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sanji999
June 9th 2023


41 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

and i can already see myself raising the score from 4 to 4.5 in a week :')

rabidfish
June 9th 2023


8697 Comments


this fucking rulz

normaloctagon
Contributing Reviewer
June 9th 2023


3967 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

bruh how are they gonna go from 2 out of 8 tracks on bandcamp to 6 out of 8 tracks on bandcamp i feel TEASED

VlacDrac
June 9th 2023


2431 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

"and i have to say Mythology of Self is LITERALLY a Swans song"



Godflesh x Swans tour when?



normaloctagon
Contributing Reviewer
June 9th 2023


3967 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

giggling at the 15 signed copies of this that are available for 100 pounds each



no hate to justin, make your money but lolll

normaloctagon
Contributing Reviewer
June 9th 2023


3967 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

army of non riiiiiiips

rabidfish
June 9th 2023


8697 Comments


i thought it said "lazarus larper" for a sec lol

normaloctagon
Contributing Reviewer
June 9th 2023


3967 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

so here for this write up on their site tho:



'PURGE' musically, amongst the many layers of dirt, revisits and updates the concepts explored on the 'PURE' album from 1992; 90's hip hop grooves mangled and put through the GODFLESH filter to create something that is still unique and futuristic in style.



Both minimal and maximal, with layer upon layer of filth and heaviness, Godflesh deliver alien grooves that swing whilst also retaining the psychedelic / bad trip edge that Godflesh has always obsessed over. This is, and always has been, feel bad music; the title alone 'PURGE' references directly how songwriter / creator Justin K Broadrick utilises this music as temporary relief from his diagnosed autism and PTSD, a journey he has been on since he began creating music and feeling alone and as an outsider in any 'scene' or 'group' from childhood and throughout his adulthood.



Godflesh gives him the means to express a lifetime of feeling misunderstood and overwhelmed by hyper sensitivity, the band being the vehicle to give him some sense of catharsis and transcendence; a way of communicating overload and constant disenchantment at the human condition, and man's abuse of power and the systems that chain us.



The album references the cycle of horror that man has always and will always put us through; those in positions of power revel in the infliction of pain and horror upon individuals, in the name of their religion, their power, their money, their flags....



8 songs, delivered in a concise fashion for fellow outsiders.


normaloctagon
Contributing Reviewer
June 9th 2023


3967 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"i thought it said "lazarus larper" for a sec lol"



haha! just got to this track tho and it absolutely whips

JayEnder
June 9th 2023


19926 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Hype is off the charts

Ryus
June 9th 2023


36858 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

o shit

Relinquished
June 9th 2023


48746 Comments


“giggling at the 15 signed copies of this that are available for 100 pounds each”

I bought one. FYI they’re test pressings, they always go for more

normaloctagon
Contributing Reviewer
June 9th 2023


3967 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Lol i know bud i just think a hundo right out of the gate is funny, I’m glad you find value in something like that and hope you enjoy having it in your collection!

Sharenge
June 9th 2023


5167 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

o sheeeit downloading has commenced I'm stoked

Sharenge
June 9th 2023


5167 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

is 8 tracks like the goldilocks zone of album lengths or what

JayEnder
June 9th 2023


19926 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Erm it's not up on Spotify wtf.

Ryus
June 9th 2023


36858 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

justin is stuck in traffic

JayEnder
June 9th 2023


19926 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Guess I'll listen to the YouTube stream smh

JayEnder
June 9th 2023


19926 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Wooooah this hip hop type beat in Army of Non... never thought that would work in a Godflesh song. So sick.

PotsyTater
June 9th 2023


10100 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Glad they got their album art back on track after that last one. Shit looks like prayer music.



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