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'''''A World Lit Only by Fire''''' is the seventh studio album by English [[industrial metal]] band [[Godflesh]]. It was released on 7 October 2014 through band leader Justin Broadrick's own record label, [[Avalanche Recordings]]. It is the first studio album of new material Godflesh released in 13 years since ''[[Hymns]]'' (2001).<ref name="p4k">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/news/56180-godflesh-announce-new-album-a-world-lit-only-by-fire-share-new-dark-ages/ | title=Godflesh Announce New Album A World Lit Only By Fire, Share "New Dark Ages" | publisher=Pitchfork | date=5 August 2014 |last=Camp|first=Zoe}}</ref><ref name="blab">{{cite web | url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/godflesh-to-release-a-world-lit-only-by-fire-album-in-october-first-song-streaming/ | title=Godflesh To Release 'A World Lit Only By Fire' Album In October; First Song Streaming | publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] | date=5 August 2014}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://thequietus.com/articles/15915-godflesh-announce-new-album-a-world-lit-only-by-fire-new-dark-ages | title=Listen: Godflesh - New Dark Ages | publisher=[[The Quietus]] | date=5 August 2014 | last=Tuffrey|first=Laurie}}</ref>
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'''''A World Lit Only by Fire''''' is the seventh studio album by English [[industrial metal]] band [[Godflesh]]. It was released on 7 October 2014 through band leader Justin Broadrick's own record label, [[Avalanche Recordings]]. It is the first studio album of new material Godflesh released in 13 years since ''[[Hymns]]'' (2001).
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The track "New Dark Ages" was released for streaming on 5 August 2014.<ref name="p4k"/>
 
The track "New Dark Ages" was released for streaming on 5 August 2014.<ref name="p4k"/>
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
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After disbanding in 2002, band leader [[Justin Broadrick]] formed bands [[Jesu]] and [[Greymachine]], and released music under various monikers, including Final. Godflesh reunited in 2010. The band released their first new recording in over 12 years through Decibel magazine's Flexi Series: a cover version of [[Slaughter]]'s "[[F.O.D. (Fuck of Death)#Godflesh cover|F.O.D. (Fuck of Death)]]". The band started working on the album in 2012.<ref name="vice">{{cite web | url=http://noisey.vice.com/ja/blog/godflesh-and-angel-dust-to-jesu-and-childrens-music-the-evolution-of-justin-broadrick | title=Godflesh and Angel Dust to Jesu and Children's Music: The Evolution of Justin Broadrick | publisher=Vice | date=27 September 2013 | last=Lindsay|first=Cam}}</ref> On 2 June 2014, Godflesh released the ''[[Decline & Fall]]'' EP, featuring new material by the band.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/news/55424-stream-godfleshs-decline-and-fall-ep/ | title=Stream Godflesh's Decline and Fall EP | publisher=Pitchfork | date=3 June 2014 | last=Gordon|first=Jeremy}}</ref>
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After disbanding in 2002, band leader [[Justin Broadrick]] formed bands [[Jesu]] and [[Greymachine]], and released music under various monikers, including Final. Godflesh reunited in 2010. The band released their first new recording in over 12 years through Decibel magazine's Flexi Series: a cover version of [[Slaughter]]'s "[[F.O.D. (Fuck of Death)#Godflesh cover|F.O.D. (Fuck of Death)]]". The band started working on the album in 2012.
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The album features an eight-string guitar.<ref name="sucks">{{cite web | url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2014/05/08/omg-new-godflesh-ep/ | title=OMG New Godflesh EP | publisher=MetalSucks | date=8 May 2014 | last=Rosenberg|first=Axl}}</ref> In an interview with the French radio station Le 106, Broadrick stated: {{quote|"It will be [musically] similar to the first two or three [Godflesh albums]. I just think, like we're playing these shows, we feel very pure about we're doing and honoring the initial intentions with what we originally set out to do. Which, I think, like most bands and musicians and all the rest of it, by the time you get on to your fourth album, it's somewhat of a dilution going on to what you initially tried to achieve. It will definitely sound aggressive and it probably won't sound like any of the other records we've made, but it will have the minimalism of the first few records."<ref name="blab"/>}}
 
  
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Conversely, in the same interview, bass guitarist G.C. Green said, "It won't sound like the first two record{{sic}}; it will be more the spirit".<ref name="blab"/> Also in an interview with ''Vice'', Broadrick stated, "It's certainly more like ''[[Streetcleaner]]'' than ''Hymns''."<ref name="vice"/> According to the press release of the album, the songs "span the divide between high definition clarity and raw, visceral heaviness, inducing a meditative state via seething minimalism that hinges on ritualistic riff repetition and the tenuous membrane between anxiety-inducing dissonance and cathartic minor key melody."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://exclaim.ca/News/godflesh_unveil_first_new_album_in_13_years | title=Godflesh Unveil First New Album in 13 Years | publisher=Exclaim! | date=5 August 2014 | last=Hudson|first=Alex}}</ref>
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The album features an eight-string guitar. In an interview with the French radio station Le 106, Broadrick stated: {{quote|"It will be [musically] similar to the first two or three [Godflesh albums]. I just think, like we're playing these shows, we feel very pure about we're doing and honoring the initial intentions with what we originally set out to do. Which, I think, like most bands and musicians and all the rest of it, by the time you get on to your fourth album, it's somewhat of a dilution going on to what you initially tried to achieve. It will definitely sound aggressive and it probably won't sound like any of the other records we've made, but it will have the minimalism of the first few records."
  
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Conversely, in the same interview, bass guitarist G.C. Green said, "It won't sound like the first two record{{sic}}; it will be more the spirit".
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| rev5score = (8.0/10)<ref name="p4k-review">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19896-godflesh-a-world-lit-only-by-fire/ | title=Godflesh - A World Lit Only by Fire | publisher=Pitchfork | date=6 October 2014 | author=Heller, Jason}}</ref>
 
| rev5score = (8.0/10)<ref name="p4k-review">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19896-godflesh-a-world-lit-only-by-fire/ | title=Godflesh - A World Lit Only by Fire | publisher=Pitchfork | date=6 October 2014 | author=Heller, Jason}}</ref>
 
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''A World Lit Only by Fire'' received rave reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 85, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 8 reviews.<ref name="mc1">{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/a-world-lit-only-by-fire/godflesh | title=A World Lit Only by Fire - Godflesh | publisher=Metacritic}}</ref> Gregory Heaney of Allmusic wrote that "''A World Lit Only by Fire'' makes it crystal clear that Godflesh have a long, unfailing memory, and that their punishing work has only just begun."<ref name="allmusic1"/> ''Clash'' critic James Barry described the album as "a brave record" and stated: "There’s nothing nostalgic here – it’s the sound of a band reborn, rather than one reformed."<ref name="clash"/>  
 
''A World Lit Only by Fire'' received rave reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 85, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 8 reviews.<ref name="mc1">{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/a-world-lit-only-by-fire/godflesh | title=A World Lit Only by Fire - Godflesh | publisher=Metacritic}}</ref> Gregory Heaney of Allmusic wrote that "''A World Lit Only by Fire'' makes it crystal clear that Godflesh have a long, unfailing memory, and that their punishing work has only just begun."<ref name="allmusic1"/> ''Clash'' critic James Barry described the album as "a brave record" and stated: "There’s nothing nostalgic here – it’s the sound of a band reborn, rather than one reformed."<ref name="clash"/>  
  
 
Denise Falzon of ''Exclaim!'' wrote: "Complete with bleak, nihilistic themes, ''A World Lit Only by Fire'' is every bit the record fans have been waiting over a dozen years for."<ref name="exclaim1"/> Writing for ''The Guardian'', Dom Lawson described the album as "a sustained and hypnotic march through minimalist, post-[[Black Sabbath|Sabbath]] landscapes, and crucifyingly heavy on every level."<ref name="guardian-review"/> Pitchfork critic Jason Heller commented: "As a whole, ''A World Lit Only by Fire'' represents music converted into motion—kinetic and mechanical, inexorable and inhuman." Heller also further stated: "Godflesh, never a forgiving band, has never sounded so relentless."<ref name="p4k-review"/>  Zachary Houle wrote: "''A World Lit Only By Fire'' is revisionist industrial and the soundscapes of this brittle disc leaves you wondering what on earth just hit you." Houle also further stated that the album "basically rewrites the rule book for industrial."<ref name="popmatters"/>
 
Denise Falzon of ''Exclaim!'' wrote: "Complete with bleak, nihilistic themes, ''A World Lit Only by Fire'' is every bit the record fans have been waiting over a dozen years for."<ref name="exclaim1"/> Writing for ''The Guardian'', Dom Lawson described the album as "a sustained and hypnotic march through minimalist, post-[[Black Sabbath|Sabbath]] landscapes, and crucifyingly heavy on every level."<ref name="guardian-review"/> Pitchfork critic Jason Heller commented: "As a whole, ''A World Lit Only by Fire'' represents music converted into motion—kinetic and mechanical, inexorable and inhuman." Heller also further stated: "Godflesh, never a forgiving band, has never sounded so relentless."<ref name="p4k-review"/>  Zachary Houle wrote: "''A World Lit Only By Fire'' is revisionist industrial and the soundscapes of this brittle disc leaves you wondering what on earth just hit you." Houle also further stated that the album "basically rewrites the rule book for industrial."<ref name="popmatters"/>
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==Track listing==
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#New Dark Ages  4:51
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#Deadend  5:07
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#Shut Me Down 4:26
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#Life Giver Life Taker 5:27
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#Obeyed 5:35
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#Curse Us All 3:46
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#Carrion 6:05
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#Imperator 4:26
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#Towers of Emptiness  6:34
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#Forgive Our Fathers 7:40
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total length 53:57
  
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* [http://www.avalancheinc.co.uk/ Avalanche Recordings official website]
 
* [http://www.avalancheinc.co.uk/ Avalanche Recordings official website]
  
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A World Lit Only by Fire is the seventh studio album by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released on 7 October 2014 through band leader Justin Broadrick's own record label, Avalanche Recordings. It is the first studio album of new material Godflesh released in 13 years since Hymns (2001). The track "New Dark Ages" was released for streaming on 5 August 2014.[1]

Background

After disbanding in 2002, band leader Justin Broadrick formed bands Jesu and Greymachine, and released music under various monikers, including Final. Godflesh reunited in 2010. The band released their first new recording in over 12 years through Decibel magazine's Flexi Series: a cover version of Slaughter's "F.O.D. (Fuck of Death)". The band started working on the album in 2012.

The album features an eight-string guitar. In an interview with the French radio station Le 106, Broadrick stated: {{quote|"It will be [musically] similar to the first two or three [Godflesh albums]. I just think, like we're playing these shows, we feel very pure about we're doing and honoring the initial intentions with what we originally set out to do. Which, I think, like most bands and musicians and all the rest of it, by the time you get on to your fourth album, it's somewhat of a dilution going on to what you initially tried to achieve. It will definitely sound aggressive and it probably won't sound like any of the other records we've made, but it will have the minimalism of the first few records."

Conversely, in the same interview, bass guitarist G.C. Green said, "It won't sound like the first two record [sic]; it will be more the spirit".

Track listing

  1. New Dark Ages 4:51
  2. Deadend 5:07
  3. Shut Me Down 4:26
  4. Life Giver Life Taker 5:27
  5. Obeyed 5:35
  6. Curse Us All 3:46
  7. Carrion 6:05
  8. Imperator 4:26
  9. Towers of Emptiness 6:34
  10. Forgive Our Fathers 7:40

total length 53:57


Credits

Band members
Production
  • Justin Broadrick - Producer, Mixing

References

External links

  • ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named p4k
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