline & Fall 2014 "Post Self" Godflesh Post Self 2017 "Pre Self" Godflesh Post Self 2017 "Predominance" Godflesh Pure 1992 "Pulp" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Pure" Godflesh Pure 1992 "" Godflesh Pure 1992 "" Godflesh Funky Alternatives Eight 1995 "Regal" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "Ringer" Godflesh Decline & Fall 2014 Godflesh Decline & Fall 2014 "Scapegoat" Godflesh Messiah 2000 "Scapegoat" (Dub) Godflesh Messiah 2000 "Shut Me Down" Godflesh 2014 "Shut Me Down" (Version) Godflesh 2014 "Slateman" Godflesh 1991 "Slavestate" Godflesh Slavestate 1991 Godflesh Slavestate Remixes 1991 Godflesh Slavestate Remixes 1991 "Someone Somewhere Scorned" Godflesh Slavestate 1991 "Spinebender" Godflesh Godflesh 1988 "Spite" Godflesh Pure 1992 "Sterile Prophet" Godflesh Songs of Love and Hate 1996 "Sterile Prophet" (Empty Messiah Mix) Godflesh Future Shock 1996 "Sterile Prophet" (In Dub) Godflesh Love and Hate in Dub 1997 "Sterile Prophet" (Version) Godflesh Love and Hate in Dub 1997 "Straight to Your Heart" Loop Loopflesh/Fleshloop 1991 "Streetcleaner" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "" Godflesh Godflesh 1990 "Suction" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Sungod" Godflesh Messiah 2000 "Sungod" (Dub) Godflesh Messiah 2000 "Time, Death and Wastefulness" Godflesh Songs of Love and Hate 1996 "Time, Death and Wastefulness" (In Dub) Godflesh Love and Hate in Dub 1997 "Tiny Tears" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Toll" Godflesh Selfless 1994 "Towers" Godflesh 2024 "Towers of Emptiness" Godflesh 2014 "Tyrant" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "Unworthy" Godflesh Merciless 1994 "Us and Them" Godflesh Us and Them 1999 "Us and Them" (Defensive Remix) Godflesh In All Languages 2001 "Vampires" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "Veins" Godflesh Godflesh 1988 "Voidhead" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "Wake" Godflesh Songs of Love and Hate 1996 "Wake" (Break Mix) Godflesh Love and Hate in Dub 1997 "Weak Flesh" Godflesh Godflesh 1988 "White Flag" Godflesh Hymns 2001 "Whose Truth Is Your Truth" Godflesh Us and Them 1999 "Wilderness of Mirrors" Godflesh Messiah 2000 "Wilderness of Mirrors" (Dub) Godflesh Messiah 2000 "Witchhunt" Godflesh Us and Them 1999 "Witchhunt" (Tyrant Remix) Godflesh In All Languages 2001 "Wound '91" Godflesh 1991 "Wound" Godflesh Streetcleaner 1989 "Wounds" Godflesh Godflesh 1990 "Xnoybis" Godflesh Selfless 1994 Godflesh 1995 Godflesh In All Languages 2001 Godflesh 1995 Godflesh 1995 "You Are the Judge, the Jury, and the Executioner" Godflesh Purge 2023 "Your Nature Your Nurture" Godflesh New Flesh in Dub Vol 1 2021 "Zero the Hero" Tony IommiBill WardGeezer ButlerIan Gillan Masters of Misery – Black Sabbath: An Earache Tribute 1992
Demos, live recordings and remixes for other artists
Demos