08/10/01

GODFLESH / HYMNS

Credited with almost inventing Industrial Metal, Godflesh return with their first album for Music For Nations and to say this is a good album is an understatement.

Godflesh have been around for quite a while and Fear Factory, Slipknot and quite a few other top notch bands credit the guys as being a big influence and listening to the CD you can hear touches of both in some of the songs and more than once you hear something that reminds you of Filter and have to remind yourself that these guys did it first and are not copying.

Despite having made quite a few albums they have managed to keep their raw/live, fresh feel to their recordings, which any one who has ever recorded anything will tell you is nigh on impossible sustain over a long career, but somehow Godflesh have managed it. "Deaf, Dumb and Blind" and "Paralyzed" are typical Godflesh and display their particular blend of Metal, Industrial noise superbly.

Tracks you must hear include, ""Anthem" with its haunting melodic chorus an raw guitars, "White Flag" and the totally brilliant "Jesu" where they use all their sampling techniques to their fullest. This is Godflesh at their best and they still sound so hungry.